Journal article
Studies into using manure in a biorefinery concept
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, Vol.124(1), pp.999-1015
03/2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109556
PMID: 15930577
Abstract
Animal manure is an underutilized biomass resource containing a large amount of organic carbon that is often wasted with the existing manure disposal practices. A research project funded by the US Department of Energy explored the feasibility of using manure via the sugar platform in a biorefinery, converting the carbon from fiber to biochemicals. The results showed that (1) fiber was the major component of manure dry material making up approx 50%, 40%, and 36% of the dry dairy, swine, and poultry manure material, respectively; within dairy manure, more than 56% of the dry matter was in particles larger than 1.680 mm; (2) in addition to being a carbon source, manure could provide a variety of nutrient for fungi T. reesei and A. phoenicis to produce cellulase; (3) the hemicellulose component in the manure fiber could be readily converted to sugar through acid hydrolysis; while concentrated acid decrystallization treatment was most effective in manure cellulose hydrolysis; (4) purification and separation was necessary for further chemical conversion of the manure hydrolysate to polyols through hydrogenation; and (5) the manure utilization strategy studied in this work is currently not profitable.
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- Title
- Studies into using manure in a biorefinery concept
- Creators
- S Chen - Department of Biological Systems Engineering Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAZ Wen - Department of Biological Systems Engineering Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAW Liao - Department of Biological Systems Engineering Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAC Liu - Department of Biological Systems Engineering Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAR Kincaid - Department of Animal Science Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAJ Harrison - Department of Animal Science Washington State University 99164 Pullman WAD Elliott - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 99352 Richland WAMichael D. Brown - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 99352 Richland WAD Stevens - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 99352 Richland WA
- Publication Details
- Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, Vol.124(1), pp.999-1015
- Academic Unit
- Biological Systems Engineering, Department of; Animal Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Humana Press; Totowa
- Identifiers
- 99900547176101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article