West Virginia Power Project
The West Virginia Poultry Waste to Energy POWER Project was built in 1996, and used a high-temperature anaerobic digestion system to process poultry waste (broiler manure, litter and mortality); and combinations of poultry waste along with the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, fat, oil and grease (FOG) from a poultry processing plant, and municipal wastewater sludge. BioStar's CTO , Dennis Crabtree designed and constructed the integrated system; and operated the facility for five years, where his operational knowledge became the foundation for what is now the BioStar technology.
The POWER Project met or exceeded all of the USDA and West Virginia Department of Agriculture technical goals and objectives.
| Five-Year Composite Performance | |
|---|---|
| Total Solids (TS) Reduction | 45 - 85% |
| Volatile Solids (VS) Reduction | 60 - 90% |
| Biogas Yield | 10 - 15 Ft3/Lb V.S. Added |
| Methane Content | 50 - 70% |
| COD Removal | 70 - 80% |
| BOD Removal | 75 - 90% |
| Fecal Coliforms Destruction | 99.999% |
| Total Coliforms Destruction | 99.999% |
| Salmonella Destruction | Total |
| Hydraulic Retention Time | = Ten Days |
Process efficiencies during the five-year project were validated by the results of more than 7,000 biological determinations and chemical analyses conducted by government scientists in USDA-certified laboratories.
