Alternative Technologies/Uses for Manure

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000017078
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.6 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Alternative Technologies/Uses for Manure
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, E. P. (n.d.). Alternative Technologies/Uses for Manure. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Acknowledgment This document was prepared by the Office of Wastewater Management under the direction of Mr. Gregory Beatty and Mr. Hank Zygmunt. Technical assistance was provided by Tetra Tech, Inc. under EPA Contract No. 68-C-99-253.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Treatment Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Conversion to Value-Added Products: Composting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Conversion to Value-Added Products: Pelletizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Conversion to Value-Added Products: Livestock Feed Additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Conversion and Use as an Energy Source: Gasification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Conversion and Use as an Energy Source: Cofiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conversion and Use as an Energy Source: Anaerobic Digestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Conversion and Use as an Energy Source: Methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Other Innovative and Emerging Technologies Using Animal Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Appendix: Organizations That Can Assist with Alternative Manure Utilization Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33