Ener Heat, hot water and power from methane all from compost - Jean Pain System

[Old Gray Mare]

Imagine using the heat from a compost pile to: heat your home and hot water. Imagine collecting the methane from said pile to: run a generator, cook food and run a truck.

Video is in German with English subtitles.

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Jean Pain - English - Part 1
Jul 15, 2008
Taranaki Farm
Jean Pain - A french innovator who developed a compost based bio energy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHRvwNJRNag
run time 7:30

 

[Old Gray Mare]

Video is in German with English subtitles. Some French.

Fair use.
Jean Pain - English - Part 2
Jul 15, 2008
Taranaki Farm
Jean Pain - A french innovator who developed a compost based bio energy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCj7NA0OIs

run time 7:43

 

[lonestar09]

I remember reading about this in an old mother earth news magazine. It was interesting and very plausible to do.

 

[Babs]

There is a General Motors factory in Lake Orion, Michigan that uses methane for, at least some of, their power needs.