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"The project Life Manev: the treatment of manure to improve the protection of the environment, the quality and sustainability of livestock"

The project LIFE + MANEV: objectives, planned activities

Marta TeresaLIFE+ MANEV project manager

Strategic Project AreaSARGA S.L.

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1. General information

2. Common Evaluation and Monitoring Protocol (CEMP)

3. Treatment plants assessed at real scale

4. MANEV tool

Index

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1- GENERAL INFORMATION

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In Europe there are a wide number of technologies aiming the improvement of the manure management.

Despite the environmental problems in the different European regions with high-density livestock production are the same, the state of the art of the different solutions available in the market is different there is not a common patron for the using of the different technologies.

- Lack of unifying criteria to solve the problems.

- There are a large number of scientific studies, theoretic or at lab scale, but a few a full size scale.

- It is necessary to assess the management systems from a global perspective.

Manure management system

1. General information: Backgrounds

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1. General information : General data

DEMONSTRATIVE PROJECT: using treatment technologies in areas of high-density livestock production reduction of GHG emissions and other environmental benefits.

Duration: 5 years (2011 - 2015)

Total budget of the project……….4 M€EC contribution:….........................50%

Programme: LIFE+ Environmental Policy and Governance.

Project policy area: climate change.

LIFE+ MANEV project: Evaluation of manure management and treatment technology for environmental protection and sustainable livestock farming in Europe.

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Aarhus University (Denmark)

Milan University (Italy)

CRPA (Italy)

ITACyL (Spain)

CEBAS-CSIC (Spain)

Administrative Region of Warmia Mazury (Poland)

SARGA SLU (Spain)

IRTA (Spain)

1. General information: Partners

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Unifying the know-how of the manure treatment technologies available in all Europe

1. General information: Project objective

- To improve environmental protection

- To improve farmers’ sustainability promoting the use of treatment technologies in different saturated or surplus areas in the production of livestock manure across Europe.

Tool

Bibliography reviewTo unify evaluation criteria

Monitoring and evaluation of treatment

plants at real scale

Support for decision-making to identify which manure management systems fulfill the necessities of their agricultural scenario from a global point of view.

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2. Common Evaluation and Monitoring Protocol (CEMP)

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Definition of a common protocol by means of establishing the criteria, indicators, parameters and the procedures to be followed for the monitoring and evaluation of the different treatment systems.

2- CEMP: Definition

To obtain comparable data and results among the different technologies

To obtain comparable data and results among the different technologies

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PARAMETERSINDICATORSCRITERIA

ENERGYProduction

Consumption

Electricity production, heat production

Energy consumption

ENVIRONMENT

N balance, P balance

NH3, SO2, NOx emissions

CO2, CH4, N2O, NOx emissions

Electrical conductivity

Cu, Zn

Eutrophication

Acidification

Global warming

Salinity

Metals

Water

Air

Soil

AGRONOMY Fertilizing units NPK NPK balance

SOCIAL

Visual impact

Noise

Odor

Social activity impact Jobs created

Height, distances, population…

Reference values

Reference values

BIOSECURITY

Salmonella

E. Coli

Reduction / no reduction

Reduction / no reduction

LEGISLATION

European legislation

National legislation

Local legislation

Compliance

Compliance

Compliance

ECONOMYIncomes

Expenses

Energy production; end-products

Depreciation, energy consumption, chemicals, maintenance, manpower

2- CEMP: Scheme

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SOIL EMISSIONS

WATER EMISSIONS

AIRE EMISSIONS

BOUNDARIES OF THE SYSTEM

ENERGY FLOW

PRODUCTS EXPORTATION

STEPS OF THE PROCESS LINECO-SUBSTRATES

Farm storage

(external)

STEP 1

Intermediate storage

Transport to treatment

plant

STEP 2

Intermediate storage

Treatment farm scale

Centralized treatment

STEP 3

Product storage

Product storage

Transport of product

Transport of product

Transport of manure

Transport of manure

Land application

Land application

Land application

Land application

STEP 4

2- CEMP: Boundaries of the system

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3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF TREATMENT

PLANTS AT REAL SCALE

LIFE09 ENV/ES/4533- Treatment plants

- AD+ ANAMMOX (swine)

