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Recent Publications (2025)
Abatement of Greenhouse Gases and Ammonia from Cattle Slurry During Storage and Land Spreading: A Pilot Scale Study
S Connolly, V O’Flaherty, CE Thorn, DJ Krol. Journal of Cleaner Production, 145450
Size matters: Anaerobic granules exhibit distinct ecological and physico-chemical gradients across biofilm size
A Trego, C Morabito, I Bourven, G Guibaud, V O’Flaherty, G Collins, ... Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 100561
Effects of dietary supplementation with linseed oil, Ascophyllum nodosum or treated A. nodosum on animal performance, gaseous emissions, ruminal fermentation and microbiota, and meat quality in growing dairy-beef bulls
E Roskam, DA Kenny, AK Kelly, M Hayes, N Palevich, PH Maclean, ... Journal of Animal Science, skaf032
Methan-o-poly: a giant collaborative game to “digest” the microbiology of green biogas production
P Porras-Socias, R Mattiussi, KA Silveira, V O'Flaherty. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, e00116-24
Development and in-vitro assessment of novel oxygen-releasing feed additives to reduce enteric ruminant methane emissions
A Graham, C Thorn, M McDonagh, C O'Donnell, S Nolan, SF Kirwan, ... Science of The Total Environment 963, 177598
Hydrogen sulphide inhibition in cattle slurry by use of an oxygen based slurry amendment
S Connolly, DJ Krol, D Kelleghan, V O’Flaherty. Process Safety and Environmental Protection 193, 125-131
Current Projects
Teagasc PhD Walsh Scholarship: System optimization for the anaerobic co-digestion of slurry with mono-culture and mixed species grass feedstocks. [ Read More ]
METH-ABATE, funded by the DAFM (Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Development and validation of novel technologies to reduce methane emissions from Irish agricultural systems. [ Read More ]
MAME (Managing Agricultural Methane Emissions), funded by SFI (Science Foundation Ireland): Transforming the greenhouse gas footprint and bio-economic value of ruminant agriculture by selective inhibition of methanogenic archaea. [ Read More ]
S-BREW (Sustainable Bio-Renewable Energy from Wastewater), funded by DTIF (Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund) for the Food & Drink wastewater sector that will reduce land-spread waste and produce high-quality renewable energy. [ Read More]
GEBTech (Green Energy Boosting Technology) with Teagasc, funded by SEAI and Enterprise Ireland: A novel treatment for farm slurries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to generate energy. [ Read More ]
DPTC (Dairy Processing Technology Centre), funded by Enterprise Ireland: Collaborative Industry-Academic Research Projects [ Read More ]
INSP (Irish Nutrient Sustainability Platform) funded by EPA Ireland: Addressing the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) [ Read More ]
Sustainable nutrient recovery for management of nitrogen rich residue streams, funded by EPA Ireland: Sustainable Nitrogen will investigate development of a sustainable system to improve bioenergy and nutrient recovery from ammoniacal wastes/residues. [ Read More ]
The conversion of wastewater from food processing facilities to chemicals, such as VFAs and MCCAs, by adapting anaerobic digestion, funded by SFI. [ Read More ]
GreenGas (GG) Cluster: Developing the data sets underpinning validation of the technical, economic and environmental performance arising from operation of an integrated GG Cluster. [ Read More ]
Validation of High Rate Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Wastewaters, funded by SFI. [ Read More ]
Opportunities & Collaborations
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