Methane recovery from animal manures : the current opportunities casebook

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF TABLES......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 10
1.2 “Lessons Learned”......Page 11
1.3 Cautious Optimism......Page 13
1.5 Methane Recovery and the Climate Change Action Plan......Page 14
2.0 INTRODUCTION TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION......Page 16
2.1 A Short History of Anaerobic Digestion......Page 17
2.2 Farm-Based Anaerobic Digestion Practices in the United States......Page 20
2.3 Energy and Anaerobic Digestion......Page 26
2.4 Environment and Anaerobic Digestion......Page 29
2.5 Nutrient Utilization and Anaerobic Digestion......Page 31
2.6 Odor, Pathogens, and Anaerobic Digestion......Page 36
2.7 Follow the Methane......Page 40
3.0 ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION......Page 42
3.1 Covered Anaerobic Lagoon Digester Profile......Page 44
3.1.2 Base Water Usage Digester Economic Evaluation......Page 47
3.1.3 Reduced Water Usage Cost and Energy Estimates......Page 48
3.1.4 Reduced Water Usage Digester Economic Evaluation......Page 49
3.2 Plug-Flow Digester Profile......Page 50
3.2.1 Digester Size and Product Estimates......Page 51
3.2.2 Costs and Benefits Estimates......Page 54
3.2.3 Economic Evaluation......Page 55
3.3.1 1,000-Head California Dairy Farm with Covered Lagoon Digester......Page 58
3.3.2 300-Head South Dakota Dairy Farm with Plug-Flow Digester......Page 59
3.4 Other Economic Considerations......Page 60
3.5 Climate Challenge......Page 61
3.6 Economic Evaluation Summary......Page 63
4.0 CASE STUDIES OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROJECTS......Page 64
Case Study 4.1: McCabe Farms......Page 68
Case Study 4.2: Not Publicly Identified......Page 71
Case Study 4.3: Agway Farm......Page 74
Case Study 4.4: Fairgrove Farms, Inc.......Page 77
Case Study 4.5: Foster Brothers Farm......Page 80
Case Study 4.6: Langerwerf Dairy......Page 83
Case Study 4.7: Royal Farms......Page 86
Case Study 4.8: Brendle Farms......Page 89
Case Study 4.9: Darrell Smith Farm......Page 92
Case Study 4.10: Oregon Dairy Farm......Page 95
Case Study 4.11: Cooperstown Holstein Corporation Farm......Page 98
Case Study 4.12: BTI Gonzales R&D and Production Plant......Page 101
Case Study 4.13: Rocky Knoll Farms......Page 104
Case Study 4.14: Carroll’s Foods, Inc.......Page 107
Case Study 4.15: Martin Farms......Page 110
Case Study 4.16: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center......Page 113
Case Study 4.17: Craven Dairy Farms......Page 115
Case Study 4.18: Barham Farms......Page 118
Case Study 4.19: Cushman Dairy......Page 121
Case Study 4.20: Freund Dairy......Page 123
Case Study 4.21: AA Dairy......Page 125
Case Study 4.22: Kirk Carrell Dairy......Page 128
Case Study 4.23: BTI-Noble Fertilizer Production Facility......Page 130
4.24 Summary of Case Studies......Page 133
5.0 AND WHAT OF THE FUTURE?......Page 136
5.1 Follow The Methane (Slight Return)......Page 141
6.0 SYSTEM DESIGNER/INSTALLER CONTACTS......Page 145
7.0 OTHER CONTACTS......Page 147