life12 env/it/356 resafe

LIFE12 ENV/IT/356 - RESAFE Innovative fertilizer from urban waste, bio-char and farm residues as substitute of chemical fertilizers

Mercoledì 9 luglio, 2014

14.00 - 18.00

Aula Organi Collegiali, Rettorato, Sapienza Università di Roma

Innovative fertilizer from urban waste, bio-char and farm residues as substitute of chemical fertilizers

24 months - 5 partners

01 January 2014 - 31 December 2016

LIFE12 ENV/IT/356

RESAFE

RESAFE Targets

To demonstrate the production and use of

fertilizers characterized by reduced salinity in

order to substitute chemicals and mineral

fertilizers through a technological route based on

urban organic waste, bio-char and farm organic

residues processing.

To generate environmental and economic

benefits for farmers and urban waste managers

through:

− an important material recovery (e.g.

reduced quantities of waste sent to landfill

disposal and related costs saving) and

− a further economic benefit due to the

obtained fertilizers.

DICMA (Italy): Coordinator of the

project. Expert in agricultural waste

and environmental test

ASTRA (Italy): Italian waste and

agricultural expert, in field testing

ENEA (Italy): Waste expert

ENIA (Cyprus): Cypriot agricultural

expert and in field testing

CEBAS (Spain): Spanish

agricultural analysis and in field

testing

Beneficiaries

Actions will be carried out to demonstrate the

economical, social and environmental benefits

related to the production an the use of reduced

salinity fertilizers.

Demonstration plants (i.e. lab and pilot scale

plants) will be realized to show as from

“different recipes”, based on treated organic

waste (compost) and Bio-Chars, added with

Vegetable Active Principles (VAP), a new class

of fertilizers could be obtained.

Specific sensing device, HyperSpectral

Imaging (HSI) based will be used to follow

the transformations of the complex material,

during the different stages of the process.

Actions and Tools

Process improvement

The new fertilizer will allow to reduce the use of mineral and chemical fertilizers in

agriculture, since the nutrients required for fertilization will be naturally obtained

from Urban Organic Waste (UOW), Farm Organic Residues (FOR) and Bio-Char

through the use of enzymatic mixtures. The innovative composting process

will allow

to maximize N retention in final fertilizer

to enhance humification, thanks to the particular process

conditions and sanitation:

high nitrogen/ammonia concentration

high process temperatures.

The “final” fertilizer will be characterised by:

a well humified organic matter. Final product is dried, richer

in carbon, a little more humified (20%) than untreated one

(C/N typical of humus substance of about 10-12).

increased nitrogen percentage, up to 3%.

reduced salinity. In Vegetable Active Principles (VAP)

composting process salinity in final product is about 2-4

mS/cm

high water retention, when mixed with soil (lower water

consumption during crop harvesting, up to 30%)

relatively high N and P (and K) contents (i.e. mineral

fertilization)

Product improvement

B1 - Demonstration of proper recipes through the

characterisation of organic waste and final

products

B2 - Demonstration of HQ-ORBP (High Quality Organic

Matter Based Product) production at laboratory

level

B3 - Demonstration of HQ-ORBP (production at pilot

and semi-industrial scale)

B4 - Demonstration of Agriculture Application in Italy

B5 - Demonstration of Agriculture Application in Spain

B6 - Demonstration of Agriculture Application in Cyprus

Technical implementation Bi actions

C1 - Monitoring of organic waste and final products

C2 - Monitoring and assessment of environmental

impact of the HQ-ORBP (High Quality Organic

Matter Based Product) production

C3 - Monitoring of environmental benefit of Agriculture

Application in Italy


Application in Spain


Application in Cyprus

C6 - Monitoring of technical-socio-economic

assessment of the HQ-ORBP production

Monitoring Ci actions

http://media.spotonsuccess.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/3D-Women-Search-05.png

• B.1: Demonstration of proper recipes through

the characterisation of organic waste and final products

(M1-M6)

• B.2: Demonstration of HQ-ORBP (High Quality Organic

Matter Based Product) production at laboratory level

(M3-M12)

• C.1: Monitoring of organic waste and final products (M1-

M18)

• C.2: Monitoring and assessment of environmental impact

of the HQ-ORBP production (M3-M18)

Started actions

ACTION B.1: Demonstration of proper recipes through the

characterisation of organic waste and final products

Selection, collection and delivery in Italy, Spain and Cyprus, of:

• UOW samples from the 3 countries

• Biochar samples from the 3 countries

• FOR samples from the 3 countries

Country Sample Type Code

Cyprus Urban Organic Waste (UOW) Green Waste CY-UOW

Cyprus Farm Organic Residue (FOR) Poultry Manure CY-FOR

Italy Biochar IT-BC

Italy Urban Organic Waste (UOW) Compost IT-UOW

Italy Farm Organic Residue (FOR) Poultry Manure IT-FOR

Sapin Biochar ES-BC

Spain Urban Organic Waste (UOW) Compost ES-UOW

Spain Farm Organic Residue (FOR) Horse Manure ES-FOR

Started actions … just an example!

