Abstract

BIO GAS: ITS POTENTIALITY AND UTILIZATION AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY- CASE STUDY OF JHARI VILLAGE (MAHARASHTRA)

*Brototi Biswas, Birajdar S.G

ABSTRACT

Exhaustible/ non renewable resources like fossil oils, fuel wood etc forms an important energy source for Indian villages. Simultaneously India which has the world’s largest cattle population has a considerable amount of cattle wealth in its villages. Here case study of an Indian village- Jhari in Maharashtra state of India has been done to see if the cattle waste can be utilized in more profitable way in the form of producing Bio-gas, the potentiality of Bio-gas in the study area, whether bio-gas is utilized at present in the study area, whether the gas produced has capability of reducing the village exhaustible fuel resource use. Through the study the cost-benefit factor of the various fuel sources is calculated for the study area. The study also shows the usefulness of this renewable source as an alternate energy and the consequent reduction in exhaustible energy source.

Keywords: Bio-gas, Gobar gas, Panchayat, dung, cu.m, calorific value.