Links of the Biodigester sector with the dairy sector and environment
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Links of the Biodigester sector with the
Dairy sector and Environment
Peter Bos
CLEANED Project East Africa Stakeholder Consultation on Dairy and Environment Nairobi, Kenya, 18 September 2013
SNV- TA
1 Outline
Intro on Biodigester
Dairy – Biogas sector
Bio-slurry as fertilizer
Energy use for dairy
farmers
Improved Environment
2. Biodigester unit
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Fig 1:
Fixed dome domestic biogas installation
Fig 1:
Fixed dome domestic biogas installation
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The feasibility nexus
Technically possible
Economically attractive Environmentally sustainable
Socially acceptable
Programme environment
Political context
Feasibilitynexus
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Financial and economic performance of domestic biogas installations
SNV Dom. Biogas Programs
AsiaNepalVietnamCambodiaBangladeshLaosPakistan Indonesia
AfricaRwandaEthiopiaTanzania Kenya UgandaBurkina Faso
3. Dairy and biogas
• Traditionally, small scale biogas and small scale dairy have always
been having tight links.
• => From a biogas point of view: zero stabled- dairy cows / overnight
stabling, are the producer of the substrate for the biogas installation.
• => From a dairy perspective: a biogas installation contribute to a
proper and hygienic management of cow dung, the production of
energy for hot/warm water to clean milking equipment and cattle
before and after milking, nutrients cycling….
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Biochemical processes and biogas
The dairy cow
Mature “developed (!)” dairy cow Live weight 635 kg
Milk production 20 – 35 kg / day
Main dung characteristics:
Daily fresh manure production: 51 kg per day (61 litres / day)
Total solids: 6.4 kg (TS (= DM) ~ 13% of fresh wght)
Macro nutrients: Micro nutrients / trace elements
Nitrogen Nk:
Phosphorus P: 0.04 kg
Potassium K: 0.16 kgTypical substrates
Cow dung 0.025 0.050Pig dung 0.040 0.070Poultry litter 0.065 0.120Nigh soil 0.030 0.070
specific biogas production
[m3/kg]
“Developing” cattle:
• Weight <250 kg
• Milk production 1-5 kg/day
• TS >20% of fresh wght
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Farm system
Crop production system
Householdsystem
Animal production system
Biogas plant
Bio slurry
4. Bio-slurry as fertilizer
Improved soil fertility:
• Higher yield kg/ha
• Better quality, higher price/kg
• Savings on chemical fertilizer
• Savings on pesticides
Bio-slurry can be used fresh
or mixed with agricultural
residues to make compost!
Often the financial benefits of
bio-slurry is greater than that
of biogas!
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Slurry use for aqua culture
• Food for fish
• Fast uptake of inorganic
materials by plankton
• Plankton food for fish
• Little use of O2, better water
quality
• Less risks for fish diseases
• Increase in fish growth of 15-
30% compared to fresh dung
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Bio-slurry
• Dehydrated digested sludge can be used as feed supplement
for pig and poultry.
• Mushroom farming: increase in yields of 15% more compared to
that of usual medium using bio-slurry and reducing pick time by
7 days.
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Wet Application
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Dry Application
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Bio-slurry use matters!
Small fraction of soils: < 2 % (in tropics)
OM:
• Living organisms: roots, fungi, earthworms, etc.
• Dead material: plant residues, fym, compost, humus, etc
Positive effects:
• Soil structure (roots, air)
• Water retention capacity
• Soil fertility (CEC = cation exchange capacity)
• Buffers soil pH
• Resistance to erosion
5. Energy use for dairy farmers
• Use of biogas for heating of water to clean milking equipment
and cattle before and after milking.
• To a lesser extent, biogas-energy has been applied for on-farm
milk processing, mainly pasteurizing raw milk
• Innovative idea; use of biogas for milk chilling at HH level
both micro-scale (6-16 M3) and medium sized digesters (24-60
M3).
- special designed milk coolers operating on biogas
- use of generators operating on biogas
Preliminary calculations indicate that the per-head production of
cattle dung produces sufficient energy to cool down the per head
milk production.
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Domestic biogas & carbon revenue
6. Improved EnvironmentBiogas & GHG reduction
Manure handling modality
Fossil- and NRB fuel
substitution
Chemical fertilizer
substitution
Project boundary
Animal manure storage
Biogas stove(thermal energy to the user)
Fertilizer for fields
manurebiogas
Bio
-slu
rry
Concluding
• The impact of a biogas installation on the dairy quality is high; -
improved hygienic conditions and cleanness
• - energy for heating, pasteurisation and possible chilling
• - organic potential fertilizer for crops / fodder grasses /
fishponds.
• - reduced GHG emissions by saving NRM fuels.
• => resulting that Nestle supported the construction of bio-
digesters for all its farmer-producers in Indonesia.
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Asante sana!
SNV - KenyaPeter Bos, Senior Advisor Renewable [email protected], http://africabiogas.org/
For more information, please contact:
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Plant nutrients
Macronutrients • Primary: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K)• Secondary: calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulphur (S)
Micronutrients (trace elements)• boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), chloride (Cl), manganese (Mn),
molybdenum (Mo), zinc (Zn)
Non-Mineral Nutrients• hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), carbon (C)
Measured: dry weight in % or g/kg or ppm (= parts per million)
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Macro nutrients
Nitrogen (N)
• proteins, enzymes and metabolic processes.
• chlorophyll ⇨ photosynthesis.
• rapid growth, seed and fruit production, quality.
Phosphorus (P)
• photosynthesis rapid growth.
• formation of all oils, sugars, starches, etc.
• encourages blooming and root growth.
Potassium (K)
• building of protein, photosynthesis, fruit quality.
• reduction of diseases.
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Fertilizers
Organic fertilizer:
Broad range of nutrients
Low in N-P-K
Long term effect (indirect)
Soil organic matter content
Chemical fertilizers:
Short term effect (direct)
High in N, P or K
Integrated Soil Fertility Management:
Optimal combination of organic and chemical fertilizers
Domestic biogas & carbon revenue
Manure handling modality
Methane emissions per animal type “i” in “j” systems:
CH4i = ∑j Bo
i x VSi x MS%ij x MCFj
CH4= Methane emissions [kgm-3]
Bo= Biodegradability [m3 CH4 (kgVS)-1]
MS%= Manure management system usage [%]MCF= Methane conversion factor [%]VS= Volatile solids [kgyr-1]
Domestic biogas & carbon revenue
Biomass and fossil fuel substitution
Baseline emissions for thermal energy for one household:
BEth, h = ∑j (( F i,bl,h) x NCVi x EFco2i)
Beth,h = Baseline hh emissions from thermal energy [t CO2eq]
Fi, bl, h= Amount of fuel i in baseline situation per hh [kg, m3 or ltr]
NCVi = Net calorific value fuel i [GJkg-
1etc]EFco2
i= CO2 emission factor for fuel i [tCO2kg-1]