- AD + Separ. + SBR (swine and cattle)

- AD + Separ. + Stripping + N/DN (swine, dairy cattle)

AD + Separ. + SBR (swine, dairy cattle,

poultry)

Land spreading

- AD

- Stripping

- Anaerobic filter (prototype)

Separation + SBR (swine)

Separation +composting (swine)

- Separation + N/DN (swine)

- Pasteur. + AD + Separ. (dairy cattle and poultry)

- AD (swine)

AD + Composting

(dairy cattle)

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4. MANEV TOOL

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What is the Manev tool?It is a software that guides the user in the selection of the manure management system that best meets his/her needs according to a specific farming context.

The results are indicative and allow the user to compare different alternatives from different points of view.

4- MANEV Tool: General information

To whom is the MANEV tool addressed?Actors involved in the management: farmers, livestock breeders, public and private bodies, technical experts working in the sector and public authorities.

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Agricultural holding

Area, type of crop and yield(depending on the location)

Livestock holding

Type and quantity of Manure

Management system: The combination of one or more treatment technologies dealing with manure management

Storage TransportAnaerobic digestion Separation

N/DN

Composting Exportation

Land spreading

4- MANEV Tool: Scheme

Overall assessment of the effects of the implementation of the management system in a particular scenario.

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4- MANEV Tool: How to use it

Step 1. User registration Step 2. Login

It is freely available online www.lifemanev.eu

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Step 3. Farm management

The user can create, edit or delete the farms associated to his/her account.

Livestock holding• ID • Location• Type: PIG/POULTRY/COW• Quantity of manure or number of animals• External storage

Agricultural holding• ID• Location• Surface• Crop• Production

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it

Farm management

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Step 4. Project management

The MANEV tool can be used in two modes depending on

the technical skills of the user:

• The user does not have technical expertise in manure treatment technologies.

• An assistant advices the user on what management systems best meet his/her needs.

• The management systems are pre-defined and not subject to modifications.

• The management system based in land spreading is prioritise.

• The user has advanced technical expertise in manure treatment technologies.

• The user can shape his/her management systems.

• The user can modify the value of certain calculation parameters.

• No management system is prioritised.

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it

Project creation

Guided mode

Advanced mode

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Step 1. User registrationStep 2. LoginStep 3. Farm managementStep 4. Project management: Selection of guided mode

Step 5. Definition of the scenario to be assessed

Selection of the livestock and agricultural holdings from his/her user account.

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – guided mode

Guided mode

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BALANCE

Emissions

N’P’K’

Leaching

Crop

NPK

Guided mode

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – guided mode

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Step 7. Questionnaire of the help assistance

Q1. Which management strategies would you be interested in? (more than one options could be chosen?

Production of an organic fertilizer with added value Production of energy (electricity and heat) Volume reduction Make the manure handling easier with a S/L separation Obtaining of a liquid effluent for watercourse or municipal wastewater discharge Reduction of gas emissions to the air (NH3, CH4, N2O ...).

Q2. Which is the complexity level of the technology that you are able to deal with? Low / High

Q3. Which is your maximum investment cost affordable (€)?

Q4. Which is your maximum operating cost affordable (€/t or €/m3)?

Step 8. Filtering and selection of the manure systems to be assessed

Guided mode

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – guided mode

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Step 5. Management system configuration

Step 1. User registrationStep 2. LoginStep 3. Farm managementStep 4. Project management: Selection of advanced mode

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – advanced mode

Advanced mode

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4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – advanced mode

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Design of the management system

Step 6. Simulation

4- MANEV Tool: How to use it – advanced mode

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1. Individual reports (per management system assessed)

2. Comparative reports (two or more management systems simulated in the same scenario can be compared)

The reports gather the main results of the assessment

1. General data

2. Scheme/s of the system/s assessed

3. Results

Environmental impact

Economic balance

Energy balance

Agronomic balance (mass balance)

Social impact

Biosecurity

Legislation

EUTROFIZACIÓN ACIDIFICACIÓN CALENTAMIENTO GLOBAL

SO2-eq CO2-eq

4- MANEV Tool: Results – final reports

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GRAZIE MILLE PER L'ATTENZIONE

www.lifemanev.eu

lifemanev@sarga.es