Production of Biogas from animal waste

Speaker: VAN

Introduction

Today, we confront a pressing challenge within the agricultural landscape,

which is the issue of efficiently managing and harnessing the potential of animal
waste. In our pursuit of sustainable agriculture and a thriving bio economy, it is
essential to be aware of the substantial problem of animal waste.

Problems

Animal waste, often regarded as a nuisance, is a significant contributor to a

range of environmental problems, including air, water and underground water
pollution. This runoff from livestock operations can contaminate nearby water
bodies, causing algae blooms, fish killings, and oxygen depletion in aquatic
systems.

Moreover, the decomposition of animal waste generates ammonia and

methane emissions, creating strong odors and potentially causing respiratory
problems contributing to air pollution, and exacerbating global warming and climate
change.

Improper storage or disposal of animal waste can result in its seepage into the
groundwater, contaminating drinking water sources. Pathogens present in the waste
can also pose risks to human health if consumed through contaminated water
supplies.

Animal waste contains valuable nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

When they are not managed effectively, these nutrients can cause imbalances in
soil and water, negatively impacting agricultural productivity. It can also lead to the
transmission of diseases to both animals and humans posing a direct threat to
animal health and increasing the risk of zoonotic diseases transferring to humans.

Habitat Destruction: In intensive animal farming systems, large amounts of

land are required for waste storage and disposal. This can lead to deforestation,
habitat destruction, and displacement of native species.
Having explored the multifaceted challenges associated with animal waste in
agriculture, it's now imperative to shift our focus to innovative solutions that
can transform these problems into opportunities for a more sustainable and
circular agricultural system.

Speaker: NOEY
Solution and Advantage

So, what should we do about these problems.

As we are future engineers and future innovators, we need to find the best
solution for our environment and for our next generation. There are many possible
ways that we can apply to solve these problems such as improving waste
management systems or researching and developing new techniques.

So, we think and choose the most effective way to solve these problems. Here,
we choose the production of biogas from those animals’ waste
by anaerobic digestion process.

There are two main products in our projects- biogas and digestate (fertilizer).

There are so many useful ways to use Biogas. Biogas can be used for
cooking, producing electricity, and home heating systems in cold areas such as
thermal energy, electricity energy, and biomethane for fuel and gas grid. By using
biogas, we can reduce the use of fossil fuels, decrease greenhouse gas emissions,
and ensure energy demand.

Moreover, we will get particularly good fertilizer (digestate), soil

amendments and livestock bedding from our Bio plant. This fertilizer possesses a lot
of advantages compared to the original animal dung. If we take a few more
processes, we will get better nutrients, cleaner, no bad smell and less pollutant
fertilizer.

Speaker: HeinHtet

Purpose

Let me explain a little bit why this process is the best way to implement. As
we all know, we can also even use original animal waste as a neutral fertilizer
without doing any processes. But this kind of usage can have only an insignificant
effect compared to the usage after anaerobic digestion. It will be like using a goal
plate to feed the dog.
 To be honest, this kind of project has been successfully implemented and
applied in some parts of the world since a few decades ago. Here you may have the
question why you guys are presenting the old technique that everyone has already
known. Yes, you guys are right. But for those under developing countries, like
Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, there are still a lot of population who even don’t
know about this project. So, our aim is to give awareness, share our knowledge, and
promote the community for a greener, cleaner and sustainable world.

According to the data, nearly 70% of people in Myanmar still don’t have the
electricity and most of those people are living in the rural area and their main
business is doing agricultural works. So, if we can introduce and bring this project
to them, we can promote their standard of living and promote 100% organic
agriculture.

According to sustainable development goals, our project covers for these:

• SDG 3 – Good health and Wellbeing

• SDG 6 – Clean water and Sanitation
• SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy
• SDG 11 – Sustainable cities and Communities
• SDG 13 – Climate Action
• SDG 14 – Life below Water
• SDG 15 – Life on Land

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