We went down to Tuas workshop to take a look at the digester. We performed a water test on it by filling the system up with water and checking for leaks. We identified three leaking areas in the anaerobic stage, but the aerobic stage was completely leak free. The prototype had to be re-sealed and dried before transporting it to the farm. We used Silicon to re-seal the prototype and using a hair dryer, we blew it dry.
Meanwhile, we collected our own bodily waste and mixed it with 3 cups of toilet water. The sludge was mixed and transported together with the digester prototype over to the farm.
We went back to Tuas again the following day to take a look at the methane capture system. Leakage test was also performed on it by filling the system up with water and checking for the leaks. However, the test was not successful. We are unable to send the system to the farm.
More bodily waste was collected on the same day at the farm. We loaded the sludge into the digester prototype after mixing it. This is when the anaerobic process for the first run of the prototype took place.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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