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CH4 Biogas – Characterization of Biogas/Methane production and yield.

Posted on Sunday, April 9th, 2023

Research Project aimed to spotlight the potential energy supply of biological waste products.

Client CH4 Biogas
Professor(s) Charles Nasmith
Program Biotechnology - Advanced
Students Patrick Gravel, Colleen Griffith, Luke Seldenthuis-Preville

Project Description:

Manure from a digestion plant has been sampled with a viable substrate (wood chips) in order to promote/quantify the biomethane potential of the bottles of manure. In a closed system an anaerobic setting allows microbes to consume carbon sources to produce energy rich gases such as methane.


Short Description:

Patrick, Colleen and Luke have been working on a school year-long project to develop and replicate a recovery process. Visualize the concept of sustainability and calling to action the methods capable of turning someone’s “trash into treasure”.


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A Manometer measures the change in atmospheric pressure cause by the biogas produced in our BMP bottles. The media we used to prepare our samples, and a shelf of test kits for the chemical characterization of our wood chips.
Where our BMP bottles stayed most of the month, warm and being spun at 100+ rpm for hours on end. An oven we used to pre-characterize our substrate (wood chips). Following this step is the muffle furnace (not in this photo)!
The instrument required to measuring a multitude of chemical characterizations. A TKN test kit is seen on the left-hand side.


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