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The influence of pressure swing conditioning pre-treatment of chicken manure on nitrogen content and methane yield

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  • Schumacher, Britt
  • Wedwitschka, Harald
  • Weinrich, Sören
  • Mühlenberg, Jana
  • Gallegos, Daniela
  • Oehmichen, Katja
  • Liebetrau, Jan

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The purpose of this study was to examine if the energetic potentials of chicken manure can be used more efficiently in the biogas process by means of pre-treatment with pressure swing conditioning (PSC). Two sub-questions were of interest: the effect of pre-treatment on the nitrogen content in the manure and the effect of pre-treatment on the methane yield. Six variants of PSC were examined concerning nitrogen content and methane yield in batch tests. PSC-variant 150 °C/5 min showed an increase methane yield of 14.4% (to 288 mL/gVS) in best case compared to the untreated reference. The result's kinetic model analysis indicate faster degradation rates. PSC-treatment caused a reduction of the total ammonia nitrogen content of 39% on average of the six variants (via gas phase). One PSC-variant and untreated chicken manure were chosen for continuous fermentation tests in continuous stirred tank reactors in lab-scale. In the continuous test a methane production of 294 mL/g VS for untreated manure was observed and of 297 mL/g VS for PSC-chicken-manure (150 °C/5 min). With the right parameter set, PSC is able to enhance the degradation speed and to decrease the total ammonia nitrogen content of chicken manure with straw pellets as bedding material.

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  • Schumacher, Britt & Wedwitschka, Harald & Weinrich, Sören & Mühlenberg, Jana & Gallegos, Daniela & Oehmichen, Katja & Liebetrau, Jan, 2019. "The influence of pressure swing conditioning pre-treatment of chicken manure on nitrogen content and methane yield," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 1554-1565.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:143:y:2019:i:c:p:1554-1565
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.04.163
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    3. Bhatnagar, N. & Ryan, D. & Murphy, R. & Enright, A.M., 2022. "A comprehensive review of green policy, anaerobic digestion of animal manure and chicken litter feedstock potential – Global and Irish perspective," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).

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