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What Is Biogas?: - A Mixture of Methane and Carbon Dioxide
What Is Biogas?: - A Mixture of Methane and Carbon Dioxide
A mixture of methane
and carbon dioxide
CH4
CO2
How is it made?
Biogas is produced by the breakdown of
organic waste by bacteria without oxygen
(anaerobic digestion or fermentation).
Leftover food from houses,
shops, restaurants and
factories
Leftover straw
What
types
of
organic
waste
Cow, sheep and
and crops from
Sewage
could
be
turned
in
biogas?
chicken manure
farming
Leftover meat
and blood from
abattoirs
How is it made?
Biogas is made by fermenting organic waste in a
biogas digester.