OUR ENVIRONMENT : Air Quality and Odor Control
Odor control and mitigation is both an environmental imperative and necessary for livestock welfare and energy management. As a responsible community member, BBA must mitigate, to the maximum extent possible, any odors originating from its campus.
As a livestock issue, maintaining a minimum odor environment promotes a healthy setting for cattle welfare and development. Odor minimization is a direct result of optimizing the collection of wastes voided by the cattle. The design of BBA's waste collection system is intended to transport all voided manure and urine in a speedy and efficient manner. Manual wash downs will be a routine, likely daily, practice to ensure there will be no manure buildup on the barn floors.
Controlling anaerobic activity in the animal wastes minimizes odor and is a key element of energy management in the SymbiosysTM process. By using flushing water, which has been filtered to remove ammonia, among other substances, in a continuously flowing series of flumes, and by transporting solids to the digesters within a one-day period, odor will be minimized. Minimizing uncontrolled anaerobic activity also maximizes the availability of nutrients for the digester system. Odor control thus improves the health of the cattle AND maximizes the available nutrients for energy production, while helping Belmont Bio-Ag to be a good neighbor.
Odor minimization in all other BBA components, such as the ethanol plant, digesters, and high-temperature combustion system, is an expected operational performance standard throughout the SymbiosysTM system.