ENERGY SUPPLY OF POULTRY FARMS USING THE GAS GENERATOR SET

Abstract

Poultry manure and the issues of its disposal are pressing problems of any poultry farm, since poultry manure is hazardous waste. The paper presented an alternative method for the disposal of bird manure and the production of thermal and electrical energy on the basis of the gas generator set. The article presents the mathematical model to determine the parameters of the gas generator set. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in reducing the cost of energy supply to small poultry farms using a gas generator set powered by bird manure. (Materials and methods) Methods of mathematical analysis were used; methods of system analysis and synthesis, modeling were used in theoretical research; provisions and laws of thermal balance and mathematics were used. The experimental data obtained were processed using mathematical statistics using electronic computers. (Results and discussion) Authors have developed a technology for the disposal of poultry manure with associated generation of thermal and electrical energy. The characteristics of the gas generator set on poultry manure, as well as the composition of pyrolysis gas were studied: 25 percent divalent carbon monoxide, 18 percent tetravalent carbon monoxide, 17 percent hydrocarbon radical, pyrolysis temperature 700-800 degrees Celsius. The experimental sample of the gas generator set was assembled, taking into account the characteristics of poultry manure as fuel. (Conclusions) This technology has made it possible to solve the problem of recycling poultry manure both from an environmental point of view and from an economic feasibility. During recycling, additional thermal and electrical energy is generated, which can be directed to the needs of poultry production.