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Energy use
Costs/ age ???
Other
Loads
System description
Milk tank agitator
¼-1/2 hp fan in barn running 2h/day
Vacuum
pump for
moving
milk
Interest
in getting
heat of
muffler
for
heating
calf milk
Performance specs 1/6 hp
3hp,
2000L/da
y
Energy use
Costs/ age
Refrigeratio
n
System description Single system – there is a need to get a second one
Milk is first cooled through heat exchange with spring water headed toward
outside drinking water for
Performance specs 3hp system
2000 L/day
Energy use
Costs/ age
Electrical
Overall
consumption
Bill is ~$420/month on residential metering (should mean 2970kWh/mo based on
rural residential rates. So: 100kWh/day)
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Loads the could be
biogas powered
Vehicle fuel
Diesel vehicles Two JD 2140 Tractors
Age/ownership
Annual usage
Total fuel
consumption/cost
III.
Notes on future
plans for farm, etc.
Quota is around $32000 / Cow
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Site Visit:
Small Farm Biogas Project
Farm: Ryan Weeks (old pig farm, not yet operational)
Date: 27, 2008
Animals: Dairy
Report by: Matthew Hall
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Notes on future plans
for farm, etc.
216 acres
32 milking stalls. Animals move through milking barn before feeding
Total of 80 milking cows
Skid steer scrapes manure out of center aisle
In floor heating for milk room
Very well-insulated barn with geothermal air input
Farm house would need heat
Good spot for a wind turbine