RE: DIG-L: [Fwd: Biogas Digestor]

["Philip D. Lusk" <plusk@pipeline.com>]

Anecdotal evidence indicates that biogas was used for heating bath water in
Assyria during the 10th century BC and in Persia during the 16th century AD.

Jan Baptita Van Helmont first determined in 17th century that flammable
gases could evolve from decaying organic matter. Count Alessandro Volta
concluded in 1776 that there was a direct correlation between the amount of
decaying organic matter and the amount of flammable gas produced. In 1808,
Sir Humphrey Davy determined that methane was present in the gases produced
during the AD of cattle manure.

The first digestion plant was built at a leper colony in Bombay, India in
1859.  AD reached England in 1895 when biogas was recovered from a
"carefully designed" sewage treatment facility and used to fuel street lamps
in Exeter.  The development of microbiology as a science led to research by
Buswell and others in the 1930s to identify anaerobic bacteria and the
conditions that promote methane production.

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Philip D. Lusk
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202.546.3518 (fax)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Harris [mailto:paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au]
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 8:02 PM
To: digestionlistserver
Subject: DIG-L: [Fwd: Biogas Digestor]

G'day All,

Can anyone help with the query below, either directly or giving a
suitable reference?

SEEYA

> Kanber Kipel wrote:
>
> Who first invented/ discovered the biogas digestor? Has it got
> something to do with Harold Bait?

--
Paul L. Harris, BEng(Ag)
Lecturer, Department of Agronomy and Farming Systems
ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY ROSEWORTHY CAMPUS
ROSEWORTHY SA 5371
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 8 8303 7880  Fax: +61 8 8303 7979
Email: paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au
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