Extracting Energy From Poultry Waste and Fruit and Vegetable Waste Through Anaerobic Digestion Technology

This project will demonstrate the use of anaerobic digestion as a means to convert agricultural waste into methane for Energy purposes. Agricultural waste of interest in this demonstration project is liquid poultry waste. The use of the proven anaerobic digestion technology will allow the farmer to convert the organic fraction of flush water from a poultry operation into methane. This will be accomplished by completing the following objectives:

1) install an anaerobic digestion system at a poultry layer operation for treating flush water from a high-rise layer house for production of methane;

2) install an anaerobic digester for demonstrating co-digestion of poultry litter and fruit and vegetable waste;

3) monitor reactor inputs and outputs and use produced gas for on-site operations; and

4) provide Extension education on the anaerobic digestion process, Energy availability and operation.