BIOSPINFIL (BIOdegradable electroSPINning manufactured FILters for housed livestock farm pollution capture)

该项目提议开发一种新型且可持续的可生物降解过滤器，用于室内农场污染控制系统，该项目的重点食品是家禽。污染物过滤水洗涤技术会造成环境污染，形成的泥浆的处置受到严格管制，因为它们会导致水道污染和温室气体排放。这影响了盈利能力，因为农场必须处理生物有害废物。此外，68%和46%的全国氮（22 MtCO 2 e）和甲烷（54 MtCO 2 e）排放量归因于农业部门。虽然法律允许在一年中的某些时候，泥浆的土地蔓延提供了显着的贡献，这种气候影响。考虑到这一点，洗涤系统在大规模家禽养殖场中至关重要，因为它们可以去除可能导致当地植物群/动物群破坏并增加居民区过敏问题的有害污染。生物降解塑料的最新进展导致产品在英国上市，一个重要的例子是用于家庭有机废物处理的可堆肥袋。该项目将利用最新的增材制造技术，允许将可生物降解塑料作为基础材料进行静电纺丝。过滤器的设计应能捕获家禽养殖场的PM10。空气中的PM10粉尘占室内农场污染物排放量的80-90%，与这些设施相关的恶臭。通过BioSpinFil过滤器直接去除室内农场气流中的PM10，可以改善农场附近工人和居民的周围环境。在农场（或附近）的过滤器进行好氧或厌氧生物降解，将捕获的生物物质转化为有价值的资源，在当地回收或作为商品出售。开发这一技术有可能大大减少传统技术中的用水量，从而节省泵送、运输和处理所形成浆料的能源。这将通过减少泥浆在农田上的传播以及由此形成的温室气体排放，在减轻对环境的影响方面产生更广泛的好处。

This project proposes the development of a novel and sustainable biodegradable filter for indoor farm pollution control systems, the food product this project being focussed on being poultry. Pollutant filtration water-scrubbing technologies can cause environmental pollution, with disposal of slurries formed being stringently regulated as they lead to water course pollution and GHG emissions. This impacts profitability as farms must dispose biologically harmful waste. Additionally, 68% and 46% of respective national Nitrous (22 MtCO2e) and Methane (54 MtCO2e) emissions are attributed to the agricultural sector. Although legally permitted at certain times of year, land spreading of slurries provides significant contribution to this climatic impact. Considering this, scrubbing systems are vital in large scale poultry production farms as they remove harmful pollution that can cause disruption to local flora / fauna and increase allergy-based issues in residential areas.Recent advances in biodegradable plastics have led to products marketed in the UK, a key example being compostable bags used in domestic organic waste disposal. This project will exploit recent additive manufacturing advances that permit electrospinning of biodegradable plastics as the base material. A filter shall be designed to capture poultry farm PM10s. Air-based PM10 dust accounts for 80-90% of indoor farm pollutant emissions, with foul odours associated with facilities attributed to these. Direct removal of PM10s from indoor farm airflow via the BioSpinFil filter would improve the surrounding environment for workers and residents close to farms.Aerobic or anaerobic biodegradation of filters on farm premises (or nearby) will turn captured biological matter into a valuable resource, recycled locally or sold as a commodity. Exploitation of this technology has potential to significantly reduce water use in conventional technologies, this saving energy use in pumping, transport and disposal of slurries formed. This will have wider benefits in mitigating impacts to the environment through reducing spreading of slurries on farmland, and the resultant GHG emissions formed.