Pantelopoulos, Athanasios and Aronsson, Helena
(2020).
Two-stage separation and acidification of pig slurry – Nutrient separation efficiency and agronomical implications.
Journal of Environmental Management. 280
, 111653
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Abstract
Separation of slurries can facilitate the nutrient management on farms through nutrient partitioning between the liquid and the solid fraction. The distribution of nutrients in the slurry fractions depends largely on the type of separator used. The current study assessed the separation efficiency of a two-step separation treatment of pig slurry including in-series a screw press and a centrifuge followed by acidification (to pH 5.9) of the final liquid effluent. The system concentrated 73.8% of the slurry’s Phosphorus (P) content, 52.6% of Total solids (TS) and 14.4% of total Nitrogen to the solid fraction. The apparent N recovery from ryegrass fertilized with the raw slurry and non-acidified liquid fractions was not decreased by the separation treatment. The acidified liquid fraction showed 28% and 9% higher apparent N recovery compared to the raw slurry and the non-acidified liquid effluent from the centrifuge respectively. The biochemical methane production potential (Bo) of the acidified liquid fraction was reduced by 50% and 25%, compared to the non-acidified counterpart and the raw slurry, respectively. The results highlight the potential of a double separation system coupled with acidification of the liquid fraction, to extract P into a solid fraction which can be transported outside the farm, and to increase N utilization from the liquid fraction when this is used as organic fertiliser on or nearby the farm. The study further highlights the potential to reduce CH4 emissions from slurry storage after mechanical separation and acidification of the liquid slurry fraction.
Authors/Creators: | Pantelopoulos, Athanasios and Aronsson, Helena | ||||
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Title: | Two-stage separation and acidification of pig slurry – Nutrient separation efficiency and agronomical implications | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||
Volume: | 280 | ||||
Article number: | 111653 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
ISSN: | 0301-4797 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 405 Other Agricultural Sciences > Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 405 Other Agricultural Sciences > Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108890 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108890 | ||||
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ID Code: | 22150 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Soil and Environment (S) > Dept. of Soil and Environment | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 09 Feb 2021 07:03 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2021 07:11 |
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