GTI

GTI

United States. Department of Energy. Golden Field Office.

关键词: By-Products;    Environmental Impacts;    Swine;    Potential Energy;    Carbon Dioxide;   

DOI  :  10.2172/815046
RP-ID  :  FC36-99GO10599
RP-ID  :  /GO/10599
RP-ID  :  815046

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Manure management is an ever-increasing environmental impact problem within the U.S. livestock industry due to the trends in growing scale of operation of individual animal raising facilities. Anaerobic digestion, the fermentation of organic matter into a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide called biogas, offers the livestock industry a viable solution to this problem. When anaerobic digestion is combined with by-product recovery and biogas utilization, the integrated system can potentially solve manure handling issues while creating significant energy, environmental and economic opportunities. The overall objective of this project was to conduct a laboratory proof-of-concept evaluation to determine the potential energy generation and pathogen control benefits of applying anaerobic digestion for the management of swine manure.