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Energy integrated farm system: Mathis Farm and Georgia Institute of Technology

Technical Report ·
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