Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience:Faculty and technolgy suppliers that require waste processing animal waste processing infrastructure to conduct objective research and demonstration. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plans are to continue to operate this facility as a service center available to faculty and external clients.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
This unit operates as a service center under NC State guidelines to provide the services described in the goals of the project.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
Target Audience: Stakeholders associated with technology development for value-added processing and bioenergy applications associated with biomass by products including animal residuals. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The facility is routinely utilized to support workshops and tours for stakeholders participating in programs offiered in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Workshop materials, publications associated with applicable sponsored projects, web. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue same level of infrastructure support for animal waste management and waste to energy applicable research and educational programs.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The goals of this infrastructure support facility are maintained. During this reporting period much work has focused on torrefaction technology for processing woody biomass. This work is done though a shared use agreement with the NCSU College of Natural Resources.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The North Carolina State University (NCSU) Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) Waste Processing Facility is a facility designed to be flexible for housing specialized animal waste processing equipment for research and educational purposes; an associated composting facility is utilized for R/D/D and to also support management of residuals resulting from the NCSU chicken and turkey education units. A facilities use agreement for ongoing CALS-CNR-COE (NCSU Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Natural Resources, and Engineering, respectively) collaboration at this facility for bio-energy research, development outreach and demonstration is active. Facility use has primarily focused on waste to animal diet feedstuffs and energy initiative projects and the facility continues to be frequently scheduled for visits/tours for various stakeholders at the state, national, and international levels. PARTICIPANTS: During this reporting period Dr. Carm Parkhurst (0.5 FTE) has served as primary site manager of this facility. He provides the skills necessary for operation, management, and technical interaction with project investigators utilizing the facility. In addition, he conducts and coordinates visitor site visits to this facility. Dr. Parkhurst is assisted by NCSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering grad Mr. Joseph Stuckey who works on a part time basis. Collaborators in the facilities use agreement for bio-energy research for this report period: Dr. Steve Peretti, NCSU College of Engineering, Dr. Alex Hobbs with NCSU Solar Center; Dr. Steve Kelley and Research Associate Christopher Hopkins with NCSU Forestry and Environmental Resources. (Peretti and Kelly serve as the COE and CNR representatives, respectively on the shared use agreement for this facility). CALS faculty serving as principal investigators on referenced project topics includes Drs. John Brake, Jesse Grimes, and Charles Stark (Poultry Science), Dr. Sung Woo Kim (Animal Science), and Dr. John Classen (Biological and Agricultural Engineering). Industry participants include Holocene, LLC of Raleigh, NC. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences for this report period are: food animal producers (livestock and poultry) and their allied industries as well as stakeholders associated with the biofuels and forestry industries. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
During this reporting period facility support (including infrastructure and technical personnel support) resulted in 1) the successful start up of a company utilizing a solar fluid handling system for commercial boilers; 2) preparation of peanut, corn, and wheat meal containing aflatoxin for poultry and swine diet studies (due to cross contamination concerns this scope of work could not be completed at the NCSU Feed Mill); 3) processing and storage of spent potato food products (chips, freeze dried potatoes and freeze dried baked potatoes) for inclusion in swine diet studies; 4) processing of waste cooking oils to operate a pilot biodiesel facility; 5) composting and residue management of approximately 2000 chicken and turkey mortalities from the NCSU chicken and turkey educational plus an additional 4000 mortalities were collected and managed for pick-up, transport, and processing at a commercial renderer; 6) torrefaction of poultry litter to produce a soil amendment and method to trap ammonia; 7) rebuilding a gasification unit for a sponsored research project. These efforts are enabling technology transfer to the commercial sector, and enabling CALS-CNR-COE faculty to conduct research to provide an objective knowledge base regarding a variety of biomass waste to value added products initiatives.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/09 to 09/30/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The North Carolina State University (NCSU) Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) Waste Processing Facility is a facility designed to be flexible for housing specialized animal waste processing equipment for research and educational purposes; an associated composting facility is utilized for R/D/D and to also support management of residuals resulting from the NCSU chicken and turkey education units. During this reporting period a facilities use agreement for ongoing CALS-CNR-COE (NCSU Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Natural Resources, and Engineering, respectively) collaboration at this facility for bioenergy research, development outreach and demonstration was approved. Facility use has primarily focused on waste to energy initiative projects and the facility continues to be frequently scheduled for visits/tours for various stakeholders at the state, national, and international level including researchers, private sector businesses, elected officials, state and federal administrators. PARTICIPANTS: During this reporting period Dr. Carm Parkhurst has served as primary site manager of this facility. He provides the skills necessary for operation, management, and technical interaction with project investigators utilizing the APWMC Waste Processing Facility. In addition, he conducts and coordinates the multiple visitor site visits to this facility. Collaborators for this report period: Dr. Steve Peretti, NCSU College of Engineering, Dr. Alex Hobbs with NCSU Solar Center; Dr. Steve Kelley and Research Associate Christopher Hopkins with NCSU Forestry and Environmental Resources. Industry participants include Holocene, LLC of Raleigh, NC and Bioresource International, Inc. of Morrisville, NC. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences for this report period are: food animal producers (livestock and poultry) and their allied industries as well as stakeholders associated with the biofuels and forestry industries. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
