Porcus
In pig farming, it becomes more and more a legal requirement to reduce emissions of ammonia, odour and particulate matter. Our Porcus air scrubber has been specially developed for pig farming to reduce various types of emission to a minimum.
The Porcus is a self-regulating air scrubber. Process parameters are continuously measured, allowing the air washer to regulate itself. This keeps, for example, nitrogen concentrations and PH values on the right level.
Automatic waste water management is also part of this. If concentrations become too high, the waste water is automatically pumped to a storage tank and replaced by fresh water.
Advantages of the Porcus air scrubber for pig farming
The Porcus is the result of an intense period of development during which we focused on product standardization to deliver a simple, easy-to-maintain system that meets the highest performance requirements available today. The advantages of the Porcus air scrubber for pig houses in a row:
- High reduction of ammonia, odour and particulate matter
- Plug and play prefabricated and tested air scrubber for pig houses
- Fits in a 40 Feet container | easy to transport
- A local installer can install the air scrubber within one day.
Due to the degree of self-regulation, these air scrubbers for pig farms require little maintenance from the pig farmer and his personnel.
The Porcus air scrubber also complies with the conditions of the BAT (best available techniques). These are protocols that apply worldwide for the reduction of various types of emissions resulting from production processes at agricultural and industrial companies. Click here to read more about BAT.
Details of the Porcus air scrubber
The Porcus is the scrubber used in pig houses. There are two variants: a biological air scrubber and a chemical air scrubber. You can find the technical details here.
Biological air washer for pigs
Standard
- Porcus biological at max. 3,600 m3/(m2 x hour)
- Ammonia 70%
- Odour 45%
- Fine dust (PM2.5) 60%
- Fine dust (PM10) 60%
Improved reduction of ammonia, odour and particulates. Larger scrubber (60%)
- Porcus biological at max. 2,250 m3/(m2 x hour)
- Ammonia 85%
- Odour 45-75%
- Fine dust (PM2.5) 70%
- Fine dust (PM10) 70%
Chemical air washer for pigs
Standard
- Porcus chemical at max. 4,884 m3/(m2 x hour), pH = 4.0
- Ammonia 70%
- Odour 30%
- Fine dust (PM2.5) 35%
- Fine dust (PM10) 35%
Improved ammonia, consumes more acid (20%)
- Porcus chemical at max. 4,884 m3/(m2 x hour), pH = 3.0
- Ammonia 90%
- Odour 30%
- Fine dust (PM2.5) 35%
- Fine dust (PM10) 35%
Heat recovery through air scrubber + Triple EEE
Energy lost during the scrubbing process can be recovered and reintroduced into the production process to provide the animals with an optimal climate environment. This means that the animals experience better welfare and health.
In the video below you can see how Inno+ and ‘Van Asten’ have tackled this. In this way much better conditions have been created in the stables and considerable cost savings have been made.
Clean air worldwide
The Porcus is a modular air scrubber. It is constructed in such a way that an air scrubber can be made for any size of pig house. Everything is built and prepared during the production process, after which the air scrubber is delivered to the customer fully tested and working as a ‘plug-and-play’ product.
Thanks to the well thought-out dimensions of this air scrubber for pig production, it fits perfectly in a 40 feet container. This also makes it easy to transport worldwide. The Inno+ dealer installs the air scrubber on location and dismounts it there as well.