biogas
Definition
Combustible gas used as cooking gas in agricultural communities. Composed largely of methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide, it is produced by fermenting animal and human wastes in absence of oxygen (an anaerobic process). Solids, remaining after the fermentation is complete, are used as organic fertilizer.
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biogas is in the Environment & Pollution Control and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.
biogas appears in these other term: biogasification
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