27/01/2024
Looking to make your biogas digester?
You have come to the right place.
Here I will give you 4 tips with a tutorial YouTube video on how to make your biodigester at home. Making a biogas digester is easy, and can be one of the most enjoyable DIY activities to do in your spare time.
All you need are a few tools and materials to get started. Don't know which materials to have? No need to worry, I've got you covered.
Let's get started!
Tip #1 - Get Everything You'll Need
Water Drum with lid (210 ml)
Tabe
Sensitive Drilling Machine
Straight Joiner
PVC Glue
Ninety Degree Elbow Pipe Fitting
Hose Pipe
Gas Pipe
Hose Clamp X5
Long Handle Hose Barbe Inline/Ball Valve X2
T Connector
PVC tube/Gas bag
Normal Gas Stove
Tip #2 - Go Shopping For Material & Equipment
Now that you know exactly what you need, let me share with you some of the places where you can find the stuff that you are missing.
There are a number of building hardware stores that I have in mind but I will share with you only a few that I know you are familiar with.
Builders Warehouse
Cashbuild
BuildIt
Okay, now you have everything you need. Let's start making your portable biodigester.
Tip #3 - Start Building Your Digester
Step 1: You will begin by drilling a hole at the top of the drum. This is where the Gas Pipe will go.
Step 2: Place a Gas Pipe Straight Joiner inside the hole and put PVC Super Glue around it so that the gas won't escape.
Step 3: Drill a hole with a Tork Craft on the top left side of your drum, and add your Ninety-Degree Elbow PVC Pipe facing down. This is the output where a Hose Pipe will be added inside connecting to the Elbow, where it will take the excessive waste from the inside bottom and up through the Elbow.
Step 4: Connect a Hose to the Elbow outside the Drum. Add PVC Super Glue to make sure it's carefully stuck so no waste can't escape through.
Step 5: Next, connect your gas to the Gas Pipe Straight Joiner on top. This is where the gas will run through, and then put a Hose Clamp to make it tight for the gas to not escape.
Step 6: Add a Long Handle Ball Valve at the end of your gas pipe. Connect it tightly with a Hose Clamp.
Step 7: After this, you will connect another very short Gas Pipe from the Long Handle Ball Valve to a T-connector.
Step 8: Cut another longer piece of your Gas Pipe, connect it to the Gas Storage Tube to the T-connector, and add a Hose Clamp on both ends.
Step 9: Connect a short of a gas pipe to a long handle ball(2) valve and then connect it to the T-connector using the gas pipe
Your portable biogas digester should be looking complete. It is now time to add kitchen waste and do the testing.
Tip #4 - Testing
To see if your biodigester is working you will need to add waste inside, and wait 7 days to get gas. Kitchen waste will take 3 days to dissolve. After the gas has been produced you can connect your digester to your gas stove using a gas and switch it on.
Conclusion
Chances are if you listened carefully then your biodigester should be working smoothly, but if you are not sure, no worries you can watch the video below.
Please Note!
This video was taken from YouTube
Naveed Zahir Creativity, 2020. How To Make Free Gas from Fruit And Vegetable Waste. [Video] Available at: https://youtu.be/pKZgnXQCp98?si=ZcYsLRfUADn_8Dat
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