Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Manure
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Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Manure for Pollution ControlAnaerobic and Digestion Energy Production:of Livestock A Manure: Feasibility A Feasibility Assessment Assessment By Peter Ciborowski Minnesota Pollution Control Agency March 2001 Report prepared in completion of USEPA Grant CX 825639-01-0 Although the information in this document has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (CX 825639-01-0) to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, it may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. 2 Conversion Factors Volume and Weight 1 cubic meter (m3) equals 35.315 cubic feet (ft3) 1ft3 equals 0.0283 m3 1 liter (l) equals 0.035 ft3 1 l equals 0.001 m3 1 m3 equals 1000 l 1 ft3 equals 28.317 l 1 kilogram (kg) equals 2.2046 lb. 1 lb. /ft3 equals 16 kg/m3 1 ft3/lb equals 0.062 m3/kg Manure 1 ft3 manure equals 62 lb. 1 kg solids/m3 equals 0.1% manure solids content Biogas 1 ft3 biogas equals 0.0716 lb. biogas 3 3 1 ft biogas equals 0.55 to 0.7 ft CH4 3 1 ft CH4 equals 0.04235 lb. CH4 3 1 ft CO2 equals 0.1154 lb. CO2 1 ft3 biogas equals 560 to 713 Btu 3 1 ft CH4 equals 1018 Btu Energy 1 kWh equals 3412 Btu 1 kWh equals 0.03412 mmbtu 1 mmbtu equals 293 kWh (thermal) 1 mmbtu equals 61.5 kWh (electric-diesel generation) 1 kWh (electric-diesel generation) equals 0.016 mmbtu or 26.67 ft3 biogas 3 Table of Contents Part 1. Technology Description and Literature review Introduction and General Description of the Technology Biochemistry of Anaerobic Digestion Anaerobic Digestion in Waste Processing Farm Digester Applications Digester Applications in Minnesota Physical Make-Up of a Farm Digestion System Farm Digester Stability: Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Farm Digester Volatile Solids Degradability Pollution Control with Anaerobic Digestion Greenhouse Gas Control Aspects of Anaerobic Digestion Digester Effluent: Fertilizer Value and By-product Use Farm Biogas and Energy Potential from Anaerobic Digestion Digester Design Criteria for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Volumetric Productivity: Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Net Energy Aspects of Digester Feasibility: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digesters Recommended Design Criteria for Medium-Rate Farm-Based Digesters Operational Means to Relax Constraints to Farm Digester Biogas and Energy Productivity Digester Sizing for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Biogas Uses Digester Construction, Materials and Subcomponents Operating a CSTR, Plug Flow or Slurry-Loop Farm Digester Economics of Anaerobic Digestion for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digesters Alternative Reactor Design Part 2. Study Design Part 3. Inventory of Livestock on Minnesota Dairy and Swine Feedlots Dairy Inventory Swine Inventory Inventory for Swine Finishing Operations Inventory for Nursery Pig-to-Finishing Operations Inventory for Nursery Pig-Only Operations Inventory for Farrow-to-Wean Operations 4 Inventory for Farrow-to-Finish Operations Inventory for Farrow-to-Nursery Pig Operations Inventory for Farrow-and-Finish Operations Part 4. Economic Assessment of Digester Feasibility on Minnesota Feedlots Approach to the Economic Analysis of Digester Feasibility Dairy Assessment Swine Assessment Economic Assessment for Finishing Swine Operations Economic Assessment for Nursery Pig-to-Finishing Swine Operations Economic Assessment for Nursery Pig-Only Swine Operations Economic Assessment for Farrow-to-Finish Swine Operations Economic Assessment for Farrow-to-Nursery Pig Swine Operations Economic Assessment for Farrow-and-Finish Swine Operations Summary of Feasibility Assessment for Swine Production Part 5. Renewable Energy and Methane Control Potential Renewable Energy Analysis Methane Control Potential Part 6. Policy Options Conclusion Appendices List of Reviewers 5 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1. Anaerobic Digestion Figure 2. Schematic Representation of Farm Digester Set-up with a Conventional Medium- Rate Reactor Figure 3. Milk Cows on Minnesota Dairy Farms Figure 4. Milk Cows on Minnesota Dairy Farms by Herd Size Figure 5. Swine on Minnesota Swine Farms Table 1. Necessary Conditions for Mesophilic Digestion Table 2. Anaerobic Digester Types Table 3. Digester Type Suitability Based on Housing and Manure Management Table 4. Environmental Benefits of Digestion Table 5. Estimates of Anaerobic Digester Effects on Various Measures of Water and Air Pollution for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 6. Biogas Productivity per Head of Livestock for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Anaerobic Digesters Table 7. Biogas Productivity per Lactating Cow from Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 8. Anaerobic Digester Productivity