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Conversion & remediation

Two chemistries, one waste stream

The solid fraction is reformed into bio-oil with heat and pressure. The liquid fraction is handed to algae. Neither track is an add-on to the other — they exist because manure is not one problem.

Track one

Thermochemical reforming

A chemical reforming process that combines elevated temperature and pressure in the absence of oxygen. Under those conditions a complex distribution of organic molecules rearranges into a liquid — bio-oil.

Excluding oxygen is the part that matters. It is what lets the material be taken apart by heat without simply burning it, so the carbon leaves as a liquid carrier rather than as flue gas.

  1. Feed preparation

    Solids are collected and conditioned so the reactor sees a consistent input rather than a variable one.

  2. Reforming

    Elevated temperature and pressure, oxygen excluded, converts the organic fraction into bio-oil.

  3. Recovery

    Bio-oil is separated from the residual solids and the gas stream returning to the process.

  4. Formulation

    The bio-oil is blended into a bio resource resin matched to the end application.

Cross-section of the reforming reactor: conditioned solids are fed into a sealed vessel, heat and pressure are applied with oxygen excluded, and bio-oil is drawn off while residual solids and gas return to the process.
Reactor cross-section. Oxygen exclusion and consistent feed conditioning are what make the output repeatable.

What comes out

From a waste stream to a specified input

Bio-oil is an intermediate, not a saleable product. Its value is realised when it is formulated into a resin that meets an existing industrial specification.

Process diagram: livestock solids enter a reforming reactor, bio-oil is produced, then formulated into bio resource resin products for asphalt, roofing and fertiliser coatings; the liquid fraction runs through an algae loop to clean water and algae biomass.
Solids and liquids handled in parallel, with a recycle path back to formulation when a batch needs to be re-tuned.
Algae raceway pond: nutrient-rich liquid enters, a paddlewheel circulates the water, algae take up nitrogen and phosphorus, and the outflow carries below 0.05 milligrams per litre of phosphorus. Harvested algae become biomass. A chart compares influent and effluent phosphorus.
Raceway pond with paddlewheel circulation. The comparison bars are indicative, not to scale.

Track two

Algae-based nutrient removal

Treating the solids solves only part of the problem. Many of the troublesome compounds stay in the liquid fraction — and phosphorus is the hardest to place.

NuVention Solutions is developing an algae-based wastewater treatment step for exactly that stream. Algae take up the dissolved nutrients as they grow, and the result is measurable: phosphorus in the waste water can be reduced from over 3,000 mg/L to below 0.05 mg/L.

What the loop produces is not only cleaner water. The harvested algae is itself a product — suitable for feed supplements, fertiliser, and with usable BTU value.

  • Phosphorus, inlet3,000+ mg/L
  • Phosphorus, outletbelow 0.05 mg/L
  • Algae biomassfeed · fertiliser · BTU

The system is aimed at giving farmers an affordable manure management option — one that lowers their carbon footprint while producing usable bio-oil and algae rather than a disposal cost.

Working together

What we can tell you, and what needs a conversation

Process and formulation detail is shared under confidentiality with qualified partners rather than published. Here is the shape of the discussion.

  • Feedstock assessmentAvailable
  • Process conditionsUnder NDA
  • Resin formulationUnder NDA
  • Sample quantitiesBy arrangement
  • Specification sheetsPer application

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The fastest way to know whether this fits is to describe what you are handling today and what you would like it to become.

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