During this reporting period the feasibility of torrefaction technology to process animal and plant waste substrates has continued. Additional projects include assessment of solar fluid handling systems for application in animal production agriculture. These efforts are generating an objective knowledge base regarding the operational and economic feasibility of these technologies.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/08 to 09/30/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The NCSU Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) Waste Processing Facility is a facility designed to be flexible for housing specialized animal waste processing equipment for research and educational purposes; an associated composting facility is utilized for R/D/D and to also support management of residuals resulting from the NCSU CALS chicken and turkey education units. Facility use during this reporting period has continued to primarily focus on waste to energy initiative projects involving: gasification; biodiesel production; and torrefaction. This has involved a collaborative effort between CALS, NCSU College of Engineering, and NCSU College of Natural Resources. The facility is frequently scheduled by faculty and NCSU administration for visits/tours for various stakeholders at the state, national, and international level including researchers, private sector businesses, elected officials, state and federal administrators. PARTICIPANTS: During this reporting period Dr. Carm Parkhurst has served as primary site manager of this facility. He provides the skills necessary for operation, management, and technical interaction with project investigators utilizing the APWMC Waste Processing Facility. In addition, he conducts and coordinates the multiple visitor site visits to this facility. Collaborators for this report period: Dr. Steve Peretti, NCSU College of Engineering, Dr. Alex Hobbs with NCSU Solar Center; Dr. Dennis Hazel and Research Associate Christopher Hopkins with NCSU Forestry and Environmental Resources. Industry participants include EcoCurrent, Inc. and Agri-Tech Producers LLC TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences for this report period are primarily food animal producers (livestock and poultry) and their allied industries as well as private sector technology developers. Collaborative projects targeted the biofuels and forestry industries and associated stakeholders. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
During this reporting period the feasibility of utilizing gasification and torrefaction technology to process animal and plant waste substrates has continued. This effort is generating an objective knowledge base regarding the operational and economic feasibility of these technologies as industries consider alternate fuels use. Commercialization of the torrefaction technology is underway (see participants below).
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/07 to 09/30/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The NCSU Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) Waste Processing Facility is a 7,000 square foot facility designed to be flexible for housing specialized animal waste processing equipment for research and educational purposes; a laboratory/classroom is a component of the facility for use in teaching unit components of NCSU curricula involving animal waste management and for conducting workshops for clientele. An associated 5000 square foot composting facility designed for R/D/D and to also support management of residuals primarily associated with the NCSU CALS chicken and turkey education units. Facility use during this reporting period has primarily focused on energy initiative projects involving: gasification; biodiesel production; and torrefaction. This has involved a collaborative effort between CALS, NCSU College of Engineering, and NCSU College of Natural Resources. The facility is frequently scheduled by faculty and NCSU administration for visits/tours for various stakeholders at the state, national, and international level including researchers, private sector businesses, elected officials, state and federal administrators. During the past 12 months this has included approximately 300 individuals. PARTICIPANTS: During this reporting period Preston Burnette, Laboratories Mechanic II, has served as primary site manager of this facility. He provides the skills necessary for operation, management, and technical interaction with project investigators utilizing the APWMC Waste Processing Facility. In addition, he conducts and coordinates the multiple visitor site visits to this facility. Collaborators for this report period: Dr. Alex Hobbs with NCSU Solar Center; and Research Associate Christopher Hopkins with NCSU Forestry and Environmental Resources. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences for this report period are primarily food animal producers (livestock and poultry) and their allied industries as well as private sector technology developers. Collaborative projects targeted the biofuels and forestry industries and associated stakeholders. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
During this reporting period the feasibility of utilizing gasification, biodiesel reactor, and torrefaction technology to process animal and plant 'waste substrates' has continued. This effort is generating an objective knowledge base regarding the operational and economic feasibility of these technologies as industries consider alternate fuels use.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/06 to 09/30/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Activities: During this reporting period the Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center - Waste Processing Facility staff and infrastructure has continued to be utilized for projects involving processing of livestock and poultry waste into end products that may have added value and potential market uses. A primary focus has been on gasification technology and biofuels technology.
