In
our efforts to disseminate appropriate energy technologies based on local
energy sources, a project to set up a community bio-gas plant was initiated
in Pura village, Kunigal taluk. Tumkur district in October 1979.
Under this project a rural energy center was set up at Pura with the following
features :
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The energy center has two biogas plants of 750 cft/day capacity.
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The
gas generated is used to run a dual fuel engine-genset of 7 HP .5
kVA rating running on diesel and biogas. About 75% of the diesel is
replaced by biogas in this mode of operation.
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The
electricity thus generated is used to pump water to the village drinking
water supply system and to provide electrical illumination for the
houses.
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The
water supply system consists of a 3-phase, 3 HP, 1500 gallons/hr submersible
pump, 1 2500 litres overhead tank and 9 taps located at convenient
sites in the village, one of them being for livestock.
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5. |
The
lighting system consists of 97 fluorescent lamps of 20W each of illuminate
the households and one fluorescent lamp of 40 W for the biogas plant
area.
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