BioBoost processes biogas digestate through nanofiltration water recovery, low‑energy waste treatment, and microbial inoculation to produce a dry, granulated biostimulant. The biostimulant replaces synthetic fertilizers, restores soil fertility, lowers logistics costs for digestate‑producing farms, and offers customizable formulations for intensive crops, vineyards, and organic horticulture.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Agricultural operations that run biogas digesters generate large volumes of bovine digestate, which is costly to transport, often ends up in landfills, and contributes to soil nutrient depletion and greenhouse‑gas emissions. Simultaneously, reliance on synthetic fertilizers undermines soil health and raises production costs for farmers seeking sustainable cultivation methods.
Solution
BioBoost implements a closed‑loop circular‑economy process that converts biogas digestate into a high‑value granulated biostimulant. The system first recovers up to 96 % of water from the liquid fraction via nanofiltration (WLR technology), then treats the concentrated liquid and solid residue with low‑energy waste‑recovery technology (WRT‑e) to produce a dry organic fertilizer. Finally, the BEF (Biotechnological Engineering Fusion) stage inoculates the dry product with selected microbes, humic acids, and tailored micro‑nutrients, yielding a custom‑formulated biostimulant suitable for intensive crops, floriculture, vineyards, and organic farming. The resulting product enables synthetic‑fertilizer‑free cultivation, restores soil fertility, reduces logistics and disposal costs, and sequesters carbon in the soil.
Target Audience
Primary customers are farms that operate biogas digesters—particularly dairy and livestock producers—seeking to valorize digestate, as well as agronomists and growers in intensive cropping, viticulture, floriculture, and organic horticulture who require high‑performance biostimulants.
Features
- Integrated three‑stage processing chain (WLR water recovery, WRT‑e waste treatment, BEF biostimulant synthesis) delivering a fully circular workflow.
- Nanofiltration step recovers 90 %+ of digestate water, minimizing waste and lowering transport volume.
- Low‑energy, emission‑free treatment of liquid concentrate and solid residue, producing a dry organic fertilizer with preserved nutrient profile.
- BEF inoculation platform that adds a proprietary consortium of bacteria, mycorrhizae, and humic substances, enhancing root development and stress resilience.
- On‑demand formulation engine allowing adjustment of particle size, micro‑element enrichment, and crop‑specific biostimulant blends.
- Scalable modular plant design suitable for farm‑level or regional processing facilities, supporting just‑in‑time production.
- Carbon‑capture benefit: organic carbon is retained in the soil, contributing to CO₂ sequestration targets.
- Secure, traceable product batch data stored in a cloud‑based analytics dashboard for compliance and performance monitoring.