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Table 4 Dimension value of the brick reactor

From: Exploring the potential role of decentralised biogas plants in meeting energy needs in sub-Saharan African countries: a techno-economic systems analysis

 

Unit

Reactor 1

Reactor 2

Reactor 3

Width W

m

1.00

2.00

3.00

Length L

m

3.00

3.00

4.00

Height digester HDig

m

1.00

1.00

1.00

Digester volume Vtank

m3

3.00

6.00

12.00

Radius dome top ddome

m

1.50

1.50

2.00

Height dome Hdome

m

0.25

0.50

0.75

Total height H

m

1.25

1.50

1.75

Volume dome

m3

0.28

1.05

3.09

Total volume of digester and dome

m3

3.28

7.05

15.09

Surface dome

m2

16.49

18.84

34.54

Surface floor

m2

3.00

6.00

12.00

Surface walls

m2

8.00

10.00

14.00

  1. The total volume of the reactor is indicated in bold. This value is used in all publications for all the calculations.