Methane Digester
For years we have wanted to create a methane digester. Some may be wonder what a methane digester is, a digester is a device that takes biomass (leaves, vegetation, meat, etc) and converts it into simpler compounds such as carbon(s) of solids and gases, nitrates, and other such compounds and in this case, to create a useful product.
What we are after is the product of Methane or directly Hydrogen. Methane chemical composition is CH4, and as you can see there are two diatomic molecules of hydrogen in that along with the carbon. So in this process we will be taking a canister, putting in biomass to create solid products, which we will use for fertilizing, and gases that we will clean and separate to yield hydrogen.
Many times when this process happens the system can become more troublesome then people want because of improper cleaning of the gases and other compounds in the system. Because of this we will use low-tech but high yielding cleaning "scrubbers" to make very clean hydrogen to be used.
The system that we have in mind is a 500 gallon tank 1/3 full of vegetable matter and 1/3 full of water. We will have a our tank under a little pressure when creating the biomass (from the process directly) and will have that pressure reintroduce through the bottom of the tank to create a "bubbling auger" excess water will be push out of the top tube while auguring. Once the pressure hits around 30 psi it will evacuate and travel to the cleaning system to be cleaned of Hydrogen Sulfide, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and then will be cracked either through Pyrolysis or separating with electricity.
The hydrogen then verified for purity and pressurized into tanks for storage. This system hasn't been put in place yet, since we are working on others right now, but we have been collecting parts. If you are interested in helping with this email us! Info@ahanw.org