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Application of Waste to Energy Crops
A case study for Willow
John Finnan, Paul Galbally,
Brendan Burke, John Carroll,
Declan Ryan, Kevin McDonnell
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Presentation Content
• Waste in Ireland
• Advantages of using Energy Crops for
Bioremediation
• Potential Worries
• Energy Crop Offtakes – Nutrient Response
• What happens to the nutrients and heavy metals?
• Conclusions
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Wastes Which could be Applied
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Wastewater Treatment - Ireland
Source:EPA 2012: Focus on Urban Waste Water Discharges
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Problems with Wastewater Disposal
Source:EPA 2012: Focus on Urban Waste Water Discharges
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Can Energy Crops Help by acting as a biofilter
Advantages
• Reduced Cost of Waste Cleaning
• Element removal from waste streams
• No risk to the food chain
• Enhanced Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
• Greater Biomass Yield
• Avoidance of GHG emissions during fertilizer
manufacture
• Economic Advantages for the farmer
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Wastes for Application
Form?
• Solids – typically sewage sludge
• Liquids- wastewater or liquid effluents
What’s in Them?
• Organic Matter
• Nutrients N,P,K
• Other Things
• Heavy Metals
• Pathogens
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Possible problems and Worries
• Pathogens
• Potential Damage to Crops
• Potential contamination of groundwater
• Potential damage to soil microfauna and ecology
• Heavy Metals
• Introduction and build-up in soil, water
• Emissions to Air after Crop Uptake
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Possible problems and Worries
• Pathogens
• Potential Damage to Crops
• Potential build-up of undesirable substances in soil
• Potential damage to soil microfauna and ecology
• Heavy Metals
• Introduction and build-up in soil
• Emissions to Air
Relevant Questions:
Does waste application to energy crops pose a greater risk to the
environment compared to
•The release of those waste streams to the environment
•The application of other fertilizers eg, chemical fertilizers, FYM, slurry
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Pathogens
• Evidence from Oak Park trials has shown that there is no risk of
introducing high pathogen loads to soil after biosolid application once
sufficient liming of the sludge has been conducted
• Pathogens are retained and de-activated by soil.
• Reduced pathogen load to the environment after application of
wastewater to energy crops compared to releasing that wastewater to
surface water bodies
• BUT. There is a risk of groundwater contamination
• NOTE: A risk similar to that of slurry application
• No evidence of crop damage
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Heavy Metals
• Heavy Metals: - Natural component of biological systems such as
animals, plants and soils
• Essential Metals: - some metals such as copper and zinc are essential
to plants and animals
• Toxicity: - other heavy metals can be toxic above certain levels and
their build up needs to be avoided.
• Heavy Metals in Wastes:
• Mainly from food
• Passage of water through copped and lead pipes
• Passage of rainwater across metal roofs
• Use of chemicals eg detergents
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Heavy Metals in Organic Fertilizers
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Zn Cu Ni Pb Cd Cr
Co
nc
en
tra
tio
n (
mg
/kg
DM
)
Dairy Cattle FYM
Dairy Cattle Slurry
Beef Cattle FYM
Beef Cattle Slurry
Pig FYM
Pig Slurry
Biosolid
Distillery Effluent
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Crop Requirements
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Annual Nutrient Offtakes – Willow harvested at Oak Park
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
N P K
Nu
trie
nt
Off
take (
kg
/ha)
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Nutrient Offtakes – Multi Year Harvests
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
N P K
Off
takes (
kg
/ha)
1 year
2 years
3 years
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Willow – Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer
Leaf Nitrogen - 1
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
0 75 150
kg N/ha
Le
af
Nit
rog
en
(m
mo
l/m
2)
Leaf Nitrogen -2
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
0 75 150
kg N/ha
Le
af
Nit
rog
en
(m
mo
l/m
2)
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Yield Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer
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2
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12
0 75 150
kg N/ha
ton
ne
s D
M/h
a/y
r
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Fate of Nutrients and Heavy Metals After Application
• Remain in Soil
• Crop Uptake
• Loss to Groundwater
• Loss to Surface Water via Overland Flow
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Crop Uptake After Waste Application
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45
50
DE100 DE50 DE0 BS100 BS50 BS0
Nu
trie
nt
Up
tak
e (
kg
)N
P
K
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Nutrient Loss – Distillery Effluent
Loss over 18 Months after Distillery Effluent Application
0
10
20
30
40
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60
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100
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
N N N P P P K K K
Nu
trie
nt
Lo
ss (
kg
/ha)
Loss to GW
Loss to OLF
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Heavy metal Loss – Distillery Effluent
Loss over 18 months after Distillery Effluent Application
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
W-D
E100
W-D
E50
W-D
E0
Cd Cd Cd Cu Cu Cu Cr Cr Cr Pb Pb Pb Ni Ni Ni Zn Zn Zn
Meta
l L
oss (
g/h
a)
Loss to GW
Loss to OLF
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Nutrient Loss – Sewage Sludge
Loss over 18 months after Biosolid Application
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
W-BS100 W-BS50 W-BS0 W-BS100 W-BS50 W-BS0 W-BS100 W-BS50 W-BS0
N N N P P P K K K
Nu
trie
nt
Lo
ss (
kg
/ha)
Loss to GW
Loss to OLF
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Heavy Metal Loss – Sewage Sludge
Loss over 18 months after Biosolid Application
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
W-B
S100
W-B
S50
W-B
S0
Cd Cd Cd Cu Cu Cu Cr Cr Cr Pb Pb Pb Ni Ni Ni Zn Zn Zn
Meta
l L
osses (
g/h
a)
Loss to GW
Loss to OLF
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Impact on Groundwater Quality - Biosolid
0%
40%
80%
120%
160%
200%
240%
eC NO3 K P Cd Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn
BS100 plot BS50 plot
BS0 plot
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Impact on Overland Flow Water Quality - Biosolid
• Overland Flow events on most sites are relatively rare
• The quantity of water in overland flow is usually small
• Damage to surface water from overland flow can be minimised by
• Avoiding sites with a slope greater than 11%
• Avoid spreading on land prone to flooding
Further Research on Overland Flow being conducted as part of the
ANSWER project
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NOx Emissions from Willow after Nitrogen Fertilization
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0 75 150
kg N/ha
NO
X E
mis
sio
ns
(m
g N
m3)
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0 75 150
kg N/ha
ton
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M/h
a/y
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Conclusions
• Energy Crops can be fertilized using waste – in so doing, cleaning the
waste
• There is a risk……….which can be reduced/eliminated by
• Careful Site Selection
• Matching application with crop nutrient requirements
• We already apply these wastes to food crops BUT
• A licence is needed to apply these wastes to energy crops
• Need to incorporate Energy Crops into Sewage Sludge in
Agriculture Regulations (SI 148/1998)