Resource recovery from traditional municipal and agricultural waste: Understanding value-added biodigestates

CCI Bioenergy是一家可再生能源公司，通过厌氧消化（AD）过程将绿色垃圾箱中的有机废物转化为甲烷。除了甲烷，还会产生一种富含营养物质的半流体副产物，称为消化剂。为了实现食品生产生态系统的“闭环”，理想的做法是将消化剂用作肥料。在分析了这种营养丰富的液体之后，我们的跨学科合作将开发一种添加剂和工艺，将这种增值产品转化为商业生物肥料，可以很容易地应用于作物。随着安大略省和加拿大适应碳定价经济，这一合作伙伴关系将侧重于传统城市和食物垃圾的资源回收，并将为可再生能源生产商和农业食品种植者利用高度可持续的营养来源铺平道路。

CCI Bioenergy in a renewable energy company that converts green bin organic wastes into methane through aprocess known as anaerobic digestion (AD). Along with methane, a semi-fluid nutrient rich byproduct referredto as a digestant is also produced. To 'close the loop' on the food production ecosystem, it would be ideal to usethe digestant as a fertilizer. After profiling this nutrient-rich fluid, our interdisciplinary collaboration willdevelop an additive and process for converting this valued added product into a commercial biofertilizer whichcan be easily applied to crops. As Ontario and Canada adjust to a carbon pricing economy this partnership willfocus on resource recovery from traditional municipal and food waste and will pave the way for renewableenergy producers and the agrifood growers to take advantage of a highly sustainable nutrient source.