Bion reports start up of livestock waste treatment tech demonstration project

Bion Environmental Technologies announced that it has initiated integrated system startup at its Fair Oaks, Indiana, demonstration and optimization facility. Bion said: “The system will allow Bion to demonstrate the effectiveness of its core ammonia recovery technology at commercial scale. Bion will operate the integrated Ammonia Recovery System in ‘startup mode’ for approximately one week, running liquids to check for pressure integrity and establish baselines. Once the startup phase is complete, the system will begin processing digestate, the manure residual after methane has been extracted through anaerobic digestion. Bion anticipates 3-4 weeks to achieve steady state operations and 4 to 12 weeks to produce repeatable operating data that is consistent with the requirements needed to support the existing economic models.”