UPEI Department of Engineering
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown
PEI C1A 4P3
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Bedding type
Bedding amount
Bedding disposal
and frequency
Other inputs or
potential co-
substrates
Manure
Handling
Inputs and
amounts
Water additions, TS
level?
Time since
excretion
Operation
frequency
System description Scrap chain pulls waste into sump,
Piston pump pumps it out to manure building
Changeability
comment
Simple system, just 2 straight runs of chain
Since 1992
Time duration
Energy use 5hp pump, 2hp chain drive motor
Output properties /
description
Lots of straw
15-16 tandem loads of manure / month
Output storage Concrete tank building with steel roof and upper walls
40x100 ft, 6 ft high concrete walls
2 ft slope to hold manure in (doesn’t entirely work; liquid seeps out)
One 12 ft length of the building holds one month’s worth of manure
30 milkers are housed in front half of building during winter
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UPEI Department of Engineering
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown
PEI C1A 4P3
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50
of 55
Desire to expand building
Output usage Emptied several times/ year
Moved into piles on fields
II. Uses of AD
products
Digestate
Would composted
bedding be
compatible?
If current bedding is straw ???
Current fertilizer
situation
Fertiliser amount,
cost
Heating
System description Wood chip burner – located in workshop building
hopper fed
Chips piled in building during winter
Heats: milk room, house, workshop
There was a pipe-freezing issue last winter; there may be a leak
Performance specs
Energy use 20 cords of wood chips annually from November to April
Costs/ age Operating since 1989
(may be a good candidate for replacement...)
Heating
System description Electric water heater for milk line cleaning
GSW
6ETF-1-175
Performance specs 3000W
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