Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis
The main goal of the publication was to show the differences in profit when using manure directly as fertilizer (after the storage period) or as a substrate for biogas plants with a cogeneration unit, and then using the digestate for fertilization purposes. The comparison covers the streams of costs...
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| description | The main goal of the publication was to show the differences in profit when using manure directly as fertilizer (after the storage period) or as a substrate for biogas plants with a cogeneration unit, and then using the digestate for fertilization purposes. The comparison covers the streams of costs, revenues and profits over the year between 14 October 2021 and 14 October 2022. This period was chosen due to the energy and fertilization crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Profitability forecasts for biogas investments (including the payback period) are presented, with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, i.e., methane and nitrous oxide, taken into account. The performed economic, energy and ecological calculations of manure management can be used as guidelines when considering investing in biogas plants, as well as what is recently becoming a new trend: the carbon footprint of dairy production. Input substrate parameters, gaseous emissions and biogas yields were obtained from own research (manure samples were collected) and from literature data, including guidelines for international and national IPCC protocols. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66464d17f80c4b1eb19858c80388f9cd2023-11-24T10:51:32ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-11-011523886710.3390/en15238867Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy CrisisJakub Mazurkiewicz0Ecotechnologies Laboratory, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznań, PolandThe main goal of the publication was to show the differences in profit when using manure directly as fertilizer (after the storage period) or as a substrate for biogas plants with a cogeneration unit, and then using the digestate for fertilization purposes. The comparison covers the streams of costs, revenues and profits over the year between 14 October 2021 and 14 October 2022. This period was chosen due to the energy and fertilization crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Profitability forecasts for biogas investments (including the payback period) are presented, with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, i.e., methane and nitrous oxide, taken into account. The performed economic, energy and ecological calculations of manure management can be used as guidelines when considering investing in biogas plants, as well as what is recently becoming a new trend: the carbon footprint of dairy production. Input substrate parameters, gaseous emissions and biogas yields were obtained from own research (manure samples were collected) and from literature data, including guidelines for international and national IPCC protocols.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/23/8867cow manurefertilizerbiogas plantfermentationdigestateGHG |
| spellingShingle | Jakub Mazurkiewicz Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis Energies cow manure fertilizer biogas plant fermentation digestate GHG |
| title | Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis |
| title_full | Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis |
| title_short | Analysis of the Energy and Material Use of Manure as a Fertilizer or Substrate for Biogas Production during the Energy Crisis |
| title_sort | analysis of the energy and material use of manure as a fertilizer or substrate for biogas production during the energy crisis |
| topic | cow manure fertilizer biogas plant fermentation digestate GHG |
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