The demonstration site is located at Jingyuan County of central Gansu Province, an arid county with annual rainfall of 240 mm for rainfed agriculture. The vegetation cover of the county is 5.6% and the water and soil erosion affected area is 5359 square kilometers or 92.2% of the total land area. The fragile ecologie and serious land degradation made the locality a very poor place, short of fuel. Poverty and ecological degradation has formed a vicious circle. Energy scarcity problem that needs to be solved urgently is also a cutting point for curbing land degradation.
Since 2000, with the support of relevant departments, the biogas production technology has been introduced and extended in Jingyuan County. Due to its multiple functions in the kitchen, toilets, animal houses etc., it has obvious social, ecological and economic benefits. The technology is easy and the maintenance is simple, so the extension is quick.
The construction procedures include: location identification, digester type selection (e.g. rotational-flowed digester), determination of elevation, earthwork, and construction of digester base, digester wall, feed and discharge chutes, proof seal layer and digester cover etc..
Biogas digester operation preparation: inoculum input, raw material pretreatment and ratio, prohibition of input materials (poisonous farm chemicals, oil dregs, bones or bone powder etc).
The operational management: pH value must be kept at 6.8-7.5 and digester fermentation temperature maintained over 10 degrees Celsius; Replace desulfurizer every three months, stir frequently to ferment raw material, inspect often to ensure no leakage in the cover, pipeline etc.; frequent work in feeding and discharging, control the density of liquid material.
(1) Ecologically, the use of biogas can reduce vegetation damage and prevent land degradation. A biogas digester with a capacity of 10 m3 can economize 2 tons of firewood every year, which is equivalent to the annual increment of 3.5 mu firewood forest; The dregs and residue liquid are organic fertilizers, the liquid can also be used for the treatment of plant diseases and pests;
(2) Social benefits: The biogas digester may offer over 70% clean energy for the household while reducing the consumption of the conventional energies of firewood and coal; The life quality, sanitary condition are improved and the workload of women is decreased; The use of biogas digester promotes social progress by raising the awareness of science and technology of the farmers to promote the construction of new socialist countryside.
(3) Economically the biogas will increase the income of farmers. It can cut down the expenditure by 1500 Yuan for one year. Biogas use can promote livestock development and as an environmental-friendly agriculture development model.
Localização: Jingyuan, Gansu Province, China
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| Especifique a entrada | Unidade | Quantidade | Custos por unidade (n.a.) | Custos totais por entrada (n.a.) | % dos custos arcados pelos usuários da terra |
| Mão-de-obra | |||||
| labour | person days | 7,5 | 5,333 | 40,0 | 100,0 |
| Material de construção | |||||
| Cemet, sand, cooker | 1,0 | 267,0 | 267,0 | ||
| Outros | |||||
| transport fee | 1,0 | 40,0 | 40,0 | 100,0 | |
| Custos totais para a implantação da tecnologia | 347.0 | ||||
| Custos totais para o estabelecimento da Tecnologia em USD | 347.0 | ||||
