Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A family keeps cattle. Each gives kg of fresh dung in a day, and all of it is fed to the plant. Each kg of dung gives m³ of biogas, and of the biogas is methane.
Methanogens such as Methanobacterium make methane without oxygen. Biogas is mostly methane. Methane gives MJ for each m³ and LPG gives MJ for each kg. The digester volume is the slurry fed each day times the days that it stays in the tank. The reaction gives mol of methane from mol of glucose, and mol of gas fills L at and atm.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Given. Dung: kg a day. Biogas: m³ for each kg. Methane: .
Plan. Find the biogas, then the methane, then the energy, then the LPG.
Step 1. Biogas. m³ in a day.
Step 2. Methane. m³.
Step 3. Energy. MJ.
Step 4. LPG. kg.
Answer: m³; m³; MJ; kg of LPG.
Check. One m³ of biogas is about MJ here, which is about kg of LPG. So m³ is about kg.
Watch out. These are teaching values. A real plant gives less in a cold season.
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