The diagram shows a process for producing electricity for home use. The equipment consists of a large tank, boxes and pipes that would be able to fit into a garage-sized room.
Electricity is produced using methane gas, generated from a mix of compost and water in a large steel tank. The tank is about the same height as a person and about twice as wide. Methane rises to the top of the tank and is collected and stored in a gas storage system. The stored gas is the fuel source used in the energy conversions that happen next.
Once compressed in a gas compressor, the methane fuels a combustion engine, which in turn produces mechanical energy. Having been transferred to a generator, the mechanical energy is then transformed into electrical energy, which is then stored in a battery. At this stage the electricity is ready for home use.
The diagram
shows
a process for producing electricity for home
use
. The equipment consists of a large
tank
, boxes and pipes that would be able to fit into a garage-sized room.
Electricity
is produced
using methane
gas
, generated from a mix of compost and water in a large steel
tank
. The
tank
is about the same height as a person and about twice as wide. Methane rises to the top of the
tank
and
is collected
and stored in a
gas
storage system. The stored
gas
is the fuel source
used
in the
energy
conversions that happen
next
.
Once compressed in a
gas
compressor, the methane fuels a combustion engine, which in turn produces mechanical
energy
. Having
been transferred
to a generator, the mechanical
energy
is then transformed into electrical
energy
, which is then stored in a battery. At this stage the electricity is ready for home
use
.