Electricity production from poultry waste is relatively new in Bangladeshi

Electricity production from poultry waste is relatively new in Bangladeshi. Most of the farms producing electricity from poultry waste have installed their electricity generation systems since 2005. However, Bogra Poultry Complex situated  in Bogra district in stalled its system in the late 90’s. This is the only poultry farm in  the country which meets its electricity demand from own generation. This farm is independent of grid electricity althou gh the farm is located under REB grid network. During th e field visit, it was found that Bogra Poultry Complex is using different technology than what other farm s are using at present in the country.  This
farm is using two Toyota engines of 1500 cc  capacity with a dynamo. The maximum output of the plant is 7.5 kW. The engines used in the  plant are old car engines and these engines are running alternatively. It  was found that biogas from the dige ster is fed into the engine only through a moisture filter unit to remove the moistu re content in the gas.  There is no device to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The Figure show the different components used in the power plant in  Bogra Poultry complex.Faridpur Muslim Mission uses 3 of 4.5 kW natural gas generators. The plant was installed in
the year 2005. The generators used in the pl ant are Honda Model: EM6000GN, single phase and generate 220 V at 50 HZ. It runs 2 generato rs at a time and the duration is maximum 4 hours a day only when there is power outage. Th e generator can not run more than 4 hours a day. In this farm the biogas comes from the  digester through a Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) flexible pipe to the generators.  From the bioga s plant the PVC pipe is elevated up to a certain level so that the moisture condens ed in the pipe can go back to th e digester again. This allows it to remove a part of the moisture content in the biogas. To remove the rest of the moisture
content in the biogas it passes through a moisture filter before entering the generator which is placed near to the generator set. The moisture filter contains two sponges on the two sides and some silica gel in between. Like Bogra Po ultry Complex this plant also does not have any H2S removal system.