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ASME Turbo Expo 2004: Power for Land, Sea, and Air | 2004

Evaluation of Available Technologies for Chicken Manure Energy Conversion and Techno-Economic Assessment of a Case Study in Italy

Francesco Fantozzi; Bruno D’Alessandro; D. Leonardi; Umberto Desideri

Chicken manure used as a natural fertilizer, given its high Nitrogen content, requires key actions in odor control that are often difficult to carry out resulting in an image loss for the company. Manure land-filling however is costly as well as incineration and this latter does still require odor control. Energy conversion from chicken manure may turn the cost into an earning that could payback both the investment and the image loss for odorous emissions. In this optic the paper analyses the different technologies that are available for energy conversion from chicken manure namely incineration, gasification, pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion with application to a real case. A large scale egg selling company in central Italy, with three production sites, was selected and its mass and energy flow balance assessed with particular reference to manure production and electricity consumption and expense. Five different technologies were then considered for energy conversion from chicken manure both for a single production site (microscale) and for the three (small scale). Grate incineration with steam production from exhaust gases was considered and discarded because of the too small scale. BTG gasification technology and IPRP pyrolysis technology presented by the authors, were evaluated and the techno-economic assessment showed interesting pay back time with medium to high investment costs and medium efficiencies. Pyrolysis technology with gas-steam combined cycle was considered but the economics show a very high pay back for the investment due to the small scale. Finally anaerobic digestion was evaluated showing the lowest investment cost and efficiency but an interesting payback period also considering that no public financing was considered. This latter solution has been presented to the company that will decide whether to finance the project.© 2004 ASME


Energy Conversion and Management | 2003

Sanitary landfill energetic potential analysis: a real case study

Umberto Desideri; Francesco Di Maria; D. Leonardi; Stefania Proietti


Applied Thermal Engineering | 2011

Feasibility study and numerical simulation of a ground source heat pump plant, applied to a residential building

Umberto Desideri; N. Sorbi; L. Arcioni; D. Leonardi


Applied Energy | 2012

European project Educa-RUE: An example of energy efficiency paths in educational buildings

Umberto Desideri; D. Leonardi; L. Arcioni; Paolo Sdringola


Energy | 2013

Design of a multipurpose “zero energy consumption” building according to European Directive 2010/31/EU: Architectural and technical plants solutions

Umberto Desideri; L. Arcioni; D. Leonardi; Luca Cesaretti; Perla Perugini; Elena Agabitini; Nicola Evangelisti


Energy and Buildings | 2014

Design of a multipurpose “zero energy consumption” building according to European Directive 2010/31/EU: Life cycle assessment

Umberto Desideri; L. Arcioni; D. Leonardi; Luca Cesaretti; Perla Perugini; Elena Agabitini; Nicola Evangelisti


International Journal of Energy Research | 2003

Life cycle assessment of a PPV plant applied to an existing SUW management system

Francesco Di Maria; Stefano Saetta; D. Leonardi


25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems and Processes, ECOS 2012 | 2012

Analysis of different typologies of natural insulation materials with economic and performances evaluation of the same in building

Umberto Desideri; D. Leonardi; L. Arcioni


20th International Conference on Efficiency Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact | 2007

Comparative Analysis of Three Methodologies for the Energy Certification Applied to Residential Buildings, Developed in Italy in Conformity with European Directive EPBD 2002/91

Umberto Desideri; Stefania Proietti; L. Arcioni; D. Leonardi; Paolo Sdringola


26th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2013; | 2013

Design of a multipurpose 'zero energy consumption' building according to european directive 2010/31/EU: Life cycle assessment

Umberto Desideri; L. Arcioni; D. Leonardi; Luca Cesaretti; Perla Perugini; Elena Agabitini; Nicola Evangelisti

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N. Sorbi

University of Perugia

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