Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?

As Ensiling practice requires an anaerobic environment, it is important to ensure an anaerobic environment for lab-scale silo as well as allow the release of fermentation gases from silo. The effect of using water lock on laboratory silos was studied. Three sealing methods (metal lid with water lock...

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Autor principal: Mostakim, Al Mohammad
Formato: H2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231) 2013
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description As Ensiling practice requires an anaerobic environment, it is important to ensure an anaerobic environment for lab-scale silo as well as allow the release of fermentation gases from silo. The effect of using water lock on laboratory silos was studied. Three sealing methods (metal lid with water lock, metal lid without water lock and metal lid with water lock later replaced by metal lid without water lock) were studied. Silos were filled with lucerne to examine the extent of oxygen passing through the water lock. Two removable rubber stoppers were added with two replicates to observe the effect of air stress in laboratory silos. In addition, empty silo jars were made to explore how much oxygen could pass through the water lock. As expected the silage was badly preserved because of low DM, low WSC with high buffering capacity and oxygen inlet into silo. Data from experiment proved that some oxygen passed through the water lock but it did not have a significant effect on fermentation quality. Fitting a water lock on the top of water lock was proved to be effective to seal the laboratory silo.
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spelling RepoSLU62962013-11-29T10:55:27Z Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies? Mostakim, Al Mohammad Laboratory silo Water lock Air lock Water trap Siphon Gas-release valve Air Oxygen Silage As Ensiling practice requires an anaerobic environment, it is important to ensure an anaerobic environment for lab-scale silo as well as allow the release of fermentation gases from silo. The effect of using water lock on laboratory silos was studied. Three sealing methods (metal lid with water lock, metal lid without water lock and metal lid with water lock later replaced by metal lid without water lock) were studied. Silos were filled with lucerne to examine the extent of oxygen passing through the water lock. Two removable rubber stoppers were added with two replicates to observe the effect of air stress in laboratory silos. In addition, empty silo jars were made to explore how much oxygen could pass through the water lock. As expected the silage was badly preserved because of low DM, low WSC with high buffering capacity and oxygen inlet into silo. Data from experiment proved that some oxygen passed through the water lock but it did not have a significant effect on fermentation quality. Fitting a water lock on the top of water lock was proved to be effective to seal the laboratory silo. SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231) 2013 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6296/
spellingShingle Laboratory silo
Water lock
Air lock
Water trap
Siphon
Gas-release valve
Air
Oxygen
Silage
Mostakim, Al Mohammad
Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title_full Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title_fullStr Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title_full_unstemmed Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title_short Does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
title_sort does oxygen pass through the water lock of laboratory silos used for ensiling studies?
topic Laboratory silo
Water lock
Air lock
Water trap
Siphon
Gas-release valve
Air
Oxygen
Silage