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3 Advanced Technologies (Biological and Thermochemical) …
Table 3.7 A selection of industrial applications of AD [89]
Location
Site type
Feedstock
Reactor type
Amount of biogas
produced
Additional
information
Indiana,
USA
Cow
(dairy)
farm
Dairy cow
manure
Mixed plug-flow
anaerobic
digester
865 MMBtu per
day
Saves millions
of dollars
annually in fuel
costs, displacing
more than 1.5
million gallons
of diesel fuel
Beijing,
China
Chicken
and swine
farm
Chicken and
swine manure
Upflow solids
reactor
207,000 m 3 biogas
produced each year
Reduces odors
and pathogens
San Martin,
Peru
Small,
communal
village
farm
Animal
manure
Trapezoidal lake
type with a
PVC-reinforced
geo-membrane
Between 8.74 and
11.65 m 3 per day
Utilizes fertilizer
for improved
crop production
and cost savings
Punjab,
Pakistan
Dairy farm Cow manure Fixed dome
biodigester
Not provided
Generates
nutrient-rich
fertilizer as a
by-product of
biogas
generation
India
Natural
rubber
latex
processing
unit
Wastewater
Below ground
cylindrical tank
in RCC with
hopper bottom
10–12 m 3 /day
Reclaims water
and abates
pollution
Punjab,
India
Dairy
complex
Cattle manure Intermittently
stirred tank
reactors
10,000 m 3 /day; 6
million kWh/year
Manages
manure properly
through reduced
risk of run-off
and leaching of
nutrients
Oregon,
USA
Dairy farm Animal
manure
Low-temperature
sequencing batch
reactors
190 kWe; 370 kWe Produces
high-quality,
organic,
concentrated,
stabilized, and
odorless solid
fertilizer
Belgium
Restaurant
(with own
vegetable
garden)
Food waste
from
restaurants
Metal basin
digester
About 20
MWe/year and
about 39
MWth/year
Certificates for
heat and
electricity
production from
a cogeneration
unit
(continued)
3 Advanced Technologies (Biological and Thermochemical) …
Table 3.7 A selection of industrial applications of AD [89]
Location
Site type
Feedstock
Reactor type
Amount of biogas
produced
Additional
information
Indiana,
USA
Cow
(dairy)
farm
Dairy cow
manure
Mixed plug-flow
anaerobic
digester
865 MMBtu per
day
Saves millions
of dollars
annually in fuel
costs, displacing
more than 1.5
million gallons
of diesel fuel
Beijing,
China
Chicken
and swine
farm
Chicken and
swine manure
Upflow solids
reactor
207,000 m 3 biogas
produced each year
Reduces odors
and pathogens
San Martin,
Peru
Small,
communal
village
farm
Animal
manure
Trapezoidal lake
type with a
PVC-reinforced
geo-membrane
Between 8.74 and
11.65 m 3 per day
Utilizes fertilizer
for improved
crop production
and cost savings
Punjab,
Pakistan
Dairy farm Cow manure Fixed dome
biodigester
Not provided
Generates
nutrient-rich
fertilizer as a
by-product of
biogas
generation
India
Natural
rubber
latex
processing
unit
Wastewater
Below ground
cylindrical tank
in RCC with
hopper bottom
10–12 m 3 /day
Reclaims water
and abates
pollution
Punjab,
India
Dairy
complex
Cattle manure Intermittently
stirred tank
reactors
10,000 m 3 /day; 6
million kWh/year
Manages
manure properly
through reduced
risk of run-off
and leaching of
nutrients
Oregon,
USA
Dairy farm Animal
manure
Low-temperature
sequencing batch
reactors
190 kWe; 370 kWe Produces
high-quality,
organic,
concentrated,
stabilized, and
odorless solid
fertilizer
Belgium
Restaurant
(with own
vegetable
garden)
Food waste
from
restaurants
Metal basin
digester
About 20
MWe/year and
about 39
MWth/year
Certificates for
heat and
electricity
production from
a cogeneration
unit
(continued)