Table 2.
Estimation of annual current costs for small scale biogas plants.
Name of the components | Biogas plant capacity |
Mean | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Small | Medium | Large | ||
Cow dung applied (kg/day) | 63 | 89 | 119 | 90.33 |
Cow dung cost (USD/year) | 49.27 | 69.61 | 93.07 | 70.65 |
Labour cost (USD/year) | 84.38 | 93.75 | 187.5 | 121.87 |
Maintenance cost excluding labor cost (USD/year) | 15.62 | 18.10 | 21.05 | 18.26 |
Miscellaneous cost excluding labor cost (USD/year) | 15.62 | 18.10 | 21.05 | 18.27 |
Total cost (USD/year) | 164.93 | 199.58 | 322.69 | 229.06 |