Reducing the environmental impact of methane emissions from dairy farms by anaerobic digestion of cattle waste

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1745-1751

  Maranon E ^a   Salter, A M ^b   Castrillon L ^a   Heaven, S ^b   Fernandez Nava Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE WASTE; DAIRY CATTLES; DAIRY COW; DAIRY FARMS; FUEL ENERGY; GHG EMISSION; METHANE CONVERSIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; MILK PRODUCTION; SLURRY MANAGEMENT;

BIOGAS; DAIRIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; METHANE;

BIOGAS; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DIGESTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; METHANE; SLURRY; WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; MANURE; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

BOS;

EID: 79958289528     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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