Modular Biogas Lamp
This was my first recorded invention, way back in 2nd year High School, the year 1983 It works this way... Biogas, in this case in the form of decomposed animal waste, is kept in what used to be a can of powdered milk (Birch Tree), for around 6 weeks. Once fermented, now in gaseous form, the biogas is released through a gate valve... at the other end of the gate valve is a used brake fluid can (Prestone). Once the biogas is released the lamp can be lit on that end Even back in those days, biogas isn't new... but the key in this invention was there can be constant supply of biogas. In our province, there were several biogas lamps, but those have the biogas directly on the lamp itself... in this invention, the user can store as many biogas as he can, and use the new ones once the gas has been used up - keep in mind, it takes 6 weeks or 42 days, about a month and a half, for the biogas to fully ferment. It made the National Science Fair finals that year - not bad for a 12 year old bo