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Energy integrated farm system: North Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment Station

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7129198
North Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment Station, a dairy farm with wheat, barley, sugar beet, and soybean crops, is designed to conserve energy through energy integrated concepts including wind break and solar energy for heating buildings, methane digestion, and energy conservation crop practices. The integrated energy concepts to be demonstrated are: generation of methane from manure; use of a milk-to-water heat exchanger and rock-bed heat storage in dairy operations; use of a solar collector energy system for space heat in the dairy barn (calf warming); efficient solid-liquid separation in manure collection system; use of digester effluent as bedding and fertilizer; and energy conservation by improved agriculture practices, such as conservation tillage, pest management, and soil testing for efficient use of fertilizer.
Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, TN
OSTI ID:
7129198
Report Number(s):
DOE/TIC/EG-84/606; ON: TI88016712
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English