EFFECTS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND SEPARATION OF PIG SLURRY ON ODOR EMISSION
2006
Storage and land application of livestock manure causes considerable odor nuisance to the surrounding
neighborhood. Anaerobic digestion and separation of slurry change composition and physical properties of slurry and may
therefore lessen the odor pollution during storage and land application. An experiment was set up to study the effects of
anaerobic digestion and separation of slurry on the emission of odor. Odor concentration above treated and untreated slurry
was compared during storage and following land application. Concentrations of odorous gasses were measured using GC/MS
analysis and odor concentrations were determined using dynamic dilution olfactometry. Slurry concentrations of malodorous
volatile fatty acids were reduced by between 79% and 97% by anaerobic digestion, while concentrations of malodorous
phenolic and indolic odor components above the slurry were reduced by both anaerobic digestion and subsequent separation.
Odor concentration in air sampled above slurry stores was slightly reduced by anaerobic digestion; however, odor
concentration was found to be higher above stores of anaerobically digested slurry following mixing of the slurry prior to
land application. Odor concentration in air sampled above land applied slurry was reduced by 17% by anaerobic digestion
and by 50% by combined anaerobic digestion and separation.
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