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How is biogas formed?

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When fresh slurry is fed to the biogas plant, only used slurry flows out from the outlet
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Read the following statement with respect to biogas production, and state true (T) and false (F).

 

A. The type of the gas produced depends upon the microbes and the organic substrate they utilize.

B. Certain bacteria that grow aerobically on cellulose material produce large amount of methane along with CO2 and H2.

C. Methanobacterium is a common methanogen.

D. Methanogens are commonly found in the anaerobic sludge during sewage treatment.

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The condition for producing biogas is
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The technology of biogas production from cow dung was developed in India largely due to the efforts of

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The given figure represents a typical biogas plant. Which of the following statements is correct?
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Which of the following gases is not related as a byproduct of anaerobic digestion of activated sludge?
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Which is not an advantage of biogas?
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_____is known as marsh gas.
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What are the components of biogas?
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The main constituent of biogas is
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The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is
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Biogas generation is a three stage anaerobic digestion of animal and other organic wastes. Study the following flow chart and select the correct option for stages I, II and III.
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The figure given below shows a typical biogas plant. Which of the following four option products labeled as A, B, and C are correctly identified?

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The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is:
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Methane is a major constituent of
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                          is placed over the slurry in biogas plant.
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One important by-product of a biogas plant is _____ .
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The major constituent of biogas is
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Which of the following term is not associated with typical biogas plant?
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Match Column I with Column II and select the correct answer from the given codes.

  Column I   Column II
(a) Methanogens (i) BOD
(b) Fermenters (ii) Methane rich fuel gas
(c) Organic waste in water (iii) Production of methane
(d) Biogas (iv) Large vessels for growing microbes