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Lots of skilled people in this network...

Potentiality of domestic biogas plants in China „ It was forecasted that the potentiality of domestic biogas plants is 150 millions on the basis of climate potential and social-economic potential by Some Chinese experts , that may cover of 55% of the household in rural area in China. It means that the number of biogas plants in use will meet the requirement of 20% of potentiality by 2010. „ If we consider the trend of rural economy developing in China, the potentiality should be modified based on two aspects: (1) Industrialization of animal husbandry with fast development speed；(2) the movement of traditional farmer from rural area to cities and towns. „ Approximately, the potentiality of domestic biogas plants in China is among the 80 millions mainly based on the national pig dung potential

Lots of contacts of representatives that were at this event...

"Nepal Biogas Plant -- Construction Manual Construction Manual for GGC 2047 Model Biogas Plant"

List of (apparently free) eBooks about biogas production: Biogas Factsheet Methane-Biogas Production Guide (15p) 3-Cubic Meter Biogas Plant Construction Manual (40p) Nepal Biogas Plant Construction Manual (15p) Biogas Production from Manure (6p)

A Novel Design for a Biogas Generator in Developing Countries by Joanna Read A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The proposed generator is designed to produce 3.2 cubic meters of biogas per day. This is the amount of biogas necessary for the daily cooking requirements an average family of eight people, the norm in Pabal. Initial conceptual designs are outlined and analysed by the use of a design matrix. The final design is also analysed and suggestions made for further improvements.

List if several digester projects

Lots of resources about biogas generation DIY

A selection of stats in English : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_digestion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogas http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogaz ... and in French and German too look at the page, the guy made a kind of micro SoA and posted it in his blog. You also have a link to a tool in German to calculate the production of a biogas digester

Aaron from OSE headquarters writes : "as far as current research, we recently interviewed a man to help with our agriculture, and his current farm includes a methane digester designed by 'Biogas Bob':http://www.omega-alpharecycling.com/ "

The author of this HowTo biogas digester might be a good resource person : http://www.greenoptimistic.com/about-us/ "To construct a good biogas plant, you should not only respect the dimensions as indicated on the drawing but also follow the correct construction method. Hereunder, in a step-by-step fashion, the right construction method of the 2047 design GGC model biogas plant is given."

The first result is inn English, it is the guidebook (12 pages) on "Preparing this training material all the important information have been collected from the booklets & research materials". Source : Biogas Training Center (BRC) Chendu, Sichuan, Chaina.

more results while adding the keyword "design" it seems the topic is quite largely documented

"PD Dr. Joachim Clemens, Prof. Dr. Heiner Goldbach, University of Bonn, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Plant Nutrition, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Straße 13, D 53115, Germany Tel.  (+49)-228-732850 (Goldbach)  (+49)-228-732150 (Clemens) Fax: (+49)-228-732489 Email: h.goldbach@uni-bonn.de           a.clemens@uni-bonn.de"

" Wikidemocracy is a model of government based on the open source and "wiki" concepts that have already been brought to the private sector, i.e. Wikipedia. Some people think it is the future of democracy. The idea, at its most basic level, is bringing common citizens to the law, and allowing for a transparent law process and maximum public input using the latest technology. The pinnacle of this theory is allowing community members in any given jurisdiction direct access to its laws. Using wiki style editing, people can actually edit their demands into laws."

"Collaborative governance is a process and a form of governance in which participants (parties, agencies, stakeholders) representing different interests are collectively empowered to make a policy decision or make recommendations to a final decision-maker who will not substantially change consensus recommendations from the group.[citation needed] Governance can employ different degrees of public consultation and participation,[1] ranging from non-participation (the community is unaware of any decisions taken), informing (telling the community what is planned and to understand problems, alternatives and solutions), consultation (to obtain public feedback on analysis, alternatives and/or decisions), collaboration (to partner with the public to develop alternatives, identify preferred solutions, and make decisions), to empowerment (placing final decision-making into the hands of the public). Collaborative governance is governance with characteristics of both collaboration and empowerment.[citation needed] Some models of collaborative governance have been criticized as allowing ad hoc deliberation to drown out minority opposition.[2] "

"Open-source governance is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the philosophies of the open source and open content movements to democratic principles in order to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki document. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to benefit to the decision-making process and improve democracy.[1]"

"The assessment of gross national happiness (GNH; Wylie: rgyal-yongs dga'a-skyid dpal-'dzoms) was designed in an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life or social progress in more holistic and psychological terms than only the economic indicator of gross domestic product (GDP)."

"Consensus Democracy focuses on the need to reengineer the approach to local decision making in the 21st Century. It assumes the present system which emphasizes political parties and simple ideology is unable to be effective in a fast-paced age in which constant change creates a new level of interdependency and complexity. It assumes that the old idea of checks and balances will create tremendous gridlock in a society increasingly diverse. "

"Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (also called Compassionate Communication or Collaborative Communication[1][2]) is a communication process developed by Marshall Rosenberg beginning in the 1960s.[3] NVC often functions as a conflict resolution process. It focuses on three aspects of communication: self-empathy (defined as a deep and compassionate awareness of one's own inner experience), empathy (defined as listening to another with deep compassion), and honest self-expression (defined as expressing oneself authentically in a way that is likely to inspire compassion in others). NVC is based on the idea that all human beings have the capacity for compassion and only resort to violence or behavior that harms others when they don't recognize more effective strategies for meeting needs"