Bio 4.7 Biogas

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  • Created on: 01-04-13 10:45
What is biogas?
Gas produced from organic substances
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What is anaerobic respiration?
Respiration without oxygen
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How is biogas made briefly?(No detail required at this stage)
Organic waste gets turned into biogas by bacteria
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What sort of organic waste is needed?
Any thing that contains carbohydrates
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What conditions do biogas factories provide for fermentation?
They provide suitable temperatures for bacteria and no oxygen
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Why is suitable temperature needed?
So the bacteria can work at its fastest
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Why is no oxygen important?
So that the bacteria must respire anaerobically producing biogas
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What is the main biogas made through out the world?
Methane (CH4)
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Why are some generators buried under ground?
All adaptation of generators such as thick walls, are all to keep an optimum working temperature for bacteria
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Suggest some ways large scale factories could get cheap organic waste?
Sewage works, Sugar factories. Suggest anything that is sensible and gives waste organic material to get marks.
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What can be added to the bacteria and organic waste to stop oxygen reaching the bacteria?
Oil
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Describe the processes that occur in a biogas generator (Detail)
Organic waste is fermented by bacteria through anaerobic respiration producing biogas.
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