New Landia digester mixing system for farm-based biogas plant in Japan

At a farm-based biogas plant in a remote area on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, a Landia Gas Mix system has replaced mixers that were failing to cope with manure/agricultural feedstock.

Frustrated with the problems caused to the original mixers by the inevitable high-tier solids from farm waste, the farmer has switched to Landia’s externally-mounted GasMix system, which utilises the Chopper Pump (invented by Landia in 1950) to continuously break down heavy particles.

An added annoyance for the farmer was the fact that the mixers could not be retrieved for maintenance or repair without the very costly and laborious draining down of the digester.

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