This report explores the current state of urban agriculture in the United States, the benefits of anaerobic digestion as a renewable energy source, and the potential for biogas capture at a farm, Nuestro Huerto, a small urban farm in Worcester Massachusetts. Gas handling systems are investigated, and a design is proposed for compressing and storing evolved gases from the Nuestro Huerto digester.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kelsey, Alden Hayden

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Energy
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101614-131013

Keyword

• Biomass energy
• Renewable energy sources
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Rosbach, Derren
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• Nuestro Huerto
• Barker, Amanda

Date created

• 2014-10-16

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright