Bion Environmental Technologies Inc., New York City, on Jan. 4 announced that it has achieved key objectives in the optimization of its Ammonia Recovery System (ARS) at the company’s commercial-scale demonstration facility in Fair Oaks, Ind. Bion will now begin the final design process for full-scale systems.
Bion’s ARS produces organic fertilizer from the volatile ammonia in livestock waste. Final economic and energy efficiency models will be validated during the final design process, which should be completed in first-quarter 2024. Bion will engage an engineering firm to prepare a third-party evaluation of the ARS. Bion reported that operating results to date at Fair Oaks indicate ARS performance will exceed initial expectations for ammonia recovery and economics.
The ARS stabilizes the ammonia with CO2, also from the waste, producing low carbon and organic nitrogen fertilizers. Most of the nitrogen in livestock waste is lost as ammonia, both a waste of resources and a significant source of air and water pollution worldwide.
Bion said several applications to OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) and CDFA (California Department of Food and Agriculture) are being prepared for listing and certification of new organic products. Bion received an OMRI-Listing in 2020 for its initial product.