TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of commercial products to mitigate swine manure foam
AU - Robert, Matt
AU - Kasimati, Aikaterini
AU - Clarindo, Anny Carolina
AU - Bragatto, Thais Coser
AU - Funk, Ted
AU - Gates, Richard S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This research was conducted to test different kinds of defoaming products and analyze their efficacy to help farmers to eliminate foaming problems in deep pit swine facilities. The most efficient antifoaming product tested was an oil-based product. Based on the economic analyses, this product is also the least expensive compared with the others tested, mainly because the amount needed to stop foam was lower than the others. The best proportion tested was a ratio of 1:100 (product to water). It should be noted that using suppressants to reduce the foam in the building would be expected to result in short-term higher concentrations of methane in the building due to foam knock-down.
AB - This research was conducted to test different kinds of defoaming products and analyze their efficacy to help farmers to eliminate foaming problems in deep pit swine facilities. The most efficient antifoaming product tested was an oil-based product. Based on the economic analyses, this product is also the least expensive compared with the others tested, mainly because the amount needed to stop foam was lower than the others. The best proportion tested was a ratio of 1:100 (product to water). It should be noted that using suppressants to reduce the foam in the building would be expected to result in short-term higher concentrations of methane in the building due to foam knock-down.
KW - Deep pit manure storage
KW - Defoaming products
KW - Manure foam
KW - Swine
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81255184654
SN - 9781618391568
T3 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011
SP - 4511
EP - 4525
BT - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011
PB - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
T2 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011
Y2 - 7 August 2011 through 10 August 2011
ER -