Database System for Estimating the Biogas Potential of Cattle and Swine Feces in Poland
			
	
 
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				Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Falenty, Hrabska 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
				 
			 
						
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				Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627, Poznań, Poland
				 
			 
						
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				Department of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Leszczyńskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland
				 
			 
						
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				Department of the Electrotechnics Energetics Electronics and Automatics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-736 Olsztyn, Poland
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
			 
			Data publikacji: 01-03-2021
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
					    		
    			 
    			
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    					Agnieszka  Wawrzyniak   
    					Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Falenty, Hrabska 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
																											 
		
	 
		
 
 
J. Ecol. Eng. 2021; 22(3):111-120
		
 
 
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Animal biomass is an important substrate in the anaerobic digestion process. The implementation of a waste technology for energy production, such as the production of biogas from animal waste, has been recognized in many countries as one of the best ways to achieve the Sustainable Energy Development Goals. Without a systematic review of resources and accurate estimation of available sources in terms of the amount of potential electricity, it is impossible to manage biomass rationally. The main aim of the article was to present a new tool for assessing the biomass of animal origin and estimating its potential energy through a computer database, which will be widely available in the end of 2020  to show results from the calculation using the database. This tool is configured to enter the data on the developed and undeveloped biomass resources in production of farm animals in rural areas in Poland. Calculations from the database show the biogas potential of swine and cattle manure and slurry in Poland, which is approximately 5.04 billion m3, with a 60% share of methane in biogas. It is the value of approximately 3.03 billion m3 of methane. It is worth underlining that slurry and manure are not high-energy substrates; therefore, it is necessary to introduce more energetic substrate streams to improve the biogas plant efficiency.