LOSSES OF NUTRIENTS AT INTENSIVE PROCESSING OF POULTRY MANURE

Субботин И.А.¹, Брюханов А.Ю.², Уваров Р.А.³

¹ ORCID: 0000-0002-6189-9385, Кандидат технических наук, ² ORCID: 0000-0003-4963-3821, Кандидат технических наук, ³ ORCID: 0000-0002-2792-0136, Институт агроинженерных и экологических проблем сельскохозяйственного производства

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ПОТЕРЬ ПИТАТЕЛЬНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ ПРИ ИНТЕНСИВНОЙ ПЕРЕРАБОТКЕ ПОМЁТА

Аннотация

Рассмотрен вопрос сохранности питательных веществ (азота, фосфора и калия) при интенсивной переработке помёта в биореакторах камерного и барабанного типа. Приведено сравнение показателей сохранности питательных веществ и времени переработки у традиционных и интенсивных технологий переработки помёта.

Ключевые слова: помёт, питательные вещества, азот, фосфор, калий, аэробные условия.

 

Subbotin I.A.¹, Briukhanov A.Yu.², Uvarov R.A.³

¹ ORCID: 0000-0002-6189-9385, PhD in Engineering, ² ORCID: 0000-0003-4963-3821, PhD in Engineering, ³ ORCID: 0000-0002-2792-0136, Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production (IEEP, Russia)

 LOSSES OF NUTRIENTS AT INTENSIVE PROCESSING OF POULTRY MANURE

Abstract

The article considers the problem of saving of nutrients (N, P, K) at the intensive composting of chicken manure in chamber-type and drum-type bioreactors. The indexes of nutrients saving and timing of processing at intensive technologies are given and compared with the same indexes at traditional ones.

Keywords: manure, litter, nutrient losses, nitrogen, phosphorus, assessment.

Introduction

Intensification of modern agriculture production leads to increase in the volume of chicken manure and its concentration on local limited areas on poultry farms. This creates environmental risks and making the manure management more difficult [1]. Also, it leads to rise of the economic costs because of increase size of manure storage and transport distances between places of production and use of manure [2]. The solution may be use of intensive technologies of manure processing. Intensive technologies accelerate the processing time and reduce the weight of the poultry manure (by reducing the water content in the final fertilizer) [3]. This study considered two technologies: intensive composting in the chamber bioreactor and intensive composting in the drum bioreactor. The aim of the study is to determine the values ​​of nutrient losses and to compare with the values ​​of traditional technology.

Materials and methods

There was used fresh manure from the poultry kept in cages with a water content of 40 %.

The technology of intensive composting in closed-type installation is based on the principle of aerobic biofermentation with controlled level of air supply [4]. The adjusting the amount of air fed into the installation allows to saturate the manure of sufficient amount of oxygen, which in turn allows to create optimal conditions for the life of mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms. As a result of the action of microorganisms, the processed mixture is self-heated to 70 ºC, causing the thermal disinfection of the manure [5].

The difference between the intensive composting in chamber and drum bioreactors is that in drum bioreactor manure is better aerated, then microorganisms are better distributed throughout the mass of manure, which increases their proliferation and effectiveness of processing. It also leads to different timing of processing: 7..9 days in chamber units and 3..4 day in drum units.

Results and discussion

The table gives confidence intervals for the most common traditional technologies (according to literature) and intensive technologies.

Technology 1: intensive composting in the chamber bioreactor;

Technology 2: intensive composting in the drum bioreactor;

Technology 3: long-term storage (6..9 ​​months);

Technology 4: passive composting in piles;

Technology 5: active composting in piles (with optional turning or mixing);

Table 1. Comparative evaluation of the nutrient content of manure

 

Conclusions

On the based on these data, it is obvious that the intensive composting techniques have the advantage of lower losses of nutrients. Another advantage may be concentration of the air used for composting in the confined space. This allows to add complementary air purification, especially from ammonia, which can further reduce the loss of nutrients.

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