I have taken the LEAP OF FAITH.... :) I broke grtound last week on a small piggery..and I am now working on an actual PHYSICAL model biogas digester, which I hope to photodocument as I go along, and share withthe list. I have taken the following from a table that I found, and am kinda wondering how you all run the input stage of your digester. To do a proper model, do I do the average daily input (3.7~26 / 8) as my feeding/loading rate? Or do you do a smaller input and "buffer" the excess manure? I will have inclined concrete pens, with washdown twice daily, waterers and misting when really hot. I will be doing 32 pigs from piglet to 250lbs finished weight. Table 1. Daily Manure Production As Excreted. Component Units Nursery Grower Finisher Finisher Replacement Boar Gestating Sow + Litter 50-125 lb.Pigs 125-175 lb. 175-250 lb. Gilt Sow Weight lbs/day 3.7 6.0 8.0 9.4 8.2 8.2 8.2 26 Kindly give me your thoughts on this. Mike Digestion List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/digestion/200202/ Digestion List Moderator: Paul Harris, paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au http://www.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris List-Post: <mailto:digestion@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:digestion-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:digestion-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:digestion-subscribe@crest.org> Other Digestion Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/biomass/biogas/BIOGASMK.pdf http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Beginners Tour of Biogas http://WWW.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris/biogas/beginners
