Biogas Compression in Gas Container and Application for Cooking

Authors

  • Klinpratoom Panyaping Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
  • Rotsukon Jawana Energy Research and Development Institute - Nakornping, Chiang Mai University
  • Khanidta Ratbunthoeng Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
  • Tidarat Pisitchaikon Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
  • Thiramet Naprang Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/rmutlengj.2021.2

Keywords:

Biogas compression, Gas container, Cooking

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the quantity of biogas compression and storage, and the amount of heat at the pressure of 4 bars. Three experiments were conducted using gas containers of size 4, 6, and 15.8 kg. Each experiment was triplicated. The results showed that the 6 kg gas container had the highest quantity of biogas compression and storage at 12.07 L/min, which was equivalent to 64.21% of the 15.8 kg container. The higher and lower heating values of biogas compressed were 33,318.00 and 29,452.22 kJ/kg, respectively. The container size 15.8 kg had the quantity of biogas compression and storage of 7.35 L/min less than that of the container size 4 and 6 kg. The lower heating value of biogas was lower than that of LPG by 1.69 times. This finding indicates that the container size 6 kg was suitable for cooking in the field.

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2021-06-22

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Panyaping, K. ., Jawana, R. ., Ratbunthoeng, K. ., Pisitchaikon, T. ., & Naprang, T. (2021). Biogas Compression in Gas Container and Application for Cooking . RMUTL Engineering Journal, 6(1), 12–18. https://doi.org/10.14456/rmutlengj.2021.2

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