RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Evaluation of the sustainability of a prototype for atmospheric ammonia capture from swine farms using gas-permeable membrane technology
A1 Murcia Velasco, Diana Alexandra
A1 Correa Guimaraes, Adriana
A1 Chico Santamarta, Leticia
A1 Alonso Fernández-Coppel, Ignacio
A1 Gómez Hernando, Ernesto
A1 Sánchez Báscones, Mercedes
A1 Navas Gracia, Luis Manuel
K1 Ammonia
K1 Amoniaco
K1 Environmental protection
K1 Medio ambiente - Protección
K1 Gaseous emissions
K1 Emisiones de gas - Aspecto del medio ambiente
K1 Air - Pollution
K1 Aire - Contaminación
K1 Sustainability
K1 Sustainable agriculture
K1 Sostenibilidad
K1 Agricultura sostenible
K1 3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
K1 3102 Ingeniería Agrícola
K1 3104 Producción Animal
AB Ammonia (NH3) emissions from animal wastes are directly related to serious environmental problems and can be reduced by using gas-permeable membranes (GPMs) in animal housings, but not many studies have been conducted on the environmental impact of the entire system. Thus, the aim of this work was to analyze the environmental impacts caused by the implementation of GPM technology in a 920-animal swine farm with a closed cycle (i.e., birth, breeding, transition, and fattening take place on the same site), using life-cycle analysis (LCA). Two scenarios were studied: a reference scenario in which there was no NH3 reduction from the air captured in the sheds and a treatment scenario that used the GPM technology. The LCA results were evaluated by using the ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H) V1.04 method, showing that using the GPM technology had beneficial environmental impacts. Terrestrial acidification (TA) showed a reduction of 14.68 kg SO2 eq compared with the reference scenario, whilst human carcinogenic toxicity (HCT), human non-carcinogenic toxicity (HnCT), and land use (LU) showed reductions of 1.52 kg 1,4-DCB, 66.26 kg 1,4-DCB, and 44.55 m2a crop eq, respectively.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-4395
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64032
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64032
LA eng
NO Agronomy, 2023, Vol. 13, Nº. 4, 1047
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 20-may-2024