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dc.contributor.authorTroy, Shane M.
dc.contributor.authorHealy, Mark G.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-15T19:06:53Z
dc.date.available2013-02-15T19:06:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationNolan, T., Troy, S.M., Gilkinson, S., Frost, P., Xie, S., Zhan, X., Harrington, C., Healy, M.G., Lawlor, P.G. (2012) 'Economic analysis of pig manure treatment options in Ireland'. Bioresource Technology, 105 :15-23.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/3238
dc.description.abstractAn economic analysis was performed on treatment options for pig manure in Ireland. Costs were based on a 500 sow integrated pig farm producing 10,500 m3 of manure per year at 4.8 % dry matter. The anaerobic digestion of pig manure and grass silage (1:1; volatile solids basis) was unviable under the proposed tariffs, with costs at Euro 5.2 m-3 manure. Subsequent solid-liquid separation of the digestate would cost an additional Euro 12.8 m-3 manure. The treatment of the separated solid fraction by composting and of the liquid fraction by integrated constructed wetlands, would add Euro 2.8 and Euro 4.6 m-3 manure, respectively to the treatment costs. The cost analysis presented showed that the technologies investigated are currently not cost effective in Ireland. Transport and spreading of raw manure, at Euro 4.9 m-3 manure (15 km maximum distance from farm) is the most cost effective option.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture Food and Fisheriesen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofBioresource Technologyen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectAnaerobic digestionen_US
dc.subjectSeparationen_US
dc.subjectComposten_US
dc.subjectConstructed wetlandsen_US
dc.subjectSpreadingen_US
dc.titleEconomic analysis of pig manure treatment options in Ireland.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.updated2013-02-13T15:04:08Z
dc.local.publishedsourcehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.043en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewedpeer-reviewed
dc.contributor.funder|~|Dept of Agriculture & Food |~|
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dc.local.contactMark Healy, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Room E210, Civil Engineering Building, Nui Galway. 5364 Email: mark.healy@nuigalway.ie
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