Re-Tooling for Climate Change Morton’ s Specialist Seed & Grainhas found a way of turning production waste into energy , using funding from theRe-T ooling for Climate Change Pr ogram. The Western Australian company received $115,000 in funding to replace its LPG-fuelled boiler with one powered by waste oat hulls. The hulls are a by -product of the company’s production of instant, quick and rolled oats cereal products. Morton’ sprocesses some 60,000 tonnes of oat grain each year. Oat kernels or “groats” ar e rst separated from the hulls, then kiln dried or converted into rolled oat akes. The process results in 20,000 tonnes of waste hulls, which offer limited value to the business as a saleable by-product, but vast potential as a renewable energy source. Independent research commissioned byMorton’ sshowed that by using just 8 per cent of the biomass waste the company could eliminate the use of imported LPG as a fuel source for the boiler. This will reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of LPG by more than 1000 tonnes of CO 2 equivalent. Morton’ sManaging Director Jonnie Morton says this is just the beginning. “We will save around $400,000 a year by removing the need for LPG but my real excitement is in the improved competitiveness and sustainability of the company .” “There is the potential to use all of our waste biomass to Morton’s oat hulls replace LPG fuel a larger electricity co-generation system, once the performance of this project has been evaluated. “This will make us more competitive on the international stage, and it’s positive from so many angles – reducing costs of our products, new growth and more employment and a better environmental footprint,’’ he said. Morton’ semploys 65 people and export makes up 90 per cent of its business. [email protected]m.au 08 9434 2024 Top, oat hulls which are used as fuel for Morton’ sboiler. Below, the factory has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions.
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Morton’s Specialist Seed & Grain has found a way of turning production waste into energy, using funding fromthe Re-Tooling for Climate Change Program.
The Western Australian company received $115,000in funding to replace its LPG-fuelled boiler with one
powered by waste oat hulls. The hulls are a by-product of the company’s production of instant, quick and rolled oatscereal products.
Morton’s processes some 60,000 tonnes of oat grain eachyear. Oat kernels or “groats” are rst separated from the
hulls, then kiln dried or converted into rolled oat akes.The process results in 20,000 tonnes of waste hulls, which
offer limited value to the business as a saleable by-product, but vast potential as a renewable energy source.
Independent research commissioned by Morton’s showedthat by using just 8 per cent of the biomass waste thecompany could eliminate the use of imported LPG as a fuelsource for the boiler.
This will reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissionsfrom the burning of LPG by more than 1000 tonnes of CO
2
equivalent.
Morton’s Managing Director Jonnie Morton says this is just the beginning.
“We will save around $400,000 a year by removing theneed for LPG but my real excitement is in the improvedcompetitiveness and sustainability of the company.”
“There is the potential to use all of our waste biomass to
Morton’s oat hulls replace LPG
fuel a larger electricity co-generationsystem, once the performance of this
project has been evaluated.
“This will make us more competitiveon the international stage, and it’s
positive from so many angles – reducingcosts of our products, new growthand more employment and a better environmental footprint,’’ he said.
Astor Metal Finishes is using $109,650 in Re-tooling for Climate Change funding to deliver electricity savings of more than 50 per cent at its
NSW-based electroplating plant.
The company’s Managing Director, RichardHammond, said the project involved installing solar
collection tubes on the roof of the main platingshop to heat electroplating process tanks.
A gas-red hot water generator will supplementsolar power heating.
“This will remove the need for mains gridelectrical power for heating the tanks,” Richardsaid.
The project will also conserve power by usinginsulated pipelines to deliver heated water to either heat exchangers or in-tank coils.
“The previous process resulted in lost energy, due
to water evaporation.”The new combined solar/gas source will maintain
heat in plating tanks, eliminating precipitation of salts when tanks are not in use, thereby reducingmaintenance costs.
“Conserving heat allows Astor to maintain hotsolutions for plating any type of nish at any time,”Richard said.
