IGW is an Italian SME with experience in rendering and transforming animal waste. The BPV Process (By-Product Value) is a customizable rendering process to valorise slaughterhouse waste in such a way that animal byproducts (ABP) are converted into fuel for biogas generation through anaerobic digestion. The method is designed to treat ABP that are not valuable under traditional rendering methods, due to their apparent low concentration of proteins and fats. The BPV process renounces to separate proteins from the mix, implying the avoidance of several typical stages of standard rendering methods and notably reducing costs (up to 30% less operating costs than traditional rendering). The outputs of the process, the BPV-products, are excellent fuel for biogas generation, with extraordinary methane generation potential, as is proven by the high methane content reachable by the raw biogas obtained from the BPV-products (up to 70% CH4 content). The method will be implemented through two different lines, each one especially adapted to different requirements. The small size, of 10 tonnes/day, for which the BPV-products are mixed solid/liquid phases containing proteins and fats and useful as fuel for biogas generation, indicated for ABP with low concentration of proteins and fats such as pig derived waste and similar. The big size, 30 tonnes/day, contains an additional separation phase after which fats are obtained into a liquid phase and can be sold to fat refineries, while the rest is yet useful as fuel for biogas generation.
The main objective of the BPV Project is to commercialize the technology, for which several steps need to be taken: ultimate the design of commercial plants, build and test pilot installations, adjust the technology according to the tests, industrialize the production, protect IPR and close agreements with all stakeholders required for the commercialization of the technology.
