Objective The increase of EU pig production and the intensification of its practice resulted of an increase of pigwaste production. In 2008, more than 930 million m3 of pig slurry was produced in the EU. Pigs areraised indoor and the manure collected is mostly slurry. Pig farmers need to treat a great volume ofresidue with high viscosity and variable physico-chemical composition. The leaks and air emissionsassociated to pig slurries storage and handling lead to new socio-economic and environmentalchallenges. In response to these manure handling problems, guidelines and regulations have beenintroduced in many EU countries. In order to comply with these regulations, farmers are forced tochange farming practices by investing in manure storage and disposal facilities and manuretreatments which increase the total production costs. In order to increase their competitiveness, pigfarmers in Europe must reduce the waste volume and the costs associated with waste treatment andtransport. Besides, this sector faces technical limitations of the treatment equipment, many timeassociated with fouling formation. Treatment technologies are used on larger farms (e.g. separation,composting systems, evaporation, anaerobic treatments and aeration to reduce nitrogen surplus andodours). None of the current technologies is close to an optimal solution and present importanttechnological and economical obstacles that avoid them to be adopted by the SMEs sized pigfarmers. There is a need of finding an integrated and efficient solution to reduce the volume of pigslurry, minimize pollutants emission and optimizing energy consumption during the treatment process.The aims of EfficientHeat is to develop an affordable technology for all types of farmers whichreduces the transportation cost, currently accountings for almost 60% of the total processing costs.EfficientHeat will also permit an increase of the energy efficiency up to 20% and the abatement ofemissions (N-compounds) reducing foul odours. Additionally, EfficientHeat will also provide fornutrient recovery for recycling and reuse. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator HRS Heat Exchangers SL Address Calle castillo de la concepcion (polig ind san martin) nave 6 30564 Lorqui murcia Spain See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Francisco Javier Abad Ruiz (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARNOLD & PARTNER AG Switzerland EU contribution € 345 970,00 Address Eistrasse 3 6102 Malters See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Oliver Arnold (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SINAPTEC France EU contribution € 239 175,00 Address Avenue pierre et marie curie 7 synergie park 59260 Lezennes See on map Region Hauts-de-France Nord-Pas de Calais Nord Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Pascal Tierce (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TALLERES MARTINEZ LORENTE SL Spain EU contribution € 125 954,00 Address Calle carlos egea krauel (polig ind oeste) 13-25 30820 Alcantarilla, murcia See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gerónimo Martinez Martinez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL Spain EU contribution € 10 660,00 Address Calle manuel tovar 49 28034 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alfredo Sanchez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TTY-SAATIO Finland EU contribution € 24 218,00 Address Korkeakoulunkatu 10 33720 Tampere See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jörg Langwaldt (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
