Characterisation of pig manure for methane emission modelling in Sub-Saharan Africa
| Autor: | Fabrice L. Yengong, Ngwa Martin Ngwabie, Bren N. Chungong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sub saharan
Daily production Moisture 020209 energy Soil Science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 02 engineering and technology Manure Methane chemistry.chemical_compound Animal science chemistry Control and Systems Engineering 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Dry matter Agronomy and Crop Science Water content Barn (unit) Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Biosystems Engineering. 170:31-38 |
| ISSN: | 1537-5110 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2018.03.009 |
| Popis: | There is limited information in the literature regarding models or direct measurements of CH4 emissions from the rapidly growing pig industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. Measurements were conducted in pig fattening barns with slated and concreted floors in Cameroon to measure manure parameters and to subsequently model CH4 emissions. Each barn was partitioned into pens containing pigs of a similar body mass range. Manure, collected over 24 h from each pen was weighed to calculate the average daily production per pig. Manure collected from each pen was mixed homogenously, subsampled into 60 ml vials for subsequent analyses of its moisture, dry matter (DM), ash and volatile solid (VS) contents. The daily VS excretion rate was used to model CH4 production. On average, a 50 kg pig produced about 3 kg of manure day−1, of which 2.09 kg (∼70%) was the moisture content and 0.91 kg (∼30%) was the DM. The ash content of the manure was 17% DM (0.14 kg pig−1 day−1) while the VS was 83% DM (0.77 kg pig−1 day−1). A 28 kg pig produced about 0.21 kg VS pig−1 day−1, which is lower than the 0.30 kg VS pig−1 day−1 value recommended by IPCC, 2006 for Africa. The average CH4 production rate was estimated as 1.68 ± 1.14 kg pig−1 day−1. Exponential equations with coefficients of determinations (R2) > 88% were used to describe the relationships between manure, DM and VS excretion rates, as well as CH4 production rates as a function of the mass of the pigs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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