Energy integrated farm system: Mathis Farm and Georgia Institute of Technology
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6911795
Mathis Farm, a dairy farm with corn and soybean crops, is designed to conserve energy through energy integrated concepts including energy-efficient farming practices, methane digestion, irrigation and wastewater management, and efficient use of electrical energy. The integrated energy concepts to be demonstrated are: anaerobic digestion of cattle manure to produce methane for an engine generator to provide electricity for the farm, with waste-heat recovery to produce hot water; use of digester sludge materials as bedding and fertilizer; farm energy audit and subsequent implementation of energy conservation practices; waste management on the farm; and energy conservation crop practices.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, TN
- OSTI ID:
- 6911795
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/TIC/EG-84/607; ON: TI88016713
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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