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866–876 E. Shalavina, A. Briukhanov, R. Uvarov, E. Vasilev
Method for selection of pig manure processing technologies
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Method for selection of pig manure processing technologies

E. Shalavina*, A. Briukhanov, R. Uvarov, E. Vasilev

Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production – IEEP, Department of Environmental Engineering of Agricultural Production, 3, Filtrovskoje Shosse, p.o. Tiarlevo, Saint Petersburg-Pavlovsk RU196625, Russia.
*Correspondence: shalavinaev@mail.ru

Abstract:

The criteria, which take into account both economic and environmental indicators, were suggested for assessment of technologies and selection of the most reasonable solution. The method of Pareto optimization was applied. Technologies suited for the North-West Russia were considered to design a mathematical model and to obtain the required indicators for the criteria calculation. The technology of multi-stage processing of pig manure with cyclic sedimentation tanks was studied in more detail based on a separate, specially designed three-level mathematical model. The objective function was the eco-economic index of nitrogen, which is the ratio between the economic benefit from the marketed yield increment and the costs of nutrients retention in the organic fertilizers applied to soil under the harvested crop yield. The resulting simulation data were substantiated by experimental studies. A mathematical model and an algorithm for selecting the best-suited technology were designed. As the calculation process involved a large bulk of data, the WEB programming was used. Simulation results demonstrated 90% accurate choice of technology. The designed model was tested for the conditions of a pig complex in Leningrad Region with the manure output of 150 t per day and no own farmland for organic fertilizer application. Calculations proved the economic and ecological effectiveness of the multi-stage processing of pig manure: operating costs per one ton of produced organic fertilizer were reduced 1.8 times, fuel costs – 1.4 times and labour costs – 3.3 times. The chosen technology also featured higher ecological safety coefficient. Estimated ecological and economic effect of introduction of this technology amounted to 5936 thousand roubles per year.

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