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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We will use a chopper that also sanitizes them to 70 degrees. No problem with that from the site that we visited in Denmark doing it. But we need some confirmation of the gas numbers to be safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Randy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charlie Ramos<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] Chicken feathers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Randy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Be careful using chicken feathers as a feedstock for ADs. We had a swine farmer in Brazil that was slaughtering chickens onsite and mixing the feathers (without our knowledge) with the animal waste (AD influent). We had so many problems with plugged pipes (effluent). We open the anaerobic digester to fix the problem after several unsuccessful attempts to unplug the effluent without opening the AD. After opening AD we realized that chicken feathers were plugging the pipes. As a matter of fact the feathers formed a very hard crust on the top surface of the AD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your AD set up may be different that our AD system, for this particular farm, so here is some info on our set up:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1. Ambient temperature covered lagoon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2. The feather were not chopped or grinded before entering the AD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3. No mixing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>4. Influent feedstock – designed for swine waste<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope this info helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>Charlie Ramos</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><a href="blocked::http://www.biogreenengineering.com/" title="blocked::http://www.biogreenengineering.com/"><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>BioGreen Engineering LLC</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><a href="blocked::mailto:cramos@biogreenengineering.com" title="blocked::mailto:cramos@biogreenengineering.com"><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>cramos@biogreenengineering.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>+1-407-459-7806 (office)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'>+1-407-412-0165 (cell)</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]">[mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Mott<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 4:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] Chicken feathers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Apparently however that is removed is not cost-effective, at least, in Poland. We have multiple poultry processing plants trying to get rid of feathers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Randy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]">[mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Harris<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] Chicken feathers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>G'day Randy et al,<br><br>As chicken feathers are Keratin they may be worth a lot more as Keratin than as methane.<br><br>Happy digesting(?)<br>HOOROO<o:p></o:p></p><pre>Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Visitor at The University of Adelaide<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/07/2012 6:27 PM, Randy Mott wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi folks! We are trying to get more verification of our assumptions of methane production from chicken feathers. Anyone have any data? Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Randy M. 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