What Is Anaerobic Digestion?

Published on 10.15.2019
Middle School
Technology

5 min read

Matter such as agricultural waste and sewage sludge is “digested” inside what we call a digester tank, where it is deprived of oxygen and mixed with . After 20 days or so, the process results in the production of with 40% to 70% methane content. It is identical to natural gas from deposits.

The biogas can be used to generate and on site, or purified and fed into the gas network. digestion is a way of driving the energy transition, in combination with other renewable energies.

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