Dow do you make energy out of cow manure?

Answer 1

Any biological by-product can be converted to energy. It is a matter of technology and supply of "prime material".
Your idea is not new though. Cow manure has been used as source of energy for ages in India, to cook on and for heating. It is such an useful by-product of the cow, that it was one of the reasons why the cow was declared a holy animal in the Hindu religion of that country.

Answer 2

Allow the manure to decompose in a container in the absence of air. the micro-organisms in the manure converts the organic compounds in the cow manure to methane gas. this gas can be used to get heat or electricity.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Ok, its a bit disgusting, but do this.

You let it dry in a place out in the sun, in small shapes, lets say, the size of your hand. When they are dry -dry, you can use them instead of wood, to lit fires... set it on fire, and it will last for a long time.

Ive seen this while living in India. The really poor people since they dont have gas or electricity, they keep themselves warm in this way.

Now, the problem is, where to get the fire. LOL. But they always had matches...somehow.

Answer 5

First you tie giant rubber bands to someones ankles, then tie the rubber bands to a tree. Now pick up the cow manure, throw it at the person with the rubber bands tied to their ankles. As they run away the rubber bands will stretch, storing KINETIC energy.

Answer 6

You can burn nearly anything to warm water to turn turbines to make electricity. Manure isn't the best fuel, but it works.

Answer 7

Put it in conditions in which it will create methane gas.
Methane gas can then be burned for energy.

Answer 8

The possibilities are endless when it comes to Biomass Energy. Biomass can be converted to energy by three conversion processes:

1. Combustion
2. Dry Chemical Processes
3. Aqueous Processes

Since organic matter can be converted to energy in various ways, the conversion process is generally chosen by determining what type of end product is desired. Another factor which is important in determining which process is employed is the water content of the organic matter.

Combustion:
As biomass fuels are carbonaceous materials, derived from plants and animals, these materials can be oxidized to heat, light, carbon dioxide, and water. This process is commonly known as burning. The combustion process is often employed in electrical generation. The heat produced during combustion can be used to boil water resulting in high pressure steam. This high pressure steam then impinges on the blades of a turbine producing rotational mechanical energy. As the turbine generator shaft rotates, mechanical energy is then converted to electrical energy by the means of electromagnetic induction.

Dry Chemical Processes:
Thermochemical reactions in which biomass is heated inside a reactor where there is an absence of oxygen or where limited quantities of oxygen are present. The resultant gasses produced by the thermochemical reactions can include methane, methanol, and ammonia. These products can be used as chemical feedstocks or they can be used as a fuel for energy production.

Types of Dry Chemical Processes Are:

Pyrolysis: a process in which organic matter is distilled in the absence of oxygen to yield a variety of energy rich products. As a result of pyrolysis, oils / gasses and char are produced.

Gasification: a process in which organic matter is converted into a gaseous energy carrier by means of partial oxidation at elevated temperatures. As a result of gasification methanol or ammonia are produced.

Hydrogasification: a process where dry cattle manure and cellulosic substances are reacted with hydrogen at high temperatures and pressures. As a result of hydrogasification methane and ethane are produced.

Aqueous Processes:
Biologically-mediated aqueous reactions (in most cases) in which organic matter is broken down and / or transformed. Since the water content of organic matter can be substantial, aqueous processing is used when the energy required for drying the material would be inordinately large as compared to the energy content of the product formed.

Types of Aqueous Processes Are:

Chemical Reduction: a reaction where electrons are gained (or the chemical addition of hydrogen takes place) by purely chemical and physical means. Chemical reduction is used to yield fuel oil or natural gas substitutes.

Alcoholic Fermentation: a type of metabolism (transformations by which energy and matter are made available for uses by an organism) in which organic substances are degraded to provide chemical energy as ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate -- a chemical compound which stores large amounts of energy for very short periods of time). Alcoholic fermentation does not require chemical oxygen. Fermentation is a biologically-mediated reaction performed by certain yeasts, bacteria, and fungi. An important example of the alcoholic fermentation process is the production of ethanol. In such an aqueous process, a six-carbon sugar (glucose) is degraded to pyruvic acid by the process of glycolysis (a sequence of reactions present in all living cells in which glucose is converted to two molecules of a 3-carbon sugar, pyruvate, with the production of ATP). Subsequently, carbon dioxide and a two-carbon alcohol are produced via decarboxylase (a reaction in which a carboxyl is removed as a molecule of carbon dioxide) and alcohol dehydogenase (a reaction in which two hydrogens are removed from the substrate and transferred to a coenzyme). The two-carbon alcohol is known as ethanol -- a biomass derived transportation fuel.

Anaerobic Digestion: a process where microbes break down organic matter, in an environment with no oxygen, and release a medium-BTU mixture of methane and carbon dioxide called biogas. In the digestion process, carbon, hydrogen, and, oxygen are removed while lignin and lignin protected organics, microbial organics, and soluble inorganics are preserved. The products of digestion consist of biogas (methane and carbon dioxide) and sludge.

Answer 9

Drey it out real good & burn it in your bar-b-que pit!
Cow on cow cooking!MMMM,mmm!!

Answer 10

Eat it.