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Quinton Fivelman
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Digestate Liquor Waste
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Commonly used as a raw liquid fertiliser on land
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Problems of run-off, leaching and pollution of water courses –
not enough land to spread it
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Cannot spread liquid onto wet or water-logged fields
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as fertiliser/soil improver
Costly to be disposed of in wastewater Used
treatment
plants - £££
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Complex storage and transport issues and large liquid volumes
Liquid fertiliser
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UK companies are rapidly facing a digestate disposal hurdle
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Negative impact on the development of AD
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Anaerobic Digestion produces a
With
capacity
in AD
large increased
amount of waste
liquor
forecast these simple disposal
techniques are unsustainable
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Benefits of ADFerTech
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Patent-pending system for existing and new AD plants with
range of feedstock
– avoidlow-cost
any changes/modifications
ADFerTech
is a bolt-on
system that converts
AD
wastethere
liquid
value-added
granular
fertiliser
At present
areinto
no commercial
treatment
processes
specific to AD liquor
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Can store fertiliser and transport easily to be used later
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Remaining liquid is low in nutrients so can be easily disposed of
via wastewater or natural water bodies.
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Competes on nutrient cost basis with expensive synthetic
fertilisers: significant cost saving for agriculture
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Offers very significant agricultural and environmental benefits
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ADFerTech Team, Partners, Awards
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Dr Chi Mangwandi (CSO): chemical engineer with background in
particle and adsorption technology.
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Dr Quinton Fivelman (CEO): commercialisation strategy expert.
Expertise in technology assessment, management & fund-raising.
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Prof Gavin Walker (Director): professor of chemical engineering
and granulation / nutrient adsorption.
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John Toner (Williams Industrial Services) is leading the unit/device construction
and is an experienced mechanical engineer.
Robert Brennan (B9 Organic Energy) has experience of leading construction of
new AD plants and has experience with operating commercial AD plants.
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ADFerTech – opportunity and market
Market Opportunity: UK 250 plants now
with 200 planned: 43% growth pa.
EU 7,000 plants, $3.6 billion market (2016)
Investment to Date: £600k
TSB and Invest NI grant funding,
seed funding private investors
Next Steps:
Using funds raised to build and test prototype system
Pilot system will be operated at AD plant – consortium formed
IP will be strengthened
Initiate mass manufacture of units once tested
Sell device via key UK and EU partners: links to AD plant construction
Projected Revenue from UK and EU sales
Number units sold
TOTAL Incoming
Profit
2015
5
£375k
-
2016
50
£5.1m
£2.0m
Investment required: Round 1 Investment: £500k
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2017
250
£25.8m
£12.8 m
2018
500
£53.8m
£28.3m