AQUAREL CONCEPT Aquatic resources for green energy realization
The AQUAREL project studied the availability and optional utilization methods for fish processing side streams and other aquatic biomaterial in the Republic of Karelia. Additionally processing aquatic biomaterial with manure and sewage sludge was studied. Based on the results, the most feasible opti...
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ftlappeenranta:oai:lutpub.lut.fi:10024/100985 2023-05-15T17:01:13+02:00 AQUAREL CONCEPT Aquatic resources for green energy realization Bakhmet, Igor Berdino, Alexander Druzhinin, Pavel Havukainen, Jouni Hellgren, Jukka Horttanainen, Mika Korenev, Oleg Rousu, Pirjo Ruuska, Heidi Seppälä, Jaakko Shcherbak, Anton Shevchuk, Igor Tishkov, Sergey Lappeenranta University of Technology Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto, Teknillinen tiedekunta, LUT Energia, ympäristötekniikka / Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT School of Technology, LUT Energy, Environmental Technology 2014 67 fulltext http://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/100985 en eng Research Reports - Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto, Teknillinen tiedekunta. LUT Energia 978-952-265-650-6 1798-1328 978-952-265-651-3 (PDF) http://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/100985 URN:ISBN:978-952-265-651-3 Aquarel Fish waste Karelian Republic Biodiesel Biogas 2014 ftlappeenranta 2021-12-30T14:11:27Z The AQUAREL project studied the availability and optional utilization methods for fish processing side streams and other aquatic biomaterial in the Republic of Karelia. Additionally processing aquatic biomaterial with manure and sewage sludge was studied. Based on the results, the most feasible option today is to process fish side streams to fish oil and dewatered oil-free residue and to use them for fish or animal feed production. However, it is necessary to highlight, that changes in e.g. economic environment, energy prices and demand may require re-evaluating the results and conclusions made in the project. Producing fish oil from fish processing side streams is an easy and relatively simple production process generating a valuable end product. The functionality of the process was confirmed in a pilot conducted in the project. The oil and solids are separated from the heated fish waste based on gravity. The fish oil separating on top of the separator unit is removed. Fish oil can as such be utilized for heating purposes, fish meal or animal feed production, but it can also be further processed to biodiesel. However, due to currently moderate energy prices in Russia, biodiesel production is not economically profitable. Even if the fish oil production process is not complicated, the operative management of small-scale fish oil production unit requires dedicated resources and separate facilities especially to meet hygiene requirements. Managing the side streams is not a core business for fish farmers. Efficient and economically profitable fish oil production requires a centralized production unit with bigger processing capacity. One fish processing unit needs to be designed to manage side streams collected from several fish farms. The optimum location for the processing unit is in the middle of the fish farms. Based on the transportation cost analysis in the Republic of Karelia, it is not economically efficient to transport bio-wastes for more than 100 km since the transportation costs start increasing substantially. Another issue to be considered is that collection of side streams, including the dead fish, from the fish farms should be organized on a daily basis in order to eliminate the need for storing the side streams at the farms. Based on AQUAREL project studies there are different public funding sources available for supporting and enabling profitable and environmentally sustainable utilization, research or development of fish processing side streams and other aquatic biomaterial. Different funding programmes can be utilized by companies, research organizations, authorities and non-governmental organizations. Other/Unknown Material karelia* karelian Republic of Karelia LUTPub (LUT University) |
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Aquarel Fish waste Karelian Republic Biodiesel Biogas Bakhmet, Igor Berdino, Alexander Druzhinin, Pavel Havukainen, Jouni Hellgren, Jukka Horttanainen, Mika Korenev, Oleg Rousu, Pirjo Ruuska, Heidi Seppälä, Jaakko Shcherbak, Anton Shevchuk, Igor Tishkov, Sergey AQUAREL CONCEPT Aquatic resources for green energy realization |
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The AQUAREL project studied the availability and optional utilization methods for fish processing side streams and other aquatic biomaterial in the Republic of Karelia. Additionally processing aquatic biomaterial with manure and sewage sludge was studied. Based on the results, the most feasible option today is to process fish side streams to fish oil and dewatered oil-free residue and to use them for fish or animal feed production. However, it is necessary to highlight, that changes in e.g. economic environment, energy prices and demand may require re-evaluating the results and conclusions made in the project. Producing fish oil from fish processing side streams is an easy and relatively simple production process generating a valuable end product. The functionality of the process was confirmed in a pilot conducted in the project. The oil and solids are separated from the heated fish waste based on gravity. The fish oil separating on top of the separator unit is removed. Fish oil can as such be utilized for heating purposes, fish meal or animal feed production, but it can also be further processed to biodiesel. However, due to currently moderate energy prices in Russia, biodiesel production is not economically profitable. Even if the fish oil production process is not complicated, the operative management of small-scale fish oil production unit requires dedicated resources and separate facilities especially to meet hygiene requirements. Managing the side streams is not a core business for fish farmers. Efficient and economically profitable fish oil production requires a centralized production unit with bigger processing capacity. One fish processing unit needs to be designed to manage side streams collected from several fish farms. The optimum location for the processing unit is in the middle of the fish farms. Based on the transportation cost analysis in the Republic of Karelia, it is not economically efficient to transport bio-wastes for more than 100 km since the transportation costs start increasing substantially. Another issue to be considered is that collection of side streams, including the dead fish, from the fish farms should be organized on a daily basis in order to eliminate the need for storing the side streams at the farms. Based on AQUAREL project studies there are different public funding sources available for supporting and enabling profitable and environmentally sustainable utilization, research or development of fish processing side streams and other aquatic biomaterial. Different funding programmes can be utilized by companies, research organizations, authorities and non-governmental organizations. |
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Bakhmet, Igor Berdino, Alexander Druzhinin, Pavel Havukainen, Jouni Hellgren, Jukka Horttanainen, Mika Korenev, Oleg Rousu, Pirjo Ruuska, Heidi Seppälä, Jaakko Shcherbak, Anton Shevchuk, Igor Tishkov, Sergey |
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