Energy Integrated Dairy Farm System in North Dakota

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7174918

Pratt, G; Lindley, J; Hirning, H; Giles, J

The EIFS project at North Dakota State University, located at Fargo, North Dakota, is an effort to show how a Northern Great Plains EIFS might be operated. This farm used a combination of energy conservation, energy capture, and energy production. Energy conservation was demonstrated using reduced tillage in a typical cropping system and by using heat reclamation equipment on the ventilation system and the milk cooler in the dairy barn. Energy capture was demonstrated with a solar collector used to preheat ventilation air. Energy production was demonstrated with the construction of an anaerobic digester to produce methane from manure. This manual describes the design, construction, operation, and performance of the EIFS developed at North Dakota State University.

• Research Organization: North Dakota State Univ., Fargo (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-80CS40377
• OSTI ID: 7174918
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40377-T1; ON: DE87005833
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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