PARTICIPANTS: NCSU personnel include, for this report period, Carl Whisenant and Preston Burnette. Both of these individuals have mechanical engineering degrees and provide the operational skills necessary for operation, management, and technical interaction with project investigators utilizing the APWMC Waste Processing Facility. In addition, these individuals conduct and coordinate the multiple visitor site visits to this facility.
TARGET AUDIENCES: Researchers (academic) and technology suppliers (private sector) with a need for infrastructure components of the Waste Processing Facility.
Impacts
Impacts: During this reporting period the feasibility of utilizing various animal waste substrates for gasification technology has been demonstrated. The waste processing facility provides a field oriented education venue for: student training, extension education workshops and industry and international scholar R/D/D outreach.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/05 to 09/30/06
Outputs
During this reporting period the APWMC Waste Management Facility staff and infrastructure has been utilized for projects involving processing of livestock and poultry waste to stabilize nutrients and to remove pathogens such that the end products would have added value and potential market uses. A primary focus has been on gasification technology for the processing of animal manures and mortality.
Impacts
The long-term sustainability of animal production agriculture in NC and elsewhere may be dependent upon new uses of animal by-products. The waste processing facility provides a field oriented education venue for: student training, extension education workshops and industry and international scholar R/D/D outreach.
Publications
- Williams, C.M. (compiled and edited). 2005. Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center Annual Report. Published by NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. December 2005. 47 pages.
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Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05
Outputs
During this reporting period the APWMC Waste Management Facility staff and infrastructure has been utilized for projects involving processing of livestock and poultry waste to stabilize nutrients and to remove pathogens such that the end products would have added value as livestock and poultry feed and/or soil amendments. On August 23, 2005 a fire occurred at the APWMC-WPF causing significant fire and smoke damage to the facilities. Now, (December 2005), the facility is fully operational with clean up and restoration essentially 100% completed.
Impacts
The long-term sustainability of animal production agriculture in NC and elsewhere may be dependent upon new uses of animal by-products. The waste processing facility provides a field oriented education venue for: student training, extension education workshops and industry and international scholar R/D/D outreach.
Publications
- Williams, C.M. 2004. Alternative uses and value added processing of animal waste products. J. Anim. Sci. 82 Suppl. 1 / J. Dairy Sci. 87 Suppl. 1 / Poult. Sci. 83 Suppl. 1 pg 404.
- Williams, C.M. (compiled and edited). 2004. Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center Annual Report. Published by NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. November 2004. 31 pages.
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
Outputs
For this reporting period the Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) has established a Board directed Utilization Committee to promote utilization and effectiveness by matching the needs of its customers with the capabilities of the APWMC Waste Processing Facility and it affiliated resources for the management of by-products of animal agriculture. Objectives and indicators of success follow: To facilitate communication and collaboration between the Center and the Animal Agriculture Community, Industry, Government, Universities, and Funding Interests. Success metric: Increased number of funding opportunities for Center related projects. To promote technology validation from the premier Center for conversion of animal waste into useful products. Success metric: Increased number of new private sector technologies evaluated using Center resources. To identify the key components for adding value to or otherwise processing animal wastes into stable products.
Success metric: Development of short publication describing common processing requirements for different classifications of animal wastes. To develop an inventory and a cost structure for use of the facilities, personnel, equipment, and analytical capabilities of the Center. Success metric: Development of web based resource spread sheet. To actively seek out resources to fill identified gaps between customer needs and Center capabilities. Success metric: New equipment made available for use at the Center. To increase utilization of the collective resources of Center members. Success metric: Increase in projects that use resources made available through external members/institutions. To promote Center member engagement - to meet regularly to engage existing Center members via conference calls and at the Annual Meeting. Success metric: Committee meets with regularity and is effective as a committee. Performance range will be reported in subsequent progress reports.
Impacts
The long-term sustainability of animal production agriculture in NC and elsewhere may be dependent upon new uses of animal by-products. The waste processing facility provides a field oriented education venue for: student training, extension education workshops and industry and international scholar R/D/D outreach.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
During this reporting period the APWMC Waste Management Facility staff and infrastructure has been utilized for projects involving: adding value to poultry litter (extrusion of poultry litter to reduce pathogen load and ammonia content; quick lime treatment of broiler litter) production of new litter and bedding materials (extrusion of pallets and wood byproducts; extrusion of cotton lint and recycled paper), performance evaluation of gasification technology for processing swine and dairy wastes, preservation of dissolved air flotation sludge with phosphoric acid, use of poultry mortality as a bait for the crab fishing industry, steam hydrolysis and keratinase treatment of mechanical deboned animal waste processing residue.
Impacts
The long-term sustainability of animal production agriculture in NC and elsewhere may be dependent upon new uses of animal by-products. The waste processing facility provides a field oriented education venue for: student training, extension education workshops and industry and international scholar R/D/D outreach.
