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. 2015 May;28(5):716–729. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0683

Table 3.

Emission factors of solid, liquid fractions and biogas digestate produced from pig waste during storage

Criteria Values Range Units References
Solid manure (non-biogas farms)
 NH3-N 0.308 kg NH3-N (kg N excreted)−1 Webb et al. (2012)
 N2O-N 0.005 0.0027–0.01 kg N2O-N (kg N excreted)−1 Eggleston et al. (2006)
 CH4-C 0.008 kg CH4 (kg volatile solid)−1 Eggleston et al. (2006)
 CO2-C 0.015 0.012–0.018 kg CH4 (kg dry matter)−1 Vu et al. (2012d)
Liquid manure (non-biogas farms)
 NH3-N 0.004 0.321–0.381 Fraction of TAN See calculation above
 N2O-N 0 kg N2O-N (kg N excreted)−1 Velthof et al. (2005); Eggleston et al. (2006)
 CH4-C 0.005 0.042–0.055 kg CH4 (kg dry matter)−1 Vu et al. (2012d)
 CO2-C 0.015 0.012–0.018 kg CH4 (kg dry matter)−1 Vu et al. (2012d)
Digestate (Biogas farms)
 NH3-N 0.052 Fraction of TAN See calculation above
 N2O-N 0 kg N2O-N (kg N excreted)−1 Data connected to Vu et al. (2014)
 CH4-C 0.20 Fraction of potential CH4 UNFCCC/CCNUCC (2012)
 CO2-C 40/60 CH4 to CO2 ratio Sommer et al. (2007)

TAN, total ammonical nitrogen.