ACTION B.1: Cypriot samples

CY-UOW Sample CY-FOR Sample


ACTION B.1: Spanish samples

ES-BC Sample ES-UOW Sample

ES-FOR Sample


ACTION B.1: Italian samples

IT-BC Sample IT-UOW Sample

IT-FOR Sample


Started actions … just an example! ACTION B.2 - Demonstration of HQ-ORBP (High Quality Organic Matter Based Product)

production at laboratory level

ACTION C.1: Monitoring of organic waste and final products

Chemical and hyperspectral imaging charaterization of the different collected

waste samples. All the analyses on the raw materials have been done.

Type of Analysis Project Beneficiaries

DICMA ENEA ASTRA CEBAS ENIA

Total N, P, K x

pH x

Humidity x

Dry Matter, Ashes x

TOC x

Salinity (EC) x

Microbial population x

Elemental analysis (XRF) x x

Texture and structure characterization (SEM)

x x

Specific surface area (BET) x

Thermogravimetric analysis x

XRD x

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) x

Germination tests (plant tests) x

Microbial respiration x

Urease activity (N Cycle) x

Phosphatase Activity (P cycle) x

b-Glucosidase actiovity (C cycle) x


Started actions … just an example! ACTION C.1 - Monitoring of organic waste and final products

HyperSpectral Imaging (HSI) is an

innovative technology developed in recent

years that combines the advantages of

spectroscopy and imaging techniques.

In the last years there was a strong

increase in applications including off-line /

on-line inspection at industrial scale in

different sectors.

Image source: www.perception-

park.com

All individual spatial

and spectral images

could be picked up

from the hypercube

and the spectrum of

each pixel of the image

in a specific position

can be extracted

One spectral image

of n pixels for all the

investigated

wavelengths (λ)

Spectral signature of

a single pixel


ACTION C.1: HyperSpectral Imaging (HSI) Characterization

Hyperspectral architecture Specim

ImSpectorTM N17E

• Operation mode:

push-broom

• Spectral range:

SWIR: 1000-1700nm

• Spectral sampling and (resolution)

5nm

• Active pixel:

320 (spatial) x 240 (spectral) pixels

Hyperspectral architecture Specim

ImSpectorTM V10

• Operation mode:

push-broom

• Spectral range:

SWIR: 400-1000nm


5 nm

• Active pixel:



SISUChema XL™ Chemical Imaging

Workstation

• Operation mode:

push-broom

• Spectral range:

SWIR: 1000-2500nm


6.3nm

• Active pixel:




SLIDE ANALISI PROCEDURE

Spectral data have been analysed

using the PLS_Toolbox 7. 0

(Eigenvector Research Inc.) running

inside Matlab™ environment (version

7.12.0).

Spectra preprocessing

Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

applied for data exploration

Classes selection on PCA results

Partial Least Squares Discriminant

Analysis (PLS-DA) applied for

material classification


1 cm

IT-FOR: V10E False Colour Image showing the ROI (Region of Interest) selected



1 cm

IT-FOR: N17E False Colour Image showing the ROI (Region of Interest) selected



IT-FOR: SISUChema XL False Colour Image showing the ROI (Region of Interest) selected

1 cm



The homogeneity of organic waste samples was investigated analysing:

- Mean spectra of the sample

- PCA Analysis

0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

0,9

1

1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600

Ref

lect

ance

Wavelenght [nm]

CY-UOW_001_N17 CY-UOW_002_N17

CY-UOW_003_N17 CY-UOW_004_N17

Comparison of sub-sample spectra of CY-UOW

acquired with ImSpector™ N17E

Background

Sample

PCA Analysis carried out on CY-UOW

acquired with ImSpector™ N17E


Pretreated Hyperspectal images of a) IT-BC; b) IT-FOR

and c) IT-UOW

a) b) c)

a)

b)

c)

a) b) c)

