Anaerobic Treatment of Agricultural Wastes
May 21 - 22, 2007
Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
Anaerobic Treatment of Agricultural Wastes
As energy costs have continued to rise, there has been increased interest in anaerobic digestion of animal manures to generate energy. This interest has included the direct use of biogas on the farm, centralized digestion systems, co-digestion facilities, and digestion of manures as an energy source at ethanol plants. Increasingly, agricultural producers are requesting information and decision making advice on topics related to anaerobic treatment of agricultural waste.
This course has been developed with the intention of providing the necessary information and tools you as a consultant, decision maker, system reviewer, or information provider can use to assist agricultural operators. This short course has been designed to walk you though the unit processes of anaerobic treatment, from fundamental principles to case histories. The course instructors have been selected from industry and academia based on their leadership and success in this area. The case history presentations will demonstrate full-scale anaerobic treatment technologies in agricultural settings, and will allow for questions regarding specific problems encountered and solutions developed.
Those Attending Will Learn About
- Introductory information on anaerobic digestion
- Current status of manure anaerobic digestion
- System configuration and technology selection
- Cost sharing and support opportunities
- Biogas production rates, collection and handling
- Direct use of biogas
- Electricity generation with biogas
- Marketing of carbon credits
- Anaerobic digestion and biogas use at ethanol plants
- Use of centralized digestion facilities
This course will provide up to 12 hours of continuing education (1.2 CEUs) toward the Professional Engineering continuing education requirements.
