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 Digester
 Screw loader
 Inclined mixer
 Submersible mixer
 Gasholder
 External gas holder
 Heating station
 Automation and control
 Separator
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Navigation How biogas plant works

o Benefits ZORG™ biogas plant produces biogas and bio-fertilizer from biological wastes of agricultural an
o How it special energy crops by means of oxygen-free fermentation (anaerobic digestion).
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Scheme. Biogas plant

Industrial biogas plant is a construction project which consist of equipment for 70-80%. Main pa
digesters, methane tanks, bioreactors) made of reinforced concrete or glass-fused-to-steel tank
be mixed with each other. The difference is only in substrate loading systems. For solid substra
for liquid substrates tanks with pumping stations. Facilites are of modular type with 8-24m in d
height. In case plant capacity increased the number of digestered is increased accordingly.

Liquid biological waste is pumped to biogas plant by sanitary pump or extraction pipeline. Sewa
located in a separate service room. Solid biological waste (manure, dung) delivered by belt con
manure or dung storage, delivery made by tractor. Liquid wastes initially come to primary tank.
homogenized and heated (sometimes cooled) to required temperature. As a rule such tank has
Solid waste can be loaded to that tank as well for homogenization or get into digester through s

From homogenization tank and screw charger biomass (manure, dung or distillery waste) come
reactor, methane tank, fermenter). Biological reactor is gas-proof tank made of acid-resistant c
steel tanks . Reactor is heat-insulated. The heat-insulation is calculated depending on the bioga
conditions. For microorganisms' vital activity constant and even temperature inside the digester
mesophilic temperature mode (+30-41°С). In some cases termophilic mode of temperature is u
mixing inside the digester is made by several ways and depends on the type of raw material, its
features. Mixing can be done by inclined mixers and submersible mixers. Al mixer types are ma

Digesters are heated by heat agent . Heating system is a network of pipes, which can be built-i
mounted to interior side of the digester wall. In case biogas plant equipped with co-generation
by generator cooling water. If biogas plant is purposed only for biogas production hot water is t
water boiler. Biogas plant self energy and heat consumption usually makes from 5% to 10% of

All the job for fermentation process is made by anaerobic microorganisms, which are injected in
during the biogas plant start up. Digester is a hermetically sealed container that is environment

As end products we have: biogas and bio-fertilizer (solid and liquid).

Biogas is stored at a gas holder. Inside the gas holder pressure and biogas composition is evene
means of gas supply system biogas is constantly supplied to gas of diesel-gas combined heat an
system has integrated systems for biogas drying, hydrogen sulfide removal and gas conditionin
equipped with biogas flares. In case plant owners do not need electricity as a final product, biog
with CO2 removal system.

Digested biomass is fertilizer. Liquid fraction is separated from solid fertilizer fraction with the h
in fertilizer storage.

Complete biogassystem is controled by automatics. Biogas plant can be operated by 1 person p

day. Operator's education - technician.

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