Publications
- Grimes, J. L., C. M. Williams, J. L. Godwin, J. C. Smith. 2003. Heat treatment of turkey litter for reuse as bedding. International Journal of Poultry Science. 2 (5): 287-292.
- Grimes, J. L., J. Smith, and C.M. Williams. 2002. Some alternative litter materials used for growing broilers and turkeys. World Poultry Science Journal. Vol. 58:515-526
- Sheppard, C., W. Watson, L. Newton, and G. Burtle. 2003. Manure solids conversion to insect biomass(Black Soldier Fly Larvae) for value-added processing into animal feed protein meal and oil system. Proceedings of the North Carolina Animal Waste Management Workshop. Research Triangle Park, NC. October 16-17, 2003. Pgs. 48-53.
- Smith, J. C., J. L. Grimes, and C. M. Williams, 2002. Using chopped Bermuda grass hay as a litter material and a microbiological litter treatment for rearing turkey hens. In: 2002 Proceedings of The National Poultry Waste Management Symposium. National Poultry Waste Management Symposium Committee, Auburn, AL. Pgs. 357-368.
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Progress 10/01/01 to 09/30/02
Outputs
The NCSU Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC) Waste Processing Facility (Waste Management Facility) is located at the Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory. This infrastructure contains the following equipment which is utilized by faculty and staff to support animal waste management objectives for converting animal by-products into value-added products. Jet-Pro Wet Mixer - model 2160M; 2 cubic yard capacity horizontal mixer used for blending products together to achieve optimum moisture for pelletizing, as well as enhancement of the product; discharges directly into Wet Pelletizer Jet-Pro Wet Pelletizer - model 6X8; capable of pelletizing materials, such as biosolids with an initial moisture concentration of between 30 and 50 percent moisture at a throughput rate of approximately 5 tons per hour; material can be extruded into pellets with diameters ranging from 1/8th to 3/8th inches Jet-Pro Fluidized Bed Dryer - model 912M1; capable of drying high moisture
materials, usually after wet co-mixing and wet pelletization; forces heated air through an elevated, perforated floor, causing the material to become fluidized; air flow, temperature, and retention time can all be manipulated during processing; maximum throughput is approximately 5 tons per hour Jet-Pro Fluidized Bed Cooler - model 814; similar to Fluidized Bed Dryer in that the machine forces air through a perforated floor and causes fluidization of the product; forced air is ambient, not heated; located at the discharge of the Fluidized Bed Dryer to cool the dry product and return to room temperature, thus reducing the risk of spoilage and increasing flow characteristics Insta-Pro Extruder - model 2000R; capable of sterilizing biosolids during a short-term, high-temperature, high-pressure cooking process; results in moisture reductions of approximately 10 percent, while making structural modifications to the product allowing for easier subsequent drying; maximum throughput at 40
percent inlet moisture is approximately 1 ton per hour Fermac Grinder - models F1 and F3; used to grind poultry and swine mortalities; capable of applying liquid carbohydrate or acid during grinding process; progress cavity pump facilities discharge to desired container Buffalo Grinder - model 78-BG; used for particle size reduction of poultry and small swine mortalities, and other by-products, such as cull sweet potatoes Bliss Hammermill - model E-1912-TF; used for processing of commodities for co-mixing, by-products, or pelletized end-products Davis Ribbon Mixer - model S-5; used primarily to facilitate bagging scale for packaging of end-products; can also be used for addition of micro-nutrients, etc. to post-dried products Storage Bins - 8 total bins of various sizes for storage of grain commodities for co-mixing, as well as value-added waste products; total storage capacity of approximately 60 tons. Research during this reporting period primarily focused on processing of swine and
poultry mortality into value-added animal feed nutrients.
Impacts
The long term sustainability of animal production agriculture in NC and elsewhere may be dependent upon new uses of animal by-products. The waste processing facility provides NCSU faculty and APWMC members infrastructure and equipment to explore objectives to meet this goal.
Publications
- Ferket, P.R., T.F. Middelton, S.D. Crow, Y. Sungwaraporn. Conversion of poultry and swine mortality into value-added feed products. Proceedings Addressing Animal Production and environmental Issues. October 3-5, 2001, Research Triangle Park, NC. Edited by G.B. Havenstein. Published by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. Pages 440-450.
- Crow, S.D., P.R. Ferket, T.F. Middelton. 2001. Nutritional value of hydrolized whole swine for turkey poults. Proceedings Addressing Animal Production and environmental Issues. October 3-5, 2001, Research Triangle Park, NC. Edited by G.B. Havenstein. Published by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. Pages 457-467.
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Progress 10/01/00 to 09/30/01
Outputs
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Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/99 to 09/30/00
Outputs
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Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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