Improving energy efficiency in organic-based fertiliser manufacturing for Net Zero UK

提高有机肥料制造的能源效率，实现英国净零排放

• 批准号: 10045258
• 金额: $ 5.15万
• 依托单位: LOHAS RECYCLING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10045258
• 关键词: Improving; energy; efficiency; organic; based

There is increasing interest in large poultry farms to invest in drying and pelleting system to make chicken manure pellets. There are obvious reasons for this, such as the dry pellets will be easier to be transported. The dynamic farmers are looking to create new revenue by adopting this existing technology, that has been commonly-used in other European countries, such as Netherland, Belgium, and France. This should be encouraged and supported, since the cost on Nitrogen fertiliser and fuel has increased dramatically. We do have the abundant organic N nutrients in our country. Saying that, 1.94 million tons of manures are produced in our country every year. Livestock manures often thought of as waste. Regional intensive farming is a barrier. The nutrients resource from one type of farming is not easy to be transported to another type of farming. For example, there are many poultry farms in Herefordshire, that the land there just cannot take any more nutrients. Whist, a veg/fruits grower in Kent or Southampton need to import dry manure pellets from overseas. This is the challenge we will be addressing in this project.Existing technology, which has attracted quite a few farmers interest is the drying and pellets system, like the one supplied by Big Dutchman. Our focus in this project is to improve and add value to the solution and its end product for UK farmers to uptake the technology, for smooth and successful operational process, and also considering our environment: reduce energy usage, reduce GHG emission and ammonia emission. Considering the location and weather of the UK, it is necessary to bring our farmers attention to the potential barriers they might meet when uptake an existing technology from overseas. This project will better manage and optimise manure characteristics, reduce nitrogen nutrients loss and better valorise manures for greater benefit to soils, pasture or crops. We will define practical models for more circular agriculture that work for the farmers, both practically and financially.Contributing to Levelling Up, with both small and more substantial farms avoiding the need to import, this project helps to improve economic stability and sustainability. With costs reduced, farmers can take better command of their productivity outlays, offsetting this for the benefit of public consumers.

大型家禽农场对投资干燥和颗粒系统的兴趣越来越多，以制造鸡粪颗粒。有明显的原因，例如干颗粒更容易运输。动态的农民希望通过采用这种现有技术来创造新的收入，该技术在其他欧洲国家（例如荷兰，比利时和法国）通常使用。这应该受到鼓励和支持，因为氮肥和燃料的成本急剧增加。我们的国家确实有大量的有机养分。话虽如此，每年在我国生产194万吨肥料。牲畜经常被认为是废物。区域强化农业是一个障碍。一种农业类型的营养资源不容易被运输到另一种耕作。例如，赫里福德郡有许多家禽农场，那里的土地不再需要任何营养。 Whist，肯特郡或南安普敦的蔬菜/水果种植者需要从海外进口干肥料。这是我们将在这个项目中解决的挑战。存在的技术吸引了很多农民的兴趣是干燥和颗粒系统，就像大荷兰人提供的那样。我们在该项目上的重点是改善和增加其解决方案及其最终产品的价值，以供英国农民吸收该技术，以平稳而成功的运营过程，并考虑我们的环境：减少能源使用，减少温室气体排放和氨发射。考虑到英国的位置和天气，有必要使我们的农民注意从海外采取现有技术时可能遇到的潜在障碍。该项目将更好地管理和优化肥料特征，减少氮营养损失，并更好地使肥料改善肥料，从而为土壤，牧场或农作物带来更大的利益。我们将定义实际模型的实际循环农业，这些农业实际上和财务上都为农民有效。随着成本降低，农民可以更好地指挥其生产力支出，从而抵消了这一点，以便公共消费者受益。