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Sustainable Manure

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Fertiliser from air by plasma treatment
This project's main objective is the commercialisation of a breakthrough technology for upgrading livestock manure to an improved fertiliser. The overall aim of the project is to fundamentally improve global food production, by in... This project's main objective is the commercialisation of a breakthrough technology for upgrading livestock manure to an improved fertiliser. The overall aim of the project is to fundamentally improve global food production, by increasing productivity and reducing emissions. The technology enables farmers to produce environmentally friendly fertiliser on the farm using slurry or biogas digestate, air and electricity. The technology is a manure processing unit that consists of a plasma reactor, an absorption system and a plasma generator with power supply. The consortium consists of three organisations, ScanArc Plasma Technologies AS, University of Antwerp and N2 Applied. The plasma technology for treating livestock manure, is an innovative technology with the following benefits: • providing a cost-effective alternative to chemical fertiliser, and thus improving farm economics • ensuring compliance with stricter environmental regulations, which in turn mitigates risk for farmers and ensures business continuity • reducing emissions in the farm-cycle and thus contributing to reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution • removing odour, giving the farmer flexibility in spreading, optimising the fertilising effect of manure, which reduces nutrient loss and pollution. This FTI proposal consists of the following measurable objectives: 1. Optimisation of the plasma reactor, with a focus on improving the energy efficiency 2. Optimisation of the absorption system, with a focus on increasing the processing capacity 3. Develop a commercial unit design for serial production with stable continuous operations and low maintenance 4. Piloting and testing to verify the performance of the organic fertiliser 5. Communication and dissemination University of Antwerp is developing the plasma technology to make nitrogen fixation from air a valid alternative to fossil fertiliser production, Scanarc develops the plasma units and N2 develops the total concept for the farmer. ver más
30/11/2022
N2 APPLIED AS
2M€
Duración del proyecto: 24 meses Fecha Inicio: 2020-11-26
Fecha Fin: 2022-11-30

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-11-30
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
EIC-FTI-2018-2020: Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)
Cerrada hace 6 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 2M€
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N2 APPLIED AS No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5