Title : ( Estimating the potential of energy generation by anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastes toward sustainable waste management strategy: a case study )
Authors: pooria latifi , Seyed Mohsen Karrabi , Bahar Shahnavaz ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
While producing and consuming vast amounts of energy, Iran has lagged behind its peers in the use of renewable energies, such as bioenergy. The present study was an attempt to estimate the potential of energy generation by the anaerobic digestion of organic matter produced in Iranian slaughterhouses, recruiting a waste-management and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction approach. Accordingly, the type and amount of slaughterhouse wastes (SHWs) produced in different provinces were identified, and then the potential of methane (CH₄) production at the provincial and national scales was estimated. The results showed that, theoretically, there was the potential for producing 111 million cubic meters per year (m3/yr) of CH₄ from SHWs, which, if fed into combined heat-power (CHP) plants, could ideally produce 1,004 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity. This would also enhance the share of renewable resources in Iran’s total energy supply by 4%. Exploiting biogas produced by anaerobic digestion instead of traditional fossil fuels would thus reduce Iran’s annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 482,000 tonnes. Correspondingly, the economic analysis of the energy and social costs of CO2 emissions revealed that energy generation by the anaerobic digestion of SHWs could lead to an annual cost-saving of about $102 million.
Keywords
, Energy, Sustainable, Waste Management, Anaerobic Digestion, Emission Control@article{paperid:1088059,
author = {Latifi, Pooria and Karrabi, Seyed Mohsen and Shahnavaz, Bahar},
title = {Estimating the potential of energy generation by anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastes toward sustainable waste management strategy: a case study},
journal = {Energy Sources-Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects},
year = {2021},
month = {October},
issn = {1556-7036},
keywords = {Energy; Sustainable; Waste Management; Anaerobic Digestion; Emission Control},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Estimating the potential of energy generation by anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastes toward sustainable waste management strategy: a case study
%A Latifi, Pooria
%A Karrabi, Seyed Mohsen
%A Shahnavaz, Bahar
%J Energy Sources-Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
%@ 1556-7036
%D 2021