Gas-Use Devices

Abstract

Most of the papers presented at the conference discussed family-sized biogas plants producing gas primarily or exclusively for domestic cooking. Several papers described the substantial benefits derived from the use of biogas as a cooking fuel. They noted that biogas provides a quicker, easier, cleaner, and healthier fuel than the fuels it usually replaces. By reducing the time needed for fuel collection and preparation, the biogas system frees the housewife for more productive activities. The use of biogas reduces eye disease by eliminating smoke from the burning of biomass fuels. If dung cakes have been burned, the use of biogas eliminates the odor, disease, and insect problems associated with the preparation of the dung cakes. If biogas replaces wood fuel, it helps to limit deforestation. It can also save straw and crop stalks for use as fodder and silage.