Manure Processing With Microwave Treatment

Midas Green Technologies

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Why We Are Here?

Pollution and Hazardousness: Poultry manure and litter are sources of pathogenic organisms and pollution, both are extremely hazardous for population and the environment (soil, groundwater, flora and fauna)

Aggravation of the ecological environment: Cattle-breeding and poultry-farming products, as well as general consumption are growing worldwide

Regulation: Strict requirements to reduce negative forces on the world and its inhabitants

Treatment: Release, disposal and recycling of waste from livestock and poultry farms is impossible without treatment

Valuable feedstock for fertilizer and feed additives: Poultry manure contains a large number of useful components: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and a significant

amount of trace elements: magnesium, calcium, boron, sulfur and enzymes

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Existing Methods and Limitations

● Composting using different approaches

Limitations: High phosphorus content in the produced biomass limits its applicability

● Aerobic and Anaerobic digestion of dry and liquid manure

Limitations: Process duration

● Heat treatment processes, including incineration, pyrolysis

Limitations: To prevent the formation of dioxins requires temperatures over 1300 o C

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What is Required

Effective and low cost innovative technology for cleaning and neutralizing

cattle and poultry manureWhat is Required

Effective and low cost innovative technology for cleaning and neutralizing cattle and poultry manure

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How it is Achieved

Effective and low cost innovative technology for cleaning and neutralizing

cattle and poultry manureHow it is Achieved

Manure processing with microwave treatment technology provides high disinfection and short drying time of cattle and poultry manure

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Proposed Solution● Ecologically safe method for cattle and poultry manure

processing

● Recycling technology for non-disposal of organisms and plant nutrients is achieved by the following process:

Pre-Treatment of source material by bringing the moisture of the source material to a certain low percentage

Treatment of the ‘dried’ materials by Microwave Irradiation

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Pre-Treatment of Source Material

● The use of microwave irradiation requires high consumption of energy derived from high humidity of the source material

● Microwave power of 1 KW; Frequency of 2.45 GHz; room temperature water: each gram of water requires ~80 Tues of absorbed power to evaporate

● In order to achieve low cost usage of microwave irradiation it is required to reduce the level of moisture in the source material

● After the process of ‘drying’ the moisture in the source material to a certain low percentage, the moisture remains mostly in the microorganisms (viruses and bacteria)

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Microwave Radiation● Water is efficient conductor and major component of every

microorganism: ● Bacteria contain 70-80% of water

● Water content of bacterial spores or viruses is 5-15%

● The microwave irradiation in centimeter diapason is strongly absorbed by water

● Effect of microwave irradiation is concentrated in the required “Sensitive Points"

● Effects on the object is carried out not “from the outside”, as it used in the existing methods of sterilization, but “from the inside” - at the expense of thermal energy released in the body of the microorganism itself

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Applications

Production of Complex Organic Fertilizers

Waste Sterilization before Disposal

Production of Active Feeding Supplements

Production of Various Fillers

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Project Status - Where Are We Today ● Technology for sterilized poultry

manure was designed and developed

● Prototype was manufactured and tested

● Chemical and biological analysis was conducted for experimental batch of biomass obtained after the sterilization process of chicken manure

● Patent application was prepared and submitted

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Sanitary-microbiological study results

Processing Time (sec)

Fecal Coliform Content (MPN*/g)

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1200

10 200 - 40015 120 - 20020 120 - 20030 40 – 12040 0 - 10

The fecal coliform content shall be less than 1,000 MPN*/g

(Microbiological characteristics in BNQ Standard P 0413-200-5)

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Go-To-Market & Business ModelWho We Target Cattle and Poultry farmers

Organic Fertilizers Manufacturers Active Feeding Supplements Manufacturers

Where can be used Agriculture Flower Manufacturers Urban Design and Horticulture Cattle Farmers

What We Offer Selling devices/basic units based on the proposed technology

Transfer devices/basic units to leasing: Recurring fee per device

Partnership ecosystem: selling the rights, accomplished by exclusive or non-exclusive license to use the proposed technology

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Agenda● Why We Are Here?● Proposed Solution ● Project Status● Go-To-Market● Summary & Conclusions

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Summary & ConclusionsFertilizer manufacturing has economical profitability in local industry in agricultural areas, where crop residues

and manures used as the feedstock

Proposed technology contributes to ‘green’ environment, reduces dependence on chemical fertilizers and improves

the quality of agricultural production

Feed cost based on poultry manure significantly lower than the traditional animal feed, which might be

interesting for the producers of cattle meat

Production of equipment based on the proposed technology is feasible, cost-effective and without any

environmental harm