Producing biogas from livestock manure and agricultural biomass

Publication date: 08/01/2024
Extent: 24 pages

Contributions by: R. Fragoso, University of Lisbon, Portugal; D. Hidalgo, CARTIF Technology Center – Circular Economy Area, Spain; and M. Paterson, Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. (KTBL), Germany

Chapter synopsis:

Climate change has driven the European Commission to set a strategy towards a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. There is a need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the case of the agricultural sector, biogas production can replace fossil-based energy sources and reduce methane emissions related to agricultural waste. This chapter addresses different aspects of manure-based anaerobic digestion (AD). The chapter reviews recent developments in co-digestion research. Subsequently, it addresses availability of biomass (manure, energy crops and agricultural residues) and its biomethane potential. The chapter includes case studies of differing types of agriculture-based biogas plants: (i) small-scale plants using mono or co-digestion of manure; (ii) centralized plants, which co-digest manures collected from nearby farms with agro-industrial waste.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2023.0120.18