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Gardiner Farms Biogas & Co-Gen

Owner

Gardiner Farms, Inc.

Location

West Perth, Ontario

Herd size

200 beef cattle

Off-farm Substrates

FOG, SSO

Design

Digester Size

1500 m3

Feedstock Handling

100 m3 receiving tank for solids

100 m3 receiving tank for liquids

Manure pumped from the barn directly into digester

Development Time

2008 feasibility study

2009 design

2010 begin construction

2011 commissioning

Process Volume

50 m3 / day

Retention Time

30 days

Gas Volume

125 m3 / hr

Electrical Production

250 kW

Background

The Gardiners wanted to diversify their farm operations and have a viable succession plan for their son, who is currently operating the farm. Additionally the consideration of an anaerobic digestion facility was further supported by Provincial funds having been made available for the construction of such systems.

 

The use of Rumensin necessitated a different start-up procedure. While the slow introduction of Rumensin manure had been directed, the operators chose not to follow these instructions. Thus the Rumensin manure did not allow the methanogenic bacteria to grow, and the digester had to be re-started.

 

In the second start-up, dairy cow manure from an adjacent farm, as well as effluent from a nearby digester were brought in and the methanogenic bacteria were acclimatized to the Rumensin manure in prescribed quantities and feeding rates until full production was reached.

 

The system’s effluent fertilizer is applied to the farm’s crop fields.

 

System Profiles

DeBruin Farms
Exeter Agri-Energy
Gardiner Farms
Geranik Farms
Kirchmeier Farms
Laforge Bioenvironmental
Petrocorn Inc.
Terryland Farms
Wagner Farms

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Head Office

1128 Clapp Lane, Suite 302
Manotick, ON K4M 1A4
Email: info@chfourbiogas.com
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