per 1,000 lb. of Livestock Liveweight: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 9. Digester Biogas Productivity: Literature Point Estimates for Conventional Medium- Rate Farm Reactors Table 10. Potential Energy Production per Lactating Cow from Farm Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure Table 11. Potential Energy Production per Head of Livestock from Anaerobic Digestion with Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 12. Biogas Productivity in Relationship to Waste Type and Collection and Digester Configuration: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 13. Digester Productivity: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digestion Table 14. Digester Net Energy Status in Relation to Influent Manure Total Solids: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 15. Digester Net Energy Considerations: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digester Design Table 16. Design Parameters for Optimal CSTR Net Energy Production Table 17. Digester Design Parameters: Range of Estimates Typically Found in the Literature for Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 18. Operational Means to Raise Digester Biogas and Energy Productivity Table 19. Summary of Biological and Design Limits to Anaerobic Digestion, Conventional Medium Rate Farm Reactors Table 20. Approximate Digester Size in Relation to Waste for Processing: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digesters Table 21. Farm Digester Components: CSTR. Plug Flow and Slurry-Loop Design Table 22. Feasibility Thresholds for Various Physical Digester Parameters: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 23. Potential Sources of Public and Private Benefit from Anaerobic Digestion: Monetized and Nonmonetized Benefits 6 Table 24. Digester Capital Costs: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digestion, Dairy Feedlots Table 25. Digester Capital Costs: Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Digestion, Swine Feedlots, Slatted Floors, Below Barn Pit Storage Table 26. Estimates of Herd Size Thresholds for Economic Viability of Digester with Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 27. Estimates of Herd Sizes Not Economically Viability for Digester Deployment with Conventional Medium-Rate Farm Reactors Table 28. Preconditions for Successful Digester Deployment on Farm Table 29. Economic Factors in the Analysis of Anaerobic Digester Feasibility Table 30. Trends Favoring Digester Deployments in the US Livestock Industry Table 31. Summary Statistics for Dairy Herd, Dairy Manure and Volatile Solids Production, and Methane Generation: 1998 Table 32. Dairy Herd Inventory by Herd Size Table 33. Swine Production Systems Table 34. Swine Characteristics Table 35. Distribution of Swine in Minnesota Feedlots Table 36. Summary Statistics for Swine Producing Feedlots in Minnesota Table 37. Summary Statistics for Swine Production in Minnesota by Animal Type Table 38. Potential Methane Generating Capacity of Minnesota Swine Feedlots by Production Type and Manure Storage and Handling System Table 39. Summary Statistics for Finishing Swine Systems Table 40. Finishing Swine Inventory: All Manure Management Systems Table 41. Finishing Swine Inventory: Below Barn Pit Storage Systems Table 42. Summary Statistics for Nursery Pig-to-Finishing Swine Systems Table 43. Nursery-Pig-to-Finisher Inventory by Number of Finishers Table 44. Nursery Pig-to-Finisher Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Finishers Table 45. Nursery Pig-to-Finisher VS Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Finishers Table 46. Nursery Pig-to-Finisher Maximum Potential Methane Generation Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Finishers (in mmcf) Table 47. Nursery Pig-to-Finisher Emission Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Finishers (in mmcf of CH4) Table 48. Summary Statistics for Nursery Pig Swine Systems Table 49. Nursery Pig-Only Swine Inventory: All Manure Management Systems Table 50. Nursery Pig-Only System Inventory: Below Barn Pit Storage Table 51. Summary Statistics for Farrow-to-Wean Swine Systems Table 52. Farrow-to-Wean System Inventory: All Manure Management Systems Table 53. Farrow-to-Wean Systems Inventory: Below Barn Pit Storage Systems Table 54. Summary Statistics for Farrow-to-Finish Swine Systems Table 55. Farrow-to-Finish Inventory by Number of Sows Table 56. Farrow-to-Finish Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Sows Table 57. Farrow-to-Finish VS Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Sows Table 58. Farrow-to-Finish Maximum Potential Methane Generation Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Sows (in mmcf) Table 59. Farrow-to-Finish Emission Inventory for Below Barn Pit Storage Systems by Number of Sows (in mmcf of CH4) Table 60. Summary Statistics for Farrow-to-Nursery Pig Swine Systems 7 Table 61. Farrow-to-Nursery Pig System Inventory