LET’S TELL THE LIFE-MEGA PROJECT
THE PROJECT
The project “Smart computing system to monitor and abate the indoor concentrations of NH3, CH4 and PM in pig farms (LIFE-MEGA)”, has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union. It started the 1st October 2019 and it will finish on the 30th September 2022. Project coordinator is the University of Milan (UMIL) and the associate beneficiaries are the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA – Spain) and two Italian companies Rota Guido srl and Nuvap srl. Intensive pig farming makes up the majority of European swine production, but it has a heavy impact in terms of water, soil and air pollution. Large pig sheds develop poor air quality, with especially high levels of ammonia, methane, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This poor air quality harms the health of both animals and workers. Will develop an online tool to monitor air pollutant concentrations in pig sheds and keep them below a threshold. Will also test a dry scrubber, already used in other industrial context, and a wet scrubber prototype, leading to reductions in ammonia, particulate matter, GHG and VOCs emissions.
THE PROJECT
The project “Smart computing system to monitor and abate the indoor concentrations of NH3, CH4 and PM in pig farms (LIFE-MEGA)”, has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union. It started the 1st October 2019 and it will finish on the 30th September 2022. Project coordinator is the University of Milan (UMIL) and the associate beneficiaries are the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA – Spain) and two Italian companies Rota Guido srl and Nuvap srl. Intensive pig farming makes up the majority of European swine production, but it has a heavy impact in terms of water, soil and air pollution. Large pig sheds develop poor air quality, with especially high levels of ammonia, methane, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This poor air quality harms the health of both animals and workers. Will develop an online tool to monitor air pollutant concentrations in pig sheds and keep them below a threshold. Will also test a dry scrubber, already used in other industrial context, and a wet scrubber prototype, leading to reductions in ammonia, particulate matter, GHG and VOCs emissions.
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