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Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products

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Energy Technology 2016

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Dairy operations constitute ~2.5% of annual U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making dairies one of the largest sources of industrial GHG emissions. We are developing a novel, integrated system to achieve a net reduction in dairy GHGs while producing value-added materials and products. This integrated manure-to-commodities system converts dairy manure to bioenergy, sequesters carbon by converting volatile fatty acid-rich fermenter supernatant to bioplastics, and utilizes anaerobic digester (AD) and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) reactor effluents to produce algae that can be harvested and internally recycled to enhance PHA production and sequester carbon. A decision-making tool is being developed for the integrated system that quantifies net GHG reduction, carbon sequestration, nutrient management and economics.

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  1. Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 83209, USA

    Caryn Wendt

  2. Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho, 83480, USA

    Chaston Ellis

  3. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83415, USA

    Donna Post Guillen

  4. Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA

    Kevin Feris

  5. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844, USA

    Erik R. Coats & Armando McDonald

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  2. Advanced Process & Decision Systems Department, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), USA

    Donna Post Guillen (Distinguished Research Engineer and Group Lead) (Distinguished Research Engineer and Group Lead)

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    Lei Zhang (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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  7. Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, USA

    Soumendra N. Basu (professor of mechanical engineering and the Associate Division Head) (professor of mechanical engineering and the Associate Division Head)

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Wendt, C., Ellis, C., Guillen, D.P., Feris, K., Coats, E.R., McDonald, A. (2016). Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products. In: Li, L., et al. Energy Technology 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48182-1_13

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