AMMONIA_4.0 PHASE 2 Digital twin for integrated management of ammonia emissions in pig farms. Phase 2 – Prototyping in simulated environment.
Program: support grants for Innovative Business Groupings in order to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies and the call for applications for the year 2022, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
Referencia: AEI-010500-2022b-72
RESOLUTION Date: 11/23/2022
Execution date: 06/30/2022 – 04/30/2022-29/04/2023
Compliance with current and forthcoming legislation regarding air quality significantly limits the ammonia emissions allowed for pig farms (16% reduction by 2030), which implies the need to implement emission reduction technologies. In this regard, catalogs of best available techniques facilitate the decision-making process; however, the economic impact of deploying emission control technologies requires detailed quantitative analysis. This project will develop a set of digital tools to support decision making in each of the actions necessary to carry out the deployment of emission control technologies, specifically ammonia, in pig farms.
The overall objective of the project is to adopt and exploit digitalization technologies for risk minimization in decision making on the adoption, implementation and operation of technology for the control and minimization of ammonia emissions in pig farms.
The activities to be carried out to achieve the general objective of the project are planned in three phases:
– Phase 1: Virtual sensing. Development of augmented sensors combining information from physical sensor networks with virtual sensors developed from detailed 3D fluid dynamic simulations considering the farm geometry. This will allow detailed assessment of ammonia emissions within the vessels. This Phase has been developed from November 2021 to August 2022.
– Phase 2: Prototyping in simulated environment. Prototyping and performance evaluation in simulated environment of the best available techniques, their combination and geographical adaptation for the minimization of ammonia emissions. This phase runs from July 2022 to April 2023.
– Phase 3: Digital twin for operations management. Digitization of operations for optimal control of ammonia emissions at the farm during farm operation.
For Phase 2 of the project, the specific objectives are:
Objective 1. Compile the best available techniques for BAT prototyping and evaluation in a simulated environment based on the enhanced NH3 monitoring system developed in Phase 1.
Objective 2. Conceptualize, define and design operational BAT based on the information provided by the results of Phase 1 (ie. enhanced NH3 monitoring system).
Objective 3. Evaluate and define best practices on operational BAT designed in a simulated environment.
Objective 4. Conceptualize, define and design a gas scrubbing system for NH3 cleanup as an example of prototyping in a simulated technological BAT environment based on the results of Phase 1 (i.e. enhanced NH3 monitoring system).
Objective 5. Generate and communicate to the swine sector knowledge related to the use of digital technologies in the evaluation of ammonia emissions.
VALL COMPANYS S.A.U.
EXAFAN, S.A.U.
NABLADOT
SPANISH CLUSTER OF PIG PRODUCERS
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ARAGON
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: 224,999 €.
TOTAL BUDGET ITAINNOVA: 72,015 €.
TOTAL PROJECT FINANCING: 158,846 €.
TOTAL FINANCING ITANNOVA: 46,809 €.
This project is funded by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Government of Spain, under the support program for innovative business clusters and by the European Union “Next GenerationEU” PRTR, being project reference AEI-010500-2022b-72.
