Clean Poultry Energy System Design Based on Biomass Gasification Technology: Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis

Abstract

Despite growing attention has been paid to waste material gasification for high-efficiency energy conversion, the application of gasification technology in meat waste management is still limited. To fill this gap, this study designed two systems which evaluated the potential of using gasification technology to manage the poultry waste that has been exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Two systems are simulated by using Aspen plus combined with a one-dimensional kinetics control gasification model, and wood or dried poultry is selected as the feedstock for the gasifier. The results show that the energy efficiency of the poultry drying system (wood gasification) is 14.5%, which is 12% lower than that of the poultry gasification system when the poultry energy is accounted as energy input. Even though the economic analysis indicates the poultry elimination cost of the poultry gasification system is only 30 $/tonne lower than the poultry drying system, taking the absence of dried poultry burial into consideration, the poultry gasification system has development potentials. The sensitivity analysis shows that labor fee and variable factor has larger effects on the poultry elimination cost, while the uncertainty analysis determines the uncertainty level of the economic analysis results.

A Review of Poultry Waste-to-Wealth: Technological Progress, Modeling and Simulation Studies, and Economic- Environmental and Social Sustainability

“…To investigate the economic feasibility of this approach, some studies have estimated the cost of energy recovery from poultry waste. For instance, Zang et al ( 2019) estimated that the variable operating cost of poultry gasification systems is about 477 US dollars per ton, which is 30 US dollars lower than that of poultry drying systems, and the poultry gasification system seems to show better certainty than the poultry drying system in terms of economic performance [110]. However, this study also indicated that labor costs and variable factors can greatly affect the waste elimination cost [110].…”

“…Therefore, some scholars have designed waste-to-energy systems based on the gasification process to process poultry waste. For instance, Zang et al (2019) designed two systems for poultry waste disposal and evaluated and compared their economic and energy potentials [110]. De Priall et al ( 2022) investigate the potential of energy recovery from poultry litter wastes with gasification systems based on feedstock analysis, process modeling, and experimental analysis [61].…”

“…For instance, Zang et al ( 2019) estimated that the variable operating cost of poultry gasification systems is about 477 US dollars per ton, which is 30 US dollars lower than that of poultry drying systems, and the poultry gasification system seems to show better certainty than the poultry drying system in terms of economic performance [110]. However, this study also indicated that labor costs and variable factors can greatly affect the waste elimination cost [110]. By adopting the processing system of pyrolysis/gasification integrated with an Organic Rankine Cycle, poultry litter can be used to produce electricity and heat; Huang estimated that the levelized cost of electricity generation from this process system would be 46 British pounds per MWh, which is comparable to the electricity generated from fossil fuels [52].…”

Possibilities of Climate Control of Poultry Complexes through Co-Combustion of Poultry Waste–Solid Biomass for Agriculture in Romania

“…Different techniques and technologies [1], such as anaerobic digestion [2,3], hydrogenation, pyrolysis, and gasification [4,5], can be used for energy recovery and for the reduction of secondary products of poultry farms. In rural areas of Europe, biogas plants using biomass and animal waste are often found [6,7].…”