digestate

The primary use of digestate is as a soil conditioner.

The solid waste from the process is called digestate and can be used in a similar way to compost.

The nutrient-rich digestate also produced can be used as fertilizer.

The digestate may also contain minerals and remnants of bacteria.

The solid digestate can also be used as feedstock for ethanol production.

Operation at higher temperatures facilitates greater sterilization of the end digestate.

Methanogenic digestate is a sludge (sometimes called a liquor).

There are three principal products of anaerobic digestion: biogas, digestate and water.

In two-stage systems, different forms of digestate come from different digestion tanks.

Acidogenic digestate provides moisture retention and organic content for soils.

The remaining, indigestible material the microbes cannot use and any dead bacterial remains constitute the digestate.

Growth trials on digestate originating from mixed waste have showed healthy growth results for crops.

If you follow the protocol you can produce a high quality digestate which can be sold without waste management controls.

Methanogenic digestate provides nutrients for plant growth.

Application of digestate has been shown to inhibit plant diseases and induction of resistance.

The standard of digestate produced by anaerobic digestion can be assessed on three criteria, chemical, biological and physical aspects.

Acidogenic digestate has high moisture retention properties.

Acidogenic digestate can also be used as an environmentally friendly filler to give structure to composite plastics.

Energy-from-waste processes may produce waste by-products that need to be disposed of at landfill, such as ash or digestate.

Download anaerobic digestate quality protocol information from the Environment Agency website - Opens in a new window.

Occurrence and relevance of organic pollutants in compost, digestate and organic residues.

This may either take the form of a full anaerobic digestion phase, followed by the maturation (composting) of the digestate.

If you don't achieve the standards in the quality protocol then you must follow waste management controls when you handle, transport or apply the digestate.

Acidogenic digestate is fibrous and consists of structural plant matter including lignin and cellulose.

It produces a nutrient-rich solid material called digestate and biogas containing methane and CO2.