| Title | Evaluating the opportunity for utilising anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis of livestock manure and grass silage to decarbonise gas infrastructure: A Northern Ireland case study |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 24951 |
| Authors | Mehta, N; Anderson, A; Johnston, CR; Rooney, DW |
| Title | Evaluating the opportunity for utilising anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis of livestock manure and grass silage to decarbonise gas infrastructure: A Northern Ireland case study |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | The need to mitigate climate change and improve energy security has led to an increasing interest in the utilisation of renewable gas to decarbonise natural gas use. Northern Ireland serves as an interesting case study to evaluate how biomethane from manure and silage material can displace natural gas. This is because of high agricultural intensity, the low penetration of gas relative to the wider UK and the modern pipeline infrastructure. This study included spatial mapping of biomethane yield and life cycle assess-ment for processing scenarios. The results demonstrated that current manure management i.e., storage and application of manure to grassland, results in 344 kg CO2 equivalent/person of greenhouse gases and 9.7 kg/person of ammonia being emitted. In a second scenario where collected manure and underutilised grass silage is routed to anaerobic digestion, the estimated net energy produced is 6124 GWh, with -464 kg CO2 equivalent/person. A third scenario, combining anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis, also produces 6124 GWh and 200 kilo tonnes of biochar (retaining 64% of manure phosphorus), -563 kg CO2 equivalent/person. This research evaluates the opportunity for biomethane while acknowledging that a comprehensive approach which balances energy potentials and nutrient management is required for sustainable biomethane based decarbonisation. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.115 |
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