TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kumar, Naveen
AU  - Sannabhadti, Ravi (Guide)
TI  - Feasibility of household biogas in rural areas (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1569 
PY  - 2013///
N1  - Table of Contents CERTIFICATE   ii UNDERTAKING   iii Acknowledgement   iv List of Tables   ix List of figures   x Executive summery   1 Chapter 1 Introduction   6 1.1 Background   6 1.2 Introduction   8 1.3 Status of Renewable Energy in India  9 1.4 Renewable energy for Rural Areas  10 1.5 Biogas technology for rural India  10 1.6 Status and potential of biomass energy in India  11 1.7 The Biogas technology in rural India  11 1.8 Factor affecting the biogas technology  12 1.9 Key research question    12 1.10 Aim and Objective of the study  12 1.10 Need of the study   13 1.11 Methodology   14 1.12 Selection of the district   14 1.13 Selection of the block/sub division  14 1.14 Selection of the village   15 1.15 Selection of the sample   15 1.16 Data collection   15 1.17 Data analysis   15 Chapter  2 Literature Review  17 2.1 Biomass energy in India   17 2.2 The energy consumption pattern   17 2.3 Studies on energy demand estimation  17 2.4 Energy demand estimation in rural areas  18 2.5 Cooking Scenario in India  19 2.6 Status of Cooking across the states  20 2.7 Firewood   20 2.8 Cow dung   20 2.9 LPG   20 2.10 Kerosene   21 2.11 Others   21 2.12 Regional energy consumption pattern  21 2.13 Changing trends in the cooking pattern  24 2.14 Factors   25 2.15 Biogas   25 2.16 From the past   26 2.17 Evolution of biogas technology  26 2.18 National Project on Biogas Development  26 2.19 Evaluation of biogas plant   27 2.20 Milestone in biogas development  28 2.21 Impact of National Project on Biogas Development  28 2.22 Community biogas plant  29 Chapter  3 Biogas technologies in India   31 3.1 Introduction   31 3.2 Approved biogas models   31 3.3 Type of biogas plants:-   33 3.4 Fixed dome design:-   33 3.5 Floating drum digester:-   33 3.6 Sintex model:-   34 3.7 Input requirement for the biogas plant  34 3.8 Physical and financial status of NBMMP  35 3.9 Financial detail   35 3.10 Physical details   35 3.11 Status of household biogas plant across the states  36 Chapter 4 Status of Cooking in Haryana  39 4.1 Introduction   39 4.2 Physiography   39 4.3 Climatic condition   40 4.4 Agriculture situation in Haryana  40 4.5 Area under different crop across the district  41 4.6 Livestock   41 4.7 Source of cooking   42 4.8 District wise comparison of cooking fuel  43 4.9 Regional Variation and Fuel use Pattern.  44 4.10 Kaithal District   45 4.11 Status of Biogas in Study Area  46 4.12 Sub- Division Kaithal   47 4.13 Sub  Division Ghulla   47 4.14 Village profile   49 4.15 Geographical location   49 4.16 Demographic details   50 4.17 Literacy   50 4.18 Sex Ratio   50 4.19 Land use pattern   51 4.20 Cropping pattern   51 Chapter - 5 Data Analysis  54 Demographic Details of the sample Household  54 5.1 Social structure   54 5.2 Occupation   54 5.3 Family Size   54 5.4 Education Status   55 Economic status of the Sample household  56 5.5 Land Holding   56 5.6 Livestock Holding   57 Cooking status of the sample household  57 5.7 Major source of cooking   57 5.8 Fuel mix   58 5.9 Energy consumption pattern  .. 59 Biogas plant details   59 5.10 Cost of the plant and subsidy provision  60 5.11 Cost benefit of the biogas plant  61 5.12 Annual dung requirement   61 5.13 Annual operation and maintenance cost  62 5.14 Annual income from the plant  62 5.15 Cost benefit of the biogas plant  63 Indirect benefits of the biogas plants  64 5.16 Women   64 5.17 Agriculture productivity   64 5.18 Environment benefits   64 ISSUES RELATED TO ADOPTION OF HOUSEHOLD BIOGAS  65 5.18 Education   65 5.19 Family size   65 5.20 Livestock Holding   66 5.21 Land Holding   67 5.22 capital cost of the plant and subsidy  67 Issues related to Biogas Plant  68 5.23 size of the plant   68 5.24 Technical problem   69 5.25 Operational and maintenance issues  69 5.26 Response from non biogas users  70 5.28 Model Summery   71 Chapter  6 Conclusion & Recommendation  74 6.1 Conclusion   74 6.2 Recommendation and suggestion  77 General recommendation   77 References   79 Annexure -1 household Questionnaire  82 Annexure-2 Status of Biogas in Kaithal  88 Annexure-3 Different agro-climatic zones and fuel consumption  89
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