Appraisal of Biogas Potential of Biogas from Animal Dung in Saeedabad, Pakistan

Shah, Amjad; Sahito, Abdul Razaque

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“…This indicates an immense potential through the dung produced from these animals. The potential further can be authenticated from the findings of Shah and Sahito (2017) where they calculated 129 ton/day animal dung from cattle, buffalo, goat and sheep. A single buffalo and cow can produce 19-28 kg/day and 10 kg/day animal dung, respectively (NERC, 2016;Vija, 2006).…”

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“…From each kg of fresh animals dung about 0.03 m 3 biogas can be produced (Akinbami et al, 2001). Shah and Sahito (2017) augmented that average potential of biogas in villages of Pakistan is 12-804 m 3 /day while average required biogas to meet domestic affairs is 8-520 m 3 /day. About 6kWh of electricity can be produced from 1 m 3 of biogas in Pakistan (Ahmad, 2010).…”

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Determinants of Biogas Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Ashraf¹,

Luqman

Hassan

et al. 2019

Pak. j. sci. ind. res. Ser. A: phys. sci.

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This survey research based study sought determinants of biogas technology adoption in rural areas of Pakistan. Stratified random sampling technique was employed to select respondents because the population was unknown and heterogeneous in nature. Total 240 respondents (150 biogas users and 120 potential users) were selected and face to face interviewed using a structured, validated and pre-tested questionnaire. Along with descriptive analysis of data logistics regression model was applied to investigate the determinants of biogas adoption. Findings affirmed significant role of socio-economic characteristics of respondents in the adoption of biogas technology. Empirical findings reported a significant impact of education, the income of households and the number of animals on the adoption of biogas technology. This implies that unit increase in education, income and number of animals will escalate the adoption of biogas technology. Tackling energy crisis, economic benefits, and production of slurry for soil fertility, health gains and environment-friendly nature of biogas were perceived reasons of biogas adoption among the biogas users. Non-government organizations and neighbours were leading motivational factors behind adoption as revealed by users. However, role of electronic media, print media and government institutionsin promoting biogas was reported dismal. This study urge that biogas is valuable alternative source of energy to combat energy crisis. In this way, provision of subsidies, interest free loans and technical backstopping could invoke potential users to adopt biogas technology.

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Determinants of Biogas Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Ashraf¹,

Luqman

Hassan

et al. 2019

Pak. j. sci. ind. res. Ser. A: phys. sci.

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“…Pakistan is producing 129 ton/day animal dung collections that can make a possible quantity of biogas. The average amount of biogas 12-804 m3/ day can be produced through animal dung in the village area of Pakistan (Shah & Sahito, 2017). The government of Pakistan has started a biogas project by using biogas technology for social benefit in 1974.…”

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Modeling biogas technology adoption in Pakistan: A way forward for sustainable research of energy

Ali¹,

Qin²,

Elavarasan³

et al. 2021

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The extensive need for energy has become a global issue due to the enormous population growth and demand for electricity-based products. Energy crises are rapidly increasing, which have destructive impacts on the industry in Pakistan. Biogas technology adoption is a challenge in a developing country like Pakistan. The government sector has taken initial steps to eliminate the energy crisis and promoted biogas plants. The primary objective of this study is to explore the satisfied and unsatisfied ratio of farmers who have adopted biogas plants in the country. The sample size was identified through the snowball sampling method. A total of 51 biogas adopters participated in this study. The structured questionnaires were used to collect data through online interviews. The results indicate that 34% of biogas plant respondents were satisfied with their plant feedback. The partially satisfied respondents were 24%, whereas 42% showed unsatisfaction. More than half (58%) of the respondents expressed that biogas plants are in good working conditions; however, 42% of biogas users were unrestrained for several causes. The findings of this study indicate that major maintenance and day-to-day operations of biogas plants are expensive due to lack of skilled operators, untrained or partially trained owners, and unavailability of technicians. The results suggest that the government needs to plan a clear policy, technical support with skilled technicians to biogas plant owners, all through an integrated and coherent way.

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“…The huge population of animals across the Pakistan further accentuate the potential of biogas generation through the animals' dung. (Shah and Sahito, 2017) calculated 129 ton/day collection of animal dung in Pakistan which could help in producing adequate quantity of biogas. According to (Akinbami et al, 2001), from each kg of animal dung average 0.03 m3 biogas can be produced.…”

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“…According to (Akinbami et al, 2001), from each kg of animal dung average 0.03 m3 biogas can be produced. Whereas, taking the statistics into account, average 12-804 m3/day biogas can be produced in villages of Pakistan from the animal dung (Shah and Sahito, 2017). In order to benefit from the biogas technology, the Government of Pakistan initiated a biogas project in 1974 and installed 4137 biogas plants by 1987 in the rural areas.…”

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Challenges and potential to adopt biogas technology: A case study of Faisalabad, Pakistan

2020

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In the past few years, pertaining to energy shortage, Government of Pakistan promoted the biogas plants in specific rural areas. This study is an attempt to explore the success and failure adopted biogas plants by the farmers in rural areas of Faisalabad, Pakistan. In this study, the researcher selected tehsil Faisalabad of district Faisalabad based on the availability of biogas plants installed by the Government, NGO/INGOs and private contractors in the past few years. Snowball sampling method was used to identify the sample size. Total 51 biogas adopters participated in the study as respondents. Primary data were collected through face to face interviews on a structured questionnaire. Results shows that 33.3% of respondents were fully satisfied with their biogas plants. Close to one fourth (23.5%) of respondents were partially satisfied while 43.1% of respondents were not satisfied with their biogas plants. More than half (56.9%) of biogas plants were in working condition and 43.1% of biogas users abandoned for many reasons. The major reasons for the inspiration behind construction and installation of biogas plants were subsidy, cases of existing biogas plant owners, social advantages/reputation, motivation from construction/installation agency and conservation of time and energy. Whereas, for the reasons such as frequently come across technical problems, unavailability of technicians, difficulty in operation of biogas plant, insufficient gas for food preparation /lighting, escape of gas through joints/connections and extra workload were the reasons compelling farmers to abandoning the biogas plants. It was found that operation and maintenance of biogas plants is one of the major issues due to untrained, partially trained owners, unavailability of technicians and skilled operators.

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Appraisal of Biogas Potential of Biogas from Animal Dung in Saeedabad, Pakistan

Cited by 10 publications

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Determinants of Biogas Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Determinants of Biogas Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Modeling biogas technology adoption in Pakistan: A way forward for sustainable research of energy

Challenges and potential to adopt biogas technology: A case study of Faisalabad, Pakistan

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