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biowave

Upscale and demonstration of a integrated novel microwave pre-treatment system for efficient production of biogas from anaerobic digestion of pig manure to create a sustainable waste management system

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Project "biowave" data sheet

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Coordinator
ASHLEIGH FARMS (ENVIRONMENTAL) LIMITED 

Organization address
address: Ballinameela, Cappagh
city: CAPPAGH WATERFORD
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 Coordinator Country Ireland [IE]
 Project website http://www.biowave-ad.eu
 Total cost 1˙948˙920 €
 EC max contribution 1˙364˙244 € (70%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.3. (PRIORITY 'Societal challenges)
2. H2020-EU.2. (PRIORITY 'Industrial leadership')
 Code Call H2020-FTIPilot-2015-1
 Funding Scheme IA
 Starting year 2016
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2016-04-01   to  2018-07-31

 Partnership

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# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    ASHLEIGH FARMS (ENVIRONMENTAL) LIMITED IE (CAPPAGH WATERFORD) coordinator 665˙967.00
2    METHAN O'GEN (UK) LIMITED UK (BISHOPS CASTLE) participant 304˙762.00
3    GILMORE & CLARKE (ELECTRICAL) LIMITED IE (COOTEHILL CAVAN) participant 240˙000.00
4    SAIREM SOCIETE POUR L APPLICATION INDUSTRIELLE DE LA RECHERCHE EN ELECTRONIQUE ET MICRO ONDES SAS FR (NEYRON MIRIBEL) participant 150˙500.00
5    TECHNOSAM SRL RO (SATU MARE) participant 3˙013.00

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 Project objective

Ashleigh Farms Limited are successful pig rearers for the pork meat industry. Currently they own over 1,500 sows that produce a combined total of 37,000 pigs per year. The pig farming industry is significant across Europe and it is increasingly becoming more and more difficult for pig farmers to be profitable and competitive. There are numerous legislations that are inhibiting the ability for pig farmers to prosper. Regulations and targets in place to control pollution and contamination are leaving pig farmers with less and less economical use for pig slurry. Pig herds are constantly growing and the slurry amounts are quickly reaching a crisis point. In order to improve margins and remain in business pig farmers require an innovative solution. We have developed a novel and innovative microwave pre-treatment technology that increases the compatibility of pig slurry for anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion of pig slurry is currently economically unviable as there is a requirement to add organic carbon sources in the ratio of 8:1. The microwave pre-treatment process converts hard carbon in the slurry, which cannot be digested by bacteria, into soluble carbon, thus increasing the total bio-available carbon in the slurry and improving the Carbon:Nitrogen ratio. Therefore the costs of using AD with pig slurry, are extremely high. Our innovative pre-treatment technology removes the need to add organic material and increases the biogas yield from slurry by 20%. This therefore provides farmers with a realistic solution to deal with the ever-growing amounts of slurry produced. With a payback of 4 years, our biowave system provides an environmentally-friendly and cost-effective method for pig slurry treatment that eases farmers’ legislative burdens. It helps reduce energy costs and helps to achieve the EU goal of sourcing 20% of all energy consumed from renewable energy.

 Deliverables

List of deliverables.
Built microwave reactor with control software implemented Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes 2019-05-30 14:37:19
Field trial report Documents, reports 2019-05-09 12:15:46
Optimised complete system Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes 2019-05-09 12:15:46
On site pig slurry treatment system Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes 2019-05-09 12:15:46
Standard operating procedures Documents, reports 2019-05-09 12:15:46
Built AD validation unit with installed control software Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes 2019-05-09 12:15:46
Standard operating procedures WP5 Documents, reports 2019-05-09 12:15:46

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