Economad: Turning farm waste into biogas and fertiliser

Livestock are often seen as drivers of climate change - but Economad's new anaerobic digestion system, specifically designed for small to medium sized farms, can turn animal waste into valuable biogas and fertiliser. This cuts climate damaging methane emissions and helps farm businesses become more sustainable. Economad is one of the first projects to supported by the SHAKE Climate Change programme www.shakeclimate.org

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  • @danielj.gonstaz6771
    @danielj.gonstaz67718 ай бұрын

    Livestock itself is Not doing any harm. It's factories that do aome pollution, Still no harm. Big difference

  • @varunsoni326
    @varunsoni326 Жыл бұрын

    I searched through your website and Instagram page for more information on this. Will be very interesting to see lab reports nutritional values of the bio fertiliser being produced from this.

  • @youseff500

    @youseff500

    10 ай бұрын

    lol you do realize this is how farmers up in North America grow your crops, right? We use cow manure dug out of barns in the spring to spread onto fields using trailers. Same thing here. They're just mixing it with water to get biomethane, and whatever solid/sludge is left gets recycled into fertilizer.

  • @paddydoyle4234

    @paddydoyle4234

    6 ай бұрын

    @@youseff500 bar there's no organic matter left in biogas residue, so in theory all you're doing is turning farmland into one giant hydroponic site.

  • @marcosmizrahi8497
    @marcosmizrahi84978 ай бұрын

    Do you have any paper where I could find all the information?

  • @kasandamichaelmwila4911
    @kasandamichaelmwila49113 ай бұрын

    Hi, what size thickness Geomemberane should I use for this biodigester ?

  • @atleandersen1924
    @atleandersen19246 ай бұрын

    Its a bit deceptive to portray this as some sort of technological novelty or grand new idea. Large scale biogas facilities in conjunction with agriculture have been operating for more than 30 years now. Denmark, even though a small country, produced 18 PJ (petajules) of partially manure based bio-methane in 2020. From the perspective of technological challenges, its not the production of biogas, that is the issue - that basically happens automatically. The main challenges consist of stripping the roughly 50% co2 that the raw gas contains, as well as managing sulfur that often occurs in the thousands ppm range. These are unbelievably energy hungry processes, that would offset any climate gains in a heartbeat, if all you do is digest manure. Its worth mentioning that manure and slurry only has a gas potential of 15m3/tonn. This makes it un-viable without adding other types of fat/protein/carbohydrate based biomass, such as meat waste, grains, glycerine, molasses or similar. Wheat that is unfit for consumption, coarsely ground, has a methane potential of around 400m3/ton and glycerine in some cases 600m3/ton plus.

  • @paddydoyle4234

    @paddydoyle4234

    6 ай бұрын

    So in theory it'd pay to do away with the cows and just put the crop straight in.

  • @atleandersen1924

    @atleandersen1924

    6 ай бұрын

    From a biogas perspektiv, yes, absolutely. Grains, sugar beet, corn silage, even grass silage has a far higher methane potential. However, the amount of dedicated energy crops you can use, is highly regulated and quite limited. From 2024 its just 4% of total biomass

  • @estebancorral5151

    @estebancorral5151

    6 ай бұрын

    What use would put the CO2 to? Otherwise at 50% byproduct it is a pollutant.

  • @ericomfg

    @ericomfg

    3 ай бұрын

    Why would that co2 be bad...? Wouldn't that be good?

  • @estebancorral5151

    @estebancorral5151

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ericomfg it is greenhouse gas which deprives oxygen for humans to breathe.

  • @shyarizuu8321
    @shyarizuu83218 ай бұрын

    Sir do you have diagram for this bio plant

  • @desi_british_tech8414
    @desi_british_tech8414 Жыл бұрын

    Who to contact to visit this exciting facility please ?

  • @rtmproject
    @rtmproject Жыл бұрын

    hello, may i ask where did you buy the digester bag?

  • @bobdebouwer7835

    @bobdebouwer7835

    11 ай бұрын

    You could easily make it yourself. Get edpm or pvc foil. Fold it double and you only have to glue 3 edges closed.

  • @rtmproject

    @rtmproject

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bobdebouwer7835 How to do it without leaking sir?

  • @bobdebouwer7835

    @bobdebouwer7835

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rtmprojectkit, glue , sealer etc

  • @rtmproject

    @rtmproject

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bobdebouwer7835 do you have sample how to make this?

  • @bobdebouwer7835

    @bobdebouwer7835

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rtmproject no sorry

  • @SushilSharmaUK
    @SushilSharmaUK2 ай бұрын

    How can I connect with your group? I am always looking out for such sustainable solutions which can change people's live

  • @jacksonbanda1010
    @jacksonbanda1010 Жыл бұрын

  • @gu3610
    @gu36107 ай бұрын

    You can build this yourself. Just search biogas digester.

  • @dekhoindiadekho1099
    @dekhoindiadekho10995 ай бұрын

    Can you proof that it has all nutrition for plants

  • @kevincalcome

    @kevincalcome

    Ай бұрын

    the fertilizer has nitrogen phosphorous and potassium which all plants need

  • @1a2aalltheway
    @1a2aalltheway4 ай бұрын

    Fertilizer

  • @pankasr
    @pankasr7 ай бұрын

    😂 formany years in india we are doing this. Its original indian jugad technology.😅

  • @billsauer3164
    @billsauer31648 ай бұрын

    I could smell the cowshit through my phone