This study investigates the application of a circular economy in a rural agricultural setting in Northern Ireland, centered around a typical anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, showing its potential to provide renewable energy for the electricity and transport fuel needs of an average dairy farm and associated milk processing facilities. It was calculated that a typical AD plant has the potential to fuel 22 average sized dairy farms in Northern Ireland, equating to the production, transport, and processing of 51,986 litres of milk per day. The feedstock needs of the AD plant can be provided by the local farming community.
Circular Biogas-Based Economy in a Rural Agricultural Setting / Blades, L.; Morgan, K.; Douglas, R.; Glover, S.; De Rosa, M.; Cromie, T.; Smyth, B.. - In: ENERGY PROCEDIA. - ISSN 1876-6102. - 123:(2017), pp. 89-96. (Intervento presentato al convegno 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Resource Use in Food Chains, ICSEF 2017 tenutosi a gbr nel 2017) [10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.255].
Circular Biogas-Based Economy in a Rural Agricultural Setting
De Rosa M.;
2017-01-01
Abstract
This study investigates the application of a circular economy in a rural agricultural setting in Northern Ireland, centered around a typical anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, showing its potential to provide renewable energy for the electricity and transport fuel needs of an average dairy farm and associated milk processing facilities. It was calculated that a typical AD plant has the potential to fuel 22 average sized dairy farms in Northern Ireland, equating to the production, transport, and processing of 51,986 litres of milk per day. The feedstock needs of the AD plant can be provided by the local farming community.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