Raw Hyperspectal images of a) IT-BC; b) IT-FOR and

c) IT-UOW

Applied pretreatment:

- SNV

- Mean Center

b)

a)

c)


D01 – Project website

D02 – Notice board

D03 – Layman’s report

D04 – Diffusion material preparation

D05 – Articles and press releases

D06 – Networking

D07 – RESAFE technology manual

D08 – Demonstration workshop, seminars, conference

and other events

D09 – Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers

D10 – International fairs and other events

D11 – Digital supports for international diffusion

Communication & Dissemination

D1 – Project website

RESAFE website in English and in Italian:

www.liferesafe.com

CEBASCSIC is preparing the Spanish version

ENIA is preparing the Cypriot version

Each beneficiary implemented the link

between the RESAFE website to the

beneficiary website


http://www.liferesafe.com/

D2 – Notice board

DICMA produced 12 RESAFE Notice boards

and gave them to all the beneficiaries during

the kick-off meeting.

All the beneficiaries put the RESAFE Notice

board in a public space.

All the beneficiaries are going to send the

photos of the RESAFE Notice board in a

public space in each beneficiary premises and

in the demonstration plants.


D4 – Diffusion material preparation

1,000 RESAFE brochures (500 in English and 500 in Italian)

RESAFE power point presentation in English

DICMA is preparing a roll-up and project gadgets


D6 – Networking

Contacts with SOREME, BIOREM,

After-Cu, GREEN SITE, SOILPRO,

SEKRET, EVERGREEN (LIFE 11-12-13

projects)

Participation at the CNR LIFE event at

Pisa (Italy) on 25th March 2014.

Networking meeting with LIFE

CarbONfarm on 24th February 2014 in

Naples (Italy).


D10 - International fairs and other events

EC Invitation for the participation at the Green

Week in Brussels (Belgium) 3-5 June 2014.


Esprit Project n° 24931 – ChaCo: “The Characterisation of Flotation Froth Structure and Colour by Machine

Vision”. Periodo: 1998 – 2000

Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme: GRD1-1999-10531- ENVICUT: “Human and

Environmentally Friendly Cutting and Milling of Materials”. Periodo: 01-01-2000 – 30-04-2003

Thematic Network on Ornamental Stones – FP GROWTH-KA1 (Cordis Reference: 56967) Periodo: 2001 –

2004

CRAFT Programme: CRAF-1999-71817 – HISPIM-GLASS: “Development of a Novel and High Speed Spectral

Imaging System to Detect Glass-like Contaminants in the Recyclable, Cost-effectively Increasing Glass

Recycling and Avoiding Landfilling”. Periodo: 2003 – 2005

CRAFT Programme: CRAFT 508737 – WOOD-STONE: “Intelligent System for Optimising the On-line Finish

Process for Stone Slabs and Wood Panels”. Periodo: 2004 – 2006

CN/ASIA Programme: IT&C/006 (89870) – EXTRACT-IT: “Application of Information Technologies for the

Sustainable Management of Extractive Industry Activities”. Periodo: 2005 – 2006

Programme INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC - THON.DOC: “Valorisation du Patrimoine Culturelle Transnational du

Thon dans la Méditerranéen Occidental”. Periodo: 2006 – 2008

Collaborative Project 212782 - FP7-ENV-2007-1: W2Plastics “Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor

Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste”. http://www.w2plastics.eu

Periodo: 2008 – 2012

CIP ECO-Innovation, ECO/08/239083 - FERPODE: “Introduction in the market of a new high quality organic

fertilizer obtained by the use of poultry dejection”. http://nuke.ferpode.com Periodo: 2009 – 2011

Collaborative Project, GA n.265189, ENV.2010.3.1.3-1 C2CA: “Advanced Technologies for the Production of

Cement and Clean Aggregates from Construction and Demolition Waste” Periodo: 2011-2014

…other EU Developed Projects

http://www.w2plastics.eu/

http://nuke.ferpode.com/

Dr. Silvia Serranti Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica Materiali Ambiente - SAPIENZA - UNIVERSITA' DI ROMA

Via Eudossiana, 18 00184 Roma, Italia - Telefono: (+39.06)44585.360 Fax: (+39.06)44585.618

e-mail: [email protected]

Coordinatore

Progetto LIFE12 ENV/IT/356 - RESAFE

Innovative fertilizer from urban waste, bio-char and farm residues as substitute of chemical fertilizers

mailto:[email protected]

life12 env/it/356 resafe

Documents