Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Replacing Fertilizers with Digestate

• Autorzy: Kowalczyk-Juśko Alina , Pochwatka Patrycja , Mazurkiewicz Jakub , Pulka Jakub , Kępowicz Barbara , Janczak Damian , Dach Jacek

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/161013

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Digestate from a biogas plant can be a valuable organic and mineral fertilizer. Quantitative proportions of cosubstrates used in three agricultural biogas plants in Poland were analyzed. The composition of digestates was examined and large differences in the content of macronutrients were found, especially N and K. On the basis of the factors used to calculate emissions from the production and use of artificial fertilizers, the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction resulting from replacing mineral fertilizers with digestate was calculated. In terms of 1 Mg of fresh digestate, this reduction may not seem large, as it amounts to 27.9–61.6 kg of CO₂ eq, but it should be taken into account that digestate contains little dry matter. The annual amount of digestate used on an area of 1 ha allows avoiding GHG emissions of 25.8–44.5 Mg CO₂ eq.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

biogas plant; anaerobic digestion; digestate; fertilizing; emission reduction

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 4
• Strony: 312--319
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 53 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kowalczyk-Juśko Alina

• Department Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Leszczynskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1418-0386

autor

Pochwatka Patrycja

• Department Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Leszczynskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland

autor

Mazurkiewicz Jakub

• Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznan, Poland

autor

Pulka Jakub

• Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznan, Poland

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Kępowicz Barbara

• Department Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Leszczynskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland

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Janczak Damian

• Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznan, Poland

autor

Dach Jacek

• Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznan, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).