Biogas Technology, Transfer and Diffusion (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Section 1: Introduction and Summary.- Executive Summary.- Section 2: General Topics (the Opening Session).- Session Overview.- Biogas: A Global Perspective.- The Realistic Potential of Biogas.- Force-Field Analysis of Biogas Systems and Proposed Means for Optimizing their Prospects.- Information Needs for Diffusing Biogas Technology into the Rural Areas of Developing Countries.- The Integrated Digester Plant.- Section 3: Sociocultural Aspects of Biogas Technology.- Overview of the Thematic Session and Key Results.- Social, Ecological, and Cultural Realities of Biogas Development.- Technical and Social Problems for the Propagation of Biogas in Rwanda.- Towards Obtaining Optimum Benefits from Biogas Technology.- Section 4: Economic Aspects.- Section Overview.- A Critique on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Biogas Programs.- Assessment of the Feasibility of Rural Biogas Systems.- Analysis of Economic Factors in the Dissemination of Biogas Plants-Case Studies from Africa and the Caribbean.- The Economics of Biogas Systems-A Shorter Communication.- Section 5: Institutional and Financial Infrastructure.- Institutional and Financial Infrastructure of Biogas Systems.- Summary of Group Discussions on Institutional and Financial Infrastructure of Biogas Systems.- Section 6: Regional Programs, Networks, and Aid Agencies.- Section Overview.- Experiences with Rural Biodigesters in Latin America.- ICAITI's Dissemination Activities of Biogas Systems.- GATE-Biogas Consultancy Service.- FAO Activities in the Field of Biogas.- The Bioenergy Users' Network (BUN): An Executive Summary.- Section 7: Technical Aspects.- Engineering Designs.- Engineering Design of Biogas Units for Developing Countries.- Technologies for Biogas Production of Developed Countries and Possibilities of Transferring them to Developing Countries.- Engineering Aspects of Small-Scale Biogas Plants.- Design Parameters Affecting Success and Failure of Biogas Systems.- Preliminary Assessment of a Farm-Scale Digester in Relation to Possibilities of Operating an Integrated Bioplex System.- An Improved Plug-Flow Design for the Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Cattle Waste.- Multicriteria Optimization Design of Methane Fermentation Systems.- A Village Scale Biogas Pilot Plant Study Using High Rate Digester Technology.- Compost-Heated Small-Scale Farm Digester Appropriate for Korean Conditions.- Structural Behaviour and Stress Conditions of Fixed Dome Type of Biogas Units.- Ferrocement Gasholder for Two 60 m3 Digesters.- Simplified Anaerobic Digesters for Animal Waste.- Cold Condition Biogas.- A Modified Anaerobic Fermenter for Egyptian Agricultural Residues.- Modular Biogas Plant Particularly Adapted to Tropical Rural Areas: A Shorter Communication.- Gas-Use Devices.- Overview.- Mechanical and Electrical Power from Biogas in Developing Countries.- Performance of a Small Diesel Engine Operating in a Dual Fuel Mode with Biogas.- Bioconversion and Experience in Using Alternative Raw Materials.- Microbiology and Biochemistry of Methanogenesis, A Selected Review.- Methane Production from Farm Wastes.- Optimization of Bioconversion of Solid and Liquid Residues.- Study of the Optimum Operating Conditions for the Anaerobic Digestion of Some Organic Wastes.- Novel Processes for High-Efficiency Biodigestion of Particulate Feeds.- Biogas from Organic Waste Diluted with Seawater.- The Assessment of Methanogens by the Quantitative Determination of Coenzyme F420 in Anaerobic Systems.- Fuel Gas Production from Organic Wastes by Low Capital Cost Batch Digestion.- Biogas Production from Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): Influence of Temperature.- Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Fraction of Garbage: A Pilot Plant.- The Toxicity Effect of Pesticides and Herbicides on the Anaerobic Digestion Process.- Biogas Production from Some Organic Wastes.- The Assessment of Cellulolytic Activities in Anaerobic Digesters by the 'Textiles Coupon Technique'.- Biogas Production from Antibiotic-Contaminated Cow Manure.- B