Uses of cow dung as the era changes earlier it was to paint the house and make the flooring then we used the cow dung as raw fuel for cooking food(chulha) from there the idea generated that why not to use it as the fuel for biogas and ppl started doing that and now ppl we are again going to use it as the floorings and ply material which might get advanced to furniture and other similar goods.
Now that sounds even more interesting although the basic idea is nothing new to an Indian .as We have been doing some thing similar since years.
In India traditionally we still utilize that as manure and fuel material and covering the floors to most of the local cow dung is used out by us but even after doing so ppl in US are not able to utilize the huge cow dung produced. A dairy farm can spend $200 per cow per year to handle its manure. So if we utilize it then surely it will be some WIN -WIN situation for all the farmers and businessman.
But the issue in front of the US ppl was what to do of the huge cow dung produced and they are not being able to utilize. Traditionally, farmers put manure to use by spreading it in their field as a natural fertilizer. But as dairy farms and other livestock operations have gotten larger and more specialized, they can find themselves with too little land for the manure they produce.the anaerobic digesters for manure treatment will use heat to deodorize and sterilize manure, while capturing and using the methane gas it produces will be used to generate electricity. The systems also separate phosphorus-laden liquid fertilizer from semisolid plant residue.
So far, fiberboard made with digester solids seems to match or beat the quality of wood-based products and before we start buying the products they need to test the strength and endurance of the manure-based fiberboard and examine the economic practicality of using digested fiber to make building products. As with the wood-based original, the manure-based product is made by combining fibers with a chemical resin, then subjecting the mixture to heat and pressure.
Uses will surely be interesting. u might start guessing them before the Agricultural scientists will do more on it.
