{"id":7672,"date":"2019-02-18T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2019-02-18T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T08:33:42","slug":"exploitation-and-revaluation-of-chicken-manure-as-biomass-life-chimera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/exploitation-and-revaluation-of-chicken-manure-as-biomass-life-chimera\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploitation and Revaluation of Chickens Manure as Biomass – The CHIMERA LIFE Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
The EC-funded CHIMERA LIFE project is a step-change in the biomass sector, as it is proposing a new waste-to-energy plant designed to burn chicken manure.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Chicken manure is a massive problem for EU because it is generating copious amounts of ammonia polluting soil, water and air. The CHIMERA project is addresing this relevant issue by means of an innovative waste-to-energy plant which perfectly fits a distributed-energy scheme, by providing district-size energy production. It is a valuable\u00a0example of closed-cycle reuse and symbiosis within farmers and fertilizer\u2019s production value-chains. CHIMERA is aiming at a circular business. By burning manure, CHIMERA will lead to remarkable economic savings for farmers, due to avoided disposal, plus electric and thermal energy produced by an ORC group included into the biomass plant.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0new CHIMERA technology\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The innovative technology which is being developed by 3P Engineering<\/a><\/strong>, is the first one to almost fully recover nitrogen from manure and turn most of the waste into an N-P-K rich fertilizer, with few ashes and sludge as final waste to be disposed. By doing so, it will cut a huge cost for manure disposal and turn it into a possible saving\/profit for every farm willing to install the plant and able to use or sell the new fertilizer.<\/p>\n

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CHIMERA: the possible cycle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The\u00a0difference between traditional process and CHIMERA technology<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Manure disposal impacts heavily on GHG emissions via Ammonia and generates million tons of waste per year. Up to now, it has been a burden for farmers and a special waste. The traditional process includes: strict regulations, stock within the farm with awful smell for the neighborhood, high transport costs, need for waste treatment and reliance on external companies (e.g. for direct disposal, incinerators, biogas).<\/p>\n

The state-of-the-art treatment relates to centralized, medium and large size plants. No plant can be reported with the expected cost-benefit balance of CHIMERA. The expected LIFE CHIMERA innovation improves the state of the art performances of biomass plants based on poultry manure and targets a future business made of smaller scale plants, delivering:<\/p>\n