Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review

Font-Palma, Carolina

Abstract

Environmental concerns, caused by greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere and overrunning of nutrients and pathogens to water bodies, have led to reducing direct spread onto the land of cattle manure. In addition, this practice can be a source of water and air pollution and toxicity to life by the release of undesirable heavy metals. Looking at the current practices, it is evident that most farms separate solids for recycling purposes, store slurries in large lagoons or use anaerobic digestion to produce biogas. The review explores the potential for cattle manure as an energy source due to its relatively large calorific value (HHV of 8.7–18.7 MJ/kg dry basis). This property is beneficial for thermochemical conversion processes, such as gasification and pyrolysis. This study also reviews the potential for upgrading biogas for transportation and heating use. This review discusses current cattle manure management technologies—biological treatment and thermochemical conversion processes—and the diverse physical and chemical properties due to the differences in farm practices.

Citation

Font-Palma, C. (2019). Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review. C - An Open Access Journal of Carbon Research, 5(2), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5020027

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 6, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 15, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 20, 2021
• Journal: C
• Print ISSN: 2311-5629
• Electronic ISSN: 2311-5629
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 27
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/c5020027
• Keywords: Cattle manure; Beef cattle; Gasification; Anaerobic Digestion; Biogas; Biomethane
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3689540
• Publisher URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5629/5/2/27