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Is there any simple design to construct the bio digester to produce gas for fuel, heat and electricity?

I am designing a digester for 100 acre farm in the UK where I want to use grass and dung to produce gas for fuel, heat and electricity. I appreciate that there are high-tech systems available on the market but my aim is to Keep It Simple.

The impression I get is that many failed systems are simply because of the wrong ingredients or the wrong quantities.

At present my only questions are,

  1. Are poultry, pig, horse and chicken dung as efficient as cow dung on a per litre basis?

  2. Using freshly mown/chopped grass, at what proportions would you recommend with water, dung & grass?

  3. Would it be advisable to create a pre-mix (cocktail) basis of grass, water and dung?