AgSTAR Program Conference on Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Wastes

Welcome, Opening Comments, and Housekeeping Details Kurt Roos, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Office of Atmospheric Programs

Keynote Presentation (2.5MB)
Dr. Frank Humenik, North Carolina State University

Current State-of-the Art—Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Utilization
Moderator: Dr. John Martin, Hall Associates

Status of Existing and Emerging Biogas Production and Utilization Systems (651K)
Kurt Roos, US EPA

Covered Lagoons (2.1MB)
Leland Saele, USDA National Resources Conservation Service

Plug Flow Digesters (4.3MB)
Peter Wright, Cornell University

Current State-of-the-Art - Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Utilization (continued)
Moderator: Dr. Douglas Williams, California Polytechnic State University

Mixed Digesters (759K)
Dr.Jeffery Lorimor, Iowa State University

Fixed-film Digesters (1.9MB)
Dr.Ann Wilkie, University of Florida

Biogas Utilization (3.3MB)
Duane Hanusa, Alliant Energy

Questions and Discussion

Lunch

Air and Water Quality Protection Issues Related to Animal Agriculture
Jim Gulliford, Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 7

Marketing Electricity Generated Using Biogas: How Energy Markets Work/Business Models
Moderator: Joseph Visalli, NYSERDA

USDA Rural Utility Service (53K)
Georg Shultz

Alliant Energy, Wisconsin (761K)
Duane Hanusa

East Central Energy, Minnesota (14.8MB)
Henry Fischer

Financial Feasibility of Anaerobic Digesters (46K)
Dr. John Martin, Hall Associates

• Key Considerations
• Case Study: Farm Scale
• Case Study: Regional Systems

Funding Assistance and Other Incentive Programs
Moderator: Peter Wright, Cornell University

Federal Programs

— The USDA Renewable Energy Program (675K)
Dr.William F. Hagy III, Deputy Administrator, Business Programs, USDA Rural Development Office

— Digesters and the USDA EQIP Program (4.6MB)
Barry Kintzer, USDA National Resources Conservation

State Programs

— NYSERDA’s Innovations in Agriculture Program (2.2MB)
Joe Visalli, The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

— California's Dairy Power Production Program (2.7MB)
George Simons, California Energy Commission

— Wisconsin’s Farm Biogas Initiative (791K)
Don Wichert, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation

Continental Breakfast

Operating Experiences with Anaerobic Digestion
Moderator: Barry Kintzer, USDA-NRCS

Centralized Systems (621K)
Richard Mattocks, Environomics Inc.

Performance Evaluations: Barhams Farm, AA Dairy, and Colorado Pork (49K)
Dr. John Martin, Hall Associates

Panel Discussion on Operator/Developer Experiences

Swine (695K)
James Wells, HDR Engineering, Inc.

Dairy (18K)
Richard Waybright, Mason-Dixon Farm

Co-digestion (5.9MB)
Ted Mathews, Matlink

Resources Available from the AgSTAR Program

— The Revised AgSTAR Handbook and Other Resources (686K)
Kurt Roos, US EPA

— FarmWare, v2 (4.5MB)
Dr. Douglas Williams, California Polytechnic State University