“This means we’ll have greater exibility in our production and can provide a better service to our customers.
“With this project, Astor is striving to competewith the world leaders in electroplating. Astor hasshown it is possible to reverse the tide of products
being chrome plated overseas.
“Better heating control and heat transfers willallow us to expand our operations in the futurewithout the need for expensive power substationupgrades.”
Astor’s main business is chrome plating but it also provides gold, silver, copper, nickel, bronze andantique nishes, polishes stainless steel, electro-
polishes and wet paints all metals. It employs more
than 50 staff members.
www.astormetalfnishes.com/ 02 9727 5622
Astor – shining out in its feld
Below, inspecting and cleaning a restored motor bike petrol tank.Let, Astor’s gas and solar hot water generator and storage vessel.
Above, veriying the plating thickness o a chrome-plated aluminiumtruck wheel. Below, a close-up o the chrome-plated steel wheels.
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TPI Enterprises has made environmental sustainability acornerstone for its growth as an internationally competitivemanufacturing business.
The Tasmanian company extracts and processes poppystraw concentrate to produce morphine, codeine and other
pharmaceuticals. Since beginning in 2004, it has invested
$25 million in building a world-class manufacturing facility.Supported by two Australian Government innovation
grants and the R&D Tax Concession, it has developed aninnovative manufacturing process that uses water instead of toxic solvents for the extraction process.
TPI’s latest project is integrating plant and equipment torecapture and minimise the water used in production.
With a grant of $128,666 from the Re-Tooling for ClimateChange Program, TPI is installing water storage andltration systems, and a recording and monitoring systemfully integrated with plant level control systems.
This will recycle water formerly lost to evaporation or ltration, or as purged and waste water, delivering a 50 per cent saving.
“This water-based production process gives us acompetitive advantage over other plants in the world. Our
plant is a world rst,’’ TPI’s Managing Director JarrodRitchie said.
“Optimising our water efciency is critical, especiallygiven recent drought conditions in Tasmania.”
TPI started manufacturing on a trial basis in 2008, processing 200 tonnes of poppy straw with a projected
increase to 6000 tonnes by 2010. TPI employs 35 staff.
www.tpienterpises.com/ 03 6398 5254
Water-saving leaders in morphine production
Above, sampling clean water rom the fltration system.Below, inspecting the colour dierence between dirty and
purifed water.
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Re-tooling or Climate ChangeThe Re-tooling for Climate Change Program providesgrants of $10,000 to $500,000 to small and mediumsized businesses undertaking manufacturing inAustralia.
The grants aim to assist manufacturers reduce their
environmental footprint, by improving the energy and/or water efciency of their production processes. The
program will fund up to half the cost of each project.
Examples of eligible projects could include:
• application of water capture, recycling and ltrationtechnologies
• process re-engineering to reduce energy or water use
• application of energy efcient technologies
• energy generation from production waste.
Re-tooling for Climate Change Program applicationswill be considered on a competitive basis against the
program merit criteria in rounds (criteria and closingdates are available from the AusIndustry web site).
About AusIndustryAusIndustry is the Australian Government’s principal
business program delivery division in the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
AusIndustry delivers more than 30 products, worthabout $2 billion a year, to more than 12,000 businesses
and 85,000 individuals.AusIndustry products include innovation grants, tax andduty concessions, support for industry competitiveness,venture capital, and small business skills development
programs.
Visit www.ausindustry.gov.au, call 13 28 46 or [email protected] for more information.
Applications will be considered in several rounds each year.Closing dates are available at www.ausindustry.gov.au
Astor’s main business is chrome plating.The company is working on a project to cutits electricity use by more than 50 per cent.
TPI is installing water storage and fltrationsystems to recycle water – and cut its water
bill by 50 per cent.
Morton’s Managing Director, Jonnie Morton,is saving $400,000 a year in uel costs by
