TY - JOUR A2 - Chen, B. A2 - Chen, Z.-M. AU - Wang, Yang AU - Lin, Cong AU - Li, Jing AU - Duan, Na AU - Li, Xue AU - Fu, Yanyan PY - 2013 DA - 2013/02/14 TI - Emergy Analysis of Biogas Systems Based on Different Raw Materials SP - 415812 VL - 2013 AB - Environmental pollution and energy crisis restrict the development of China, and the utilization of renewable technology is an effective strategy to alleviate the damage. Biogas engineering has rapidly developed attributes to solve environmental problems and create a renewable energy product biogas. In this paper, two different biogas plants’ materials were analyzed by emergy method. One of them is a biogas project whose degraded material is feces (BPF system), and the other is the one whose degraded material is corn straw (BPC system). As a result, the ecological-economic values of BPF and BPC are $28,300/yr and $8,100/yr, respectively. Considering currency, environment, and human inputs, both of the biogas projects have the ability of disposing waste and potential for development. The proportion of biogas output is much more than fertilizer output; so, fertilizer utilization should be emphasized in the future. In comparison, BPF is better than BPC in the aspects of ecological-economic benefits, environmental benefits, and sustainability. The reason is the difficulty of corn straw seasonal collection and degradation. Thus it is proposed that BPC should be combined with the other raw materials. SN - 2356-6140 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/415812 DO - 10.1155/2013/415812 JF - The Scientific World Journal PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -