G.M. Chescheir III, P.W. Westerman, L.M. Safley Jr
{"title":"Laboratory methods for estimating available nitrogen in manures and sludges","authors":"G.M. Chescheir III, P.W. Westerman, L.M. Safley Jr","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90112-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90112-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A soil incubation experiment was conducted to determine nitrate N(NO<sub>3</sub>−N) accumulation rates and available N (<em>AAN</em><sub>t</sub>) values for stored liquid manures from dairy cattle and swine, various poultry manures and a municipal sewage sludge applied to Norfolk and Cecil soils. Potentially available N (<em>PAN</em><sub>t</sub>) in the manures and sludge was also estimated by chemical tests which included an acid permanganate extraction, weak acid extraction, strong acid extraction and pepsin digestion. The resulting <em>PAN</em><sub>t</sub> values were compared to the <em>AAN</em><sub>t</sub> values from the soil incubation study.</p><p>The rates in which NO<sub>3-N</sub> accumulated in soils treated with waste were described using first-order kinetics. The rate constants were highest for soils treated with poultry manure which contained high initial concentrations of ammonia N (NH<sub>3</sub>-N) and rapidly mineralizable ORG-N. The lowest rate constants were for soils treated with municipal sludge which contained low concentrations of NH<sub>3</sub>-N.</p><p>Incubation tests showed significant reductions in inorganic N (IN-N) in the first 2 weeks, which suggested immobilization and/or possibly denitrification or NH<sub>3</sub>-N volatilization. After 26 weeks' incubation, <em>AAN</em><sub>t</sub> varied with waste type and soil type, being from 40% to 67% of total Kjeldahl N (TKN) applied to a Norfolk sandy soil and from 17% to 38% for a Cecil sandy loam.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 175-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90112-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91719625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinetic and thermal aspects of biogas production","authors":"Bernardo Ruggeri","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90065-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90065-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An original analytical model of the biochemical behaviour of an anaerobic digester and its thermal balance under steady-state conditions is presented and described. It is based on the fundamental equations for hydrolysis, acidogenesis and methanogenesis and determined by several kinetic parameters. The thermal balance is investigated to define the optimum working temperature in relation to several operating parameters (outdoor temperature, geometry, insulation, etc.), from the maximum net energy content and the energy used to heat the fermenting system, bearing in mind the strongly temperature-dependent biogas productivity of the mesophilic bacteria.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 183-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90065-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73679367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect upon earthworm populations of very large applications of pig slurry to grassland","authors":"R.J. Unwin, S. Lewis","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90037-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90037-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Applications of pig slurry were made to pasture at frequent intervals over a 4-year period. Earthworm populations were assessed after the last treatments had been applied. Total numbers—and those of deep-burrowing species—were greater on the high-slurry plots (5528 m<sup>3</sup> per hectare) than on controls receiving inorganic fertiliser. Approximately 212 kg per hectare of copper and 150 kg per hectare of zinc were applied by this high rate of slurry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"16 1","pages":"Pages 67-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90037-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74701147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Ravindran, P. Rajadevan , L.A. Goonewardene , A.S.B. Rajaguru
{"title":"Effects of feeding cassava leaf meal on the growth of rabbits","authors":"V. Ravindran, P. Rajadevan , L.A. Goonewardene , A.S.B. Rajaguru","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90095-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90095-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cassava leaf meal (CLM), prepared from leaves remaining after the harvest of cassava roots, contained (dry basis): 20·1% crude protein, 30·3% acid detergent fibre, 4·6 Mcal kg<sup>−1</sup> gross energy, 1·16% calcium, 0·39 phosphorus and 84·0 mg kg<sup>−1</sup> hydrocyanic acid. It was also found to be a good source of essential amino acids, except for methionine, and of trace minerals.</p><p>Two feeding trials were conducted to study the effects of feeding CLM on the growth of rabbits. In each trial, 24 six-weeks-old crossbred rabbits were individually fed diets containing 0%, 20% and 40% CLM substituted for equal amounts of coconut oilcake in a 16% protein control diet. The results suggest that CLM could be used up to the 40% level in growing rabbit diets without any adverse effects on growth performance or carcass characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 217-224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90095-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84913283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biological fermentation of fish waste for potential use in animal and poultry feeds","authors":"T. Hassan, J. L. Heath","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90122-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90122-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"22 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75352083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinetics of piggery wastes treatment in anaerobic lagoons","authors":"Jan A. Oleszkiewicz, Szymon Koziarski","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90033-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90033-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Results of laboratory studies of anaerobic lagoon performance have been analyzed to yield kinetic data applicable for design. None of the models currently used fitted the data. A novel interpretation has been proposed based on the dependence of effluent quality on volumetric organic loading. It is suggested that the removal takes place in consecutive stages at a progressively decreasing rate (expressed in kg m<sup>−3</sup> day<sup>−1</sup>). In the case of dilute piggery wastes from large farms the first stage of rapid sedimentation takes only a few hours and achieves some 55% removal of COD. The second stage, biochemical removal, proceeds at 1·7 kg COD m<sup>−3</sup> day<sup>−1</sup> for about 3 days HRT and then the removal rate drops down to 0·2kg COD m<sup>−3</sup> day<sup>−1</sup></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"16 1","pages":"Pages 13-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90033-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75148861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bernard Godden, Michel J. Penninckx, Claude Castille
{"title":"On the use of biological and chemical indexes for determining agricultural compost maturity: Extension to the field scale","authors":"Bernard Godden, Michel J. Penninckx, Claude Castille","doi":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90013-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0141-4607(86)90013-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A comparative study of a bench-scale and a pile composting showed that the C/N, ash percentage and alakaline phosphatase activity were potentially useful parameters for estimating the maturation of cattle manure compost. The values of these parameters were nearly constant during a simulated poor composting, whereas they changed significantly during an optimal process. Other parameters—decomposition degree, chemical oxygen demand, invertase and Rusch number—were less sensitive indicators of composting. The use of these data for agricultural compost samples has shown that high alkaline phosphatase activity and No<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>/NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> ratio were correlated with compost maturity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100062,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Wastes","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 169-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0141-4607(86)90013-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74885321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}