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PROJECT - PROPOSED SYSTEM | As explained in the details of our current system changing legislation with regard to water quality, landspreading practices and transfrontiershipment of waste and the increased expenses and complications associated with these changes motivated Silver Hill Foods to propose the development of a Processing Plant for the Recycling of Duck Slurry on its site in Emyvale.
The extensive research and trial work carried out by the Company in recent years, including a feasibility study aided by Enterprise Ireland, has led to the design of a unique and innovative project. This Project has been recognised by the European Commission and in September 2003 Silver Hill Foods was the sole Irish recipient of the LIFE grant to aid funding for the project. The project involves installing a full-scale processing plant to transform the wet sludge into a solid fertilizer which can be used as a replacement for artificial fertilizer.
Project Objectives:
- To develop a sustainable, cost-effective mechanism for the processing of duck slurry into a solid fertilizer
- To eliminate the potential problem of diffuse water contamination from existing landspreading operations
- To demonstrate a full-scale working model of the application of new technology to the management of animal wastes
- To reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from storage and transport of duck slurry and, indirectly, from the manufacture of artificial fertilizers.
- To improve relationships with Environmental Regulatory Authorities in Ireland and the United Kingdom
Project Components:
- Dewatering of the slurry
- Drying of the dewatered slurry to a dry fertilizer (powder / pellets)
- Re-use of the solid fertilizer as a replacement for artificial fertilizer
- Treatment of the liquid fraction by Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
- Combustion of the methane generated in the AD plant in a combustion plant
- Use of the heat from the combustion plant for drying of the dewatered slurry
- Treatment of the liquor from the AD plant to a standard suitable for discharge to the local river
Project Timescale:
- Nov. 2003 – Apr. 2004 : Preparation of Final Design and Equipment Procurement
- Jan. 2004 – Jul. 2004 : Preparation of Infrastructure and Civil Works
- Feb. 2004 – Feb. 2005 : Installation, Commissioning and evaluation of Equipment
- Nov. 2003 – Jul. 2005 : Managing and Reporting for LIFE
- Feb. 2004 – Apr. 2005 : Dissemination of Results
For more information on project time schedules please see progress to date and LIFE which is the main driver of time schedules for this project.
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