Historically manure has found utilization as fertilizer in agriculture because it contributes to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. However, the current European Directive 91/676 drastically reduces the application of this material as fertilizer due to its high nitrate content. Therefore, identification of alternative eco-friendly disposal routes with potential financial benefits has become necessary, and the energetic valorization of these biomasses is particularly promising. Poultry litter represents one of the more challenging bio-fuel feedstocks for energy generation, being easy to handle and showing a composition that potentially assures a high energy content and the production of a byproduct (ash) with good fertilizing properties. In this paper an evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of the energy conversion technologies usable to recover both the potential energy and fertilizer properties of poultry litter was provided. The focus was posed on the poultry farms of North-East Italy, where more than half of the national poultry production is concentrated. The preliminary cost analysis suggests that energy production from poultry litter is actually economically viable in the case of large off-site plants only by means of anaerobic digestion, while in the case of small plants operating in situ the gasification process appears the most convenient option.

Poultry litter valorization to energy / DE FILIPPIS, Paolo; Scarsella, Marco; Verdone, Nicola; Zeppieri, Marianna. - STAMPA. - 109:(2008), pp. 261-267. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment tenutosi a Granada, SPAIN nel 2008) [10.2495/wm080281].

Poultry litter valorization to energy

DE FILIPPIS, Paolo;SCARSELLA, Marco;VERDONE, Nicola;ZEPPIERI, MARIANNA
2008

Abstract

Historically manure has found utilization as fertilizer in agriculture because it contributes to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. However, the current European Directive 91/676 drastically reduces the application of this material as fertilizer due to its high nitrate content. Therefore, identification of alternative eco-friendly disposal routes with potential financial benefits has become necessary, and the energetic valorization of these biomasses is particularly promising. Poultry litter represents one of the more challenging bio-fuel feedstocks for energy generation, being easy to handle and showing a composition that potentially assures a high energy content and the production of a byproduct (ash) with good fertilizing properties. In this paper an evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of the energy conversion technologies usable to recover both the potential energy and fertilizer properties of poultry litter was provided. The focus was posed on the poultry farms of North-East Italy, where more than half of the national poultry production is concentrated. The preliminary cost analysis suggests that energy production from poultry litter is actually economically viable in the case of large off-site plants only by means of anaerobic digestion, while in the case of small plants operating in situ the gasification process appears the most convenient option.
2008
4th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment
energy recovery; manure; poultry litter
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Poultry litter valorization to energy / DE FILIPPIS, Paolo; Scarsella, Marco; Verdone, Nicola; Zeppieri, Marianna. - STAMPA. - 109:(2008), pp. 261-267. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment tenutosi a Granada, SPAIN nel 2008) [10.2495/wm080281].
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