RE: poultry mortalities I am afraid that the effort and energy to grind and handle large volumes of poultry mortalities will greatly exceed the value of the biogas produced. The most economical method is windrow composting, it is fast, efficient and low cost. Check the web, using those key words for alot of "how-to" information. Good luck. Len Walde, P.E. Sigma Energy Engineering, Inc. Original Message: ----------------- From: Mike Barnett dreadlox@cwjamaica.com Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 06:00:42 -0700 To: digestion@crest.org Subject: DIG-L: Storm waste cleanup by digestion?? We have just had 11 days of rain and countless floodings. Ezpecially hardhit have been the chicken farmers. One farmer lost about 80000 chickens. If even half grown, thats 80000 lbs of waste meat. Has anyone ever digested something like this? I am thinking what could have been done to dispose of this cadaver in a manner that is swift and sound. A strong and suitable digester bag could be used to deal with these waste situations no? I know meat digestion presents problems of its own.. what would be suitable mixes to bring C-N ratios in balance? Grass, straw, sawdust? Just brainstormin'....... -- Mike Barnett-Bischof, Managing Director. BARNETECH Industrial Consultants Ltd. "For Eco-LOGICAL Solutions !" JAMAICA, West Indies. Digestion List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/digestion/200202/ Digestion List Moderator: Paul Harris, paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au http://www.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris List-Post: <mailto:digestion@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:digestion-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:digestion-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:digestion-subscribe@crest.org> Other Digestion Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/biomass/biogas/BIOGASMK.pdf http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Beginners Tour of Biogas http://WWW.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris/biogas/beginners -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . Digestion List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/digestion/200202/ Digestion List Moderator: Paul Harris, paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au http://www.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris List-Post: <mailto:digestion@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:digestion-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:digestion-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:digestion-subscribe@crest.org> Other Digestion Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/biomass/biogas/BIOGASMK.pdf http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Beginners Tour of Biogas http://WWW.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris/biogas/beginners
