Energy Production and Pollution Mitigation from Broilers Houses on Poultry Farms in Jamaica and Pennsylvania

• DOI: 10.24908/ijsle.v3i1.2101
• Publication Date: 2020-01-14T00:03:09Z
• Authors: Shanique Grant; Alicia Marshalleck
• Keywords: Biogas; Poultry farming

Increasing energy demands and diminishing fuel supplies have left nations desirous of avenues to minimize their reliance on traditional sources a need infuse supplementary technologies. Biogas technology is one such trajectory that can contribute the reduction dependency fossil as well allay environmentally problems. The University Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Pennsylvania State (PSU), in pursuit investigating potential biogas agricultural sectors Pennsylvania, United States, sought use generated from livestock (chicken, swine cow) waste an alternative source. A 32 factorial design resulted construction seven (7) laboratory scale biodigesters, each with volumetric capacity 8 L. Variations ratio, (i.e. chicken manure combination pig or cow manure) retention time enabled monitoring flow-rates, temperature, pH, residual mass along percentage methane production. From data collected mathematical models relating flow-rate concentration were deduced order facilitate pilot digester Silverdene poultry farm Parish St. Catherine, Jamaica.