Decision support tool for the construction and seasonal operation of farm-scale anaerobic digestion plants

Autor: Seán O'Connor, Ehiaze Ehimen, Suresh C. Pillai, Gary Lyons, Chris Johnston, Michael Wills, John Bartlett

Publikováno v: Results in Engineering, Vol 18, Iss , Pp 101097- (2023)

Optimal plant design and management are critical components for the successful operation of farm-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. However, this often proves challenging due to difficulties in designing and sizing the plant based on specific sit

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Economic and Environmental Analysis of Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Plants on Irish Dairy Farms

Autor: Sean O’Connor, Ehiaze Ehimen, Suresh C. Pillai, Gary Lyons, John Bartlett

Publikováno v: Energies, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 637 (2020)

The European Union’s (EU) climate and energy package requires all EU countries to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% by 2020. Based on current trends, Ireland is on track to miss this target with a projected reduction of only 5% to

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Willow coppice in intensive agricultural applications to reduce strain on the food-energy-water nexus

Autor: Gary Lyons, Christopher R. Johnston, Simon Murray, Aoife Foley, Beatrice Smyth, David N. Livingstone

Publikováno v: Livingstone, D, Smyth, B M, Foley, A M, Murray, S T, Lyons, G & Johnston, C 2021, ' Willow coppice in intensive agricultural applications to reduce strain on the food-energy-water nexus ', Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 144, 105903 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105903

The focus of this study is to show that by understanding the food-energy-water nexus, potential unforeseen negative outcomes can be avoided in the pursuit of sustainable development. To do this, this paper uses a novel approach to compare a combined

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https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/f0386e78-ebcf-4d82-8892-cce0fc632f81

Review of Two Mechanical Separation Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Phosphorus in Nutrient-Vulnerable Zones

Autor: Beatrice Smyth, Gary Lyons, Ashley Cathcart, Christopher R. Johnston, J. Peter Frost, Rachael Ramsey, Michael Wills

Publikováno v: Lyons, G A, Cathcart, A, Frost, J P, Wills, M, Johnston, C, Ramsey, R & Smyth, B 2021, ' Review of Two Mechanical Separation Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Phosphorus in Nutrient-Vulnerable Zones ', AGRONOMY, vol. 11, no. 5, 836 . https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11050836
Agronomy, Vol 11, Iss 836, p 836 (2021)

This work reviews two mechanical separation technologies (screw press and decanting centrifuge) which could be used in the dairy, beef, pig and anaerobic digestion sectors in nutrient-vulnerable zones in order to improve the sustainability of manure

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https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11050836

A preliminary evaluation of the use of mid infrared spectroscopy to develop calibration equations for determining faecal composition, intake and digestibility in sheep

Autor: Ronald Annett, Shekhar Sharma, Aurelie Aubry, Gary Lyons, Eugene Carmichael

Publikováno v: Animal Feed Science and Technology. 221:44-53

The aim of this study was to investigate the application of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to provide calibration equations for assessing faecal composition, intake and digestibility in sheep. Four grass-based feed types and correspon

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.08.014