VIVA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT
OF
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the synopsis of the following students
1. ANIKET D. ABHYANKAR
2. SWAPNIL S. MORE
3. CHITRA B. CHOUKEKAR
4. PUSHPA J. DHENGLE

Have submitted entitled

PORTABLE BIOGAS PLANT

As a part of their project work in partial fulfillment of VII semester B.E.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING course during the year 2015-2016.

Project Guide -

Prof. VINAYAK GAIKWAD.

Internal Examiner Prof.

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H.O.D.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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Principal
VIVA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

On this occasion of presenting our semester report, we express our deep sense of
gratitude and personal regards to few people who helped us during our project and shared
their knowledge and precious time

It is indeed with utmost pleasure and pride; we extend our deepest gratitude to Dr.
Arun Kumar, Principal, Viva Institute of Technology for his motivation and credence in
us.

Our sincere thanks to Prof. Bhushan Save, H.O.D. of Electrical department, Viva
Institute of Technology for his immense help and support during our course.

We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Vinayak Gaikwad, our project
guide and all our faculty members for enlightening and guiding us throughout our course and
helping us to cope up with the problems we faced during our project.

Our indebtedness and reverence to all our friends for being a constant source of
inspiration and encouragement.

Thank you all!!!

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Abstract:-

Agriculture and household waste is a serious environmental and economical concern all
around the world .It has become a global threat to the environment and health due to its
inappropriate disposal in the developing countries. The anaerobic digestion of organic
materials has proved to be an efficient process to handle such type of food waste. Biogas is a
clean source of energy which comprises of about 60% methane. It has been used as a source
of fuel for lighting and cooking purposes. The conventional biogas plant has certain
drawbacks related to its construction, landscape and maintenance. The project focuses on
solving the problems related to the conventional biogas plant by developing a portable biogas
plant in the college premises.

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Certificate

Acknowledgement

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Abstract

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Contents

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List of figures

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List of tables

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CONTENTS
Chapter no.
1.
1.1:

Title

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INTRODUCTION

COMPARISION BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL & PORTABLE

BIOGAS PLANT

1.2

BIOGAS

1.3

CLASSIFICATION OF PORTABLE BIOGAS PLANT

1.4

COMPOSITION OF BIOGAS

1.5

OBJECTIVE

2.

AIM OF THE PROJECT

3.

LITERATURE REVIEW

4.

BLOCK DIAGRAM & DESCRIPTION

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4.1

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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4.2

BLOCK DIAGRAM DESCRIPTION

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4.3

COMPONENTS REQUIRED

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4.4

DIMENSIONS

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5.

ADVANTAGES

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6.

LIMITATIONS

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7.

FUTURE SCOPE

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8.

CONCLUSION

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REFERENCE

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LIST OF FIGURES
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1.1

Fixed dome type

1.2

Balloon type

1.3

Floating type

4.1

Block diagram of floating type portable biogas plant.

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4.2

Gas Holder

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4.3

Digester Tank

4.4

Gas Stove

4.5

Gas pipe

4.6

Fitting for Outlet

4.7

Maintenance Pipe

4.8

T Shape Joint

4.9

Elbow Joint

4.10

Gas Outlet

4.11

PVC Pipe

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LIST OF TABLES
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1.1: Comparison between Conventional & Portable Biogas Plant

1.2: Composition of Biogas

4.1: Dimensions

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