THE INCREASING OF BIOGAS QUANTITY AND QUALITY ACTIVITIES BY PARTICIPATORY APPROACH FOR RURAL AREA SCHOOLS

Abstract

This research objective was to study the results of enlarging the biogas quantity and quality of the participants whose able to concern in the rural area school biogas production. The participants activities were done by adding biogas reactor construction, finding out the biogas raw material and developing the biogas as energy fuel. The problems of conventional biogas were high raw material but lower quantity and lower quality, since there was other gas defiled in the biogas composition. The research focus group was comprised of 9 science teachers, 30 of students and 9 of the involved people in rural area elementary and secondary schools in Nan and Uttaradit province, students and the biogas user in the schools. The research tools employed were a survey of participatory activities, observation form of the experiment on the increasing of biogas quality, in-depth interviews of participants, and questionnaires to ascertain the participants level of satisfaction in the activities. An evaluation of the data formed at the conclusion of this research with the following findings: 1) the most activities was participated by the students with cooperation, developed scientific conception on biogas production and engage actively in the activities, 2) the development biogas production indicated the higher quality and quantity more than those of conventional biogas production, and 3) the participants indicated a high level of satisfaction in their participants activities.