Economic analyses of pig manure treatment options in Ireland

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-23

  Nolan, Tereza ^a   Troy, Shane M ^a,b   Gilkinson, Stephen ^c   Frost, Peter ^c   Xie, Sihuang ^b   Zhan, Xinmin ^b   Harrington, Caolan ^a   Healy, Mark G ^b   Lawlor, Peadar G ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Compost; Constructed wetlands; Separation; Spreading

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; COST ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVE; DIGESTATE; DRY MATTERS; IRELAND; LIQUID FRACTION; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; PIG MANURES; RAW MANURE; SEPARATED SOLIDS; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION; SPREADING; TREATMENT COSTS; VOLATILE SOLID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COMPOSTING; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; MAMMALS; MANURES; SEPARATION; WETLANDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPOST; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; GRASS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; PIG; SILAGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECONOMIC ASPECT; IRELAND; MANURE; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRELAND; MANURE; METHANE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NITROGEN; POACEAE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SWINE;

IRELAND;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84855240005     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.043     Document Type: Article

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