LAPSE:2020.0258
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LAPSE:2020.0258
Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure from a Sawdust-Bedded Pack Barn: Moisture Responses
Eunjong Kim, Seunghun Lee, Hyeonsoo Jo, Jihyeon Jeong, Walter Mulbry, Shafiqur Rhaman, Heekwon Ahn
February 24, 2020
Bedded pack manure has long been considered an unsuitable feedstock for conventional anaerobic digestion systems due to its high solids content. However, solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) provides an opportunity to generate methane from such high-solids feedstocks. This study was conducted to determine the influence of moisture content on the digestion of bedded pack dairy manure using SS-AD. Mixtures of sawdust bedding and dairy manure were prepared with moisture contents (MCs) of 70, 76, and 83% and digested at 37 °C for 85 days. The performance of digesters containing manure at 83% MC was 1.3 to 1.4-fold higher than that of digesters containing 70% MC manure in terms of volatile solids (VS) reduction and biogas production. VS reduction rates were 55 to 75% and cumulative methane yield ranged from 64 to 90 NmL (gVS)−1. These values are lower than those from SS-AD of fresh manure and this is likely due to the partial decomposition of biodegradable materials during the two to three-month period before the manure was removed from the barn. However, in terms of efficient management of farm odors and providing a renewable energy source for heating, SS-AD of bedded pack manure offers a potential alternative to the conventional composting systems currently in use.
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biogas, dairy manure, methane, moisture content, solid-state anaerobic digestion
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Kim E, Lee S, Jo H, Jeong J, Mulbry W, Rhaman S, Ahn H. Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure from a Sawdust-Bedded Pack Barn: Moisture Responses. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0258
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Kim E: Department of Animal Biosystems Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134 South Korea [ORCID]
Lee S: Department of Animal Biosystems Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134 South Korea
Jo H: Department of Animal Biosystems Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134 South Korea [ORCID]
Jeong J: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea
Mulbry W: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA [ORCID]
Rhaman S: Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 USA
Ahn H: Department of Animal Biosystems Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134 South Korea
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Energies
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11
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3
Article Number
E484
Year
2018
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2018-02-25
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1996-1073
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