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A NOVEL MULTIPLE
STAGED LEACHBED
DIGESTION SYSTEM FOR
THE TREATMENT OF
DRY-LOT FEEDLOT AND
DAIRY MANURESMarch 31, 2015
Lucas Loetscher
Sybil Sharvelle
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colorado State University
The Feedstock- Mount Manure
Ag/Waste Generation in
Colorado
Colorado Manure Wastes % TSBCMP L CH4/kg
Waste
Dry scrape dairy manure 53.1% 23.2
Freshly horse manure 29.9% 35.2
Dairy/horse manure 31.3% 15.6
Wet scrape dairy manure 18.7% 14.0
Dry scrape dairy manure 88.7% 15.9
Dry scrape dairy manure w/ straw 78.8% 49.5
Diluted dry scrape dairy manure 30.9% 13.7
Highly Variable - Yet Promising BCMP
Manure Waste Characteristics
Colorado Manure Wastes % TSBCMP L CH4/kg
Waste
Dry scrape dairy manure 53.1% 23.2
Freshly horse manure 29.9% 35.2
Dairy/horse manure 31.3% 15.6
Wet scrape dairy manure 18.7% 14.0
Dry scrape dairy manure 88.7% 15.9
Dry scrape dairy manure w/ straw 78.8% 49.5
Diluted dry scrape dairy manure 30.9% 13.7
As excreted most of these manures are below 12% TS
Manure Waste Characteristics
Digester Types
Colorado Manure Wastes % TSBCMP L CH4/kg
Waste
Dry scrape dairy manure 53.1% 23.2
Freshly horse manure 29.9% 35.2
Dairy/horse manure 31.3% 15.6
Wet scrape dairy manure 18.7% 14.0
Dry scrape dairy manure 88.7% 15.9
Dry scrape dairy manure w/ straw 78.8% 49.5
Diluted dry scrape dairy manure 30.9% 13.7
As excreted most of these manures are below 12% TS
Manure Waste Characteristics
Compositing
Tank
Leachate Bay
Leachate Bay
Leachate Bay
Leachate Bay
Fixed Film
Reactor
Leachate Flow Path
Biogas Flow
Hydrolysis Reactors
Acetogenic Reactor
Hydrolysis Reactors
Methanogenic Reactor
Our System
Leachate Bay 1
Leachate Bay 2
Leachate Bay 3
Leachate Bay 4
Leac
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Fixe
d F
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Basic Leachate Production
Schematic
LBR System Advantages
Reduced water requirements
Substrate flexibility
Potential for reduced capital costs
Superior process control
Process upset is easy to correct
Biogas Production for Various
Wastes
Lab and Demonstration Scale
Projects
Demonstration Scale
To Scale LBR Module
To Scale LBR System
Commercial Scale Representation
Vision for Future Developments
Acknowledgments
Colorado Agriculture Experiment Station
Colorado NRCS
Colorado Bioscience Discovery Grant
Colorado Governors Energy Office