Energy potential through bio-conversion of agricultural wastes: Phase II. Final report to Four Corners Regional Commission

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6313095

Burford, Jr, J L; Varani, F T; Schellenbach, S; Turnacliff, W F; Don, S; Pace, B

The results of a program to determine an optimum engineering design and plant costs for a bioconversion facility at a designated location, Lamar, Colorado, are presented. This proposed facility would use the manure from 50,000 head of feedlot cattle in the Lamar area as a feed source for the anaerobic digestion plant. The resulting fuel gas would be consumed in the Lamar elctrical generation plant. The conversion of organic matter to methane gas has been documented for cattle waste from the site area at an average yield of 3.54 standard cubic feet of methane per pound or organic matter (volatile solids). Algae research has definitely established the ability of the proposed algae ponds to remove dissolved material from the digester effluent enabling the plant process water to be recycled. The development of the anaerobic residue as a cattle feed material is discussed economically. The plant process and performance; capital and operating costs; energy legislation and utility alternatives; economics of plant operation; and impact of bio-conversion plant on local economy are discussed. (MHR)

• OSTI ID: 6313095
• Report Number(s): NP-23569/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ALGAE
ALKANES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
ANIMAL FEEDS
ANIMALS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOGAS PROCESS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CAPITAL
CATTLE
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COLORADO
COST
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DIGESTION
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
FLUIDS
FOOD
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GROWTH
HYDROCARBONS
LEGISLATION
MAMMALS
MANAGEMENT
MANURES
METHANE
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OWNERSHIP
PILOT PLANTS
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POWER GENERATION
PROCESSING
PUBLIC UTILITIES
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
RUMINANTS
SOLID WASTES
SYNTHESIS
USA
VERTEBRATES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES