Our sustainable process delivers the natural alternative for soil enriching fertiliser.
Employing Nature
WHO WE ARE
We are a team of passionate scientists, economists and engineers.
Our aim is to deliver more efficient, environmental and profitable ways for agriculture to use its resources.
For two years we have been refining our agronomic products and processing technology to be an impactful global company.
Created in Norway – adapted for the world.
Employing Nature Our systems turn organic waste into valuable resource. We work with natural processes to build scalable solutions that fit with and enhance current farming practice.
Products
NutriholdTM – Bio-stimulating soil enricher
NutrimixTM – Composting catalyst for animal manure
Dry VermicastTM – Soil improving fertiliser
Processes
VortairTM – Airflow mechanical separator
Vermicomposting – Earthworm composting
System
Circular Economy
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT NOW
The world needs clean, efficient and sustainable alternatives to existing farming methods which will protect soil health and maintain food production.
The food production demands of an increasing global population has been met by widespread use of nitrogen fertilisers (100 million tonnes per year).
The production of nitrogen fertiliser is an energy intensive and expensive process. Farming has become reliant on its input leading to damaged soil health and high nutrient loss into waterways.
Soil is a valuable and finite resource. It is vital to deliver systems that return the nutrients and biological processes that protect its health.
DUE TO INCREASING POPULATIONUN PREDICTS GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION WILL NEED TO INCREASE 70% BY 2050
65% OF GLOBAL ARABLE SOIL IS DAMAGED
NITROGEN FERTILISER USE ACCOUNTS FOR FEEDING 48% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION
7.125 BILLION↑
65%
48%
HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Our products come from a system designed to use the natural resources, processes and nutrients that are available to farming now.
Large quantities of animal manure is available to the farming industry. Current spreading of this as fertiliser is ineffective with up to 75% of nutrients being lost to run-off and to the air. with damaging consequences for the environment.
Our products and system are focused on creating a lossless transfer of these nutrients to the soil. This creates a circular economy for the farmer with a direct link between their resource and their fertiliser.
We have three key sites testing and delivering this system.
PILOT PLANT
Grivimoen (Bø), NorwayOperational in Q3, 2016
FUNCTIONS
R&DVermicompostingPreparation of dry Vermicast
FARM
Søve, NorwayOperational in Q4, 2016.
FUNCTIONS
Model Farm – animal manureComposting, Vermicomposting
BIOREFINERY
Stormo. Norwayoperational in Q1, 2017
FUNCTION
Production of NutriHoldModel RefineryPreparation of mixture for farmersPreparation of dry Vermicast
FARM
BIOREFINERY PLANT
THREE KEY SITES
HOW IT WORKS
There are fundamental properties that make our products effective.
Introduction of hydrophilic Carbon
Carbon that has positive attraction with water creates more complex compounds which hold more moisture and nutrients in the soil. This helps to fix carbon in the ground, reduces the amount lost as greenhouse gas and prevents the dramatic loss of nutrients through run-off that is seen with liquid manure spreading and the application chemical fertiliser. The nutrients are delivered in slow release for steady, healthy plant nutrition.
Increased surface area
Increasing the surface area of particles – through the action of earthworms and the fine granulation of our Special Cyclone process – creates a better environment for microbial activity. Enhanced microbe and enzyme content catalyses the natural humification process, making nutrients in the soil and compost readily available for plant growth while retaining moisture and long term soil health.
Dried and granular
We deliver our product, with its concentrated nutritional quality and humification capacity, as a water soluble powder. This makes it easy and inexpensive to standardise, package, transport and apply using conventional logistics and farming systems.
COMPLEX CARBON COMPOUNDS FIX EFFECTIVELY IN SOIL
SLOW RELEASE OF NUTRIENTS MEANS NO LOSS TO RUN-OFF
LARGE SURFACE AREA INCREASES HEALTHY MICROBIAL
ACTIVITY FOR SOIL HEALTH
EASY TO TRANSPORT EASY TO APPLY
Chemical Fertiliser
SB NutriholdDry Vermicast
TIME
NUTRITION
PRODUCT
NutriholdTM A bio-stimulating mixture, high in nutrients, which enhances the capabilities of soil by improving both its chemical and physical properties.
Through the action of our unique technology – Special Cyclone – the physical properties of the ingredients are maximised to obtain small homogeneous particles, coated with carbon, with strong binding capabilities. This is an active soil improver for plant root health and growth.
The final product is granulated. It will be marketed for sale in the independent market and/or to Standard Bios biorefinery partners (franchisees) in Norway and internationally.
SOURCE
Standard Bio has partner relationships with local suppliers and farmers working together regionally.
INPUT
Chicken Manure has a high nutrition value.
Clay has a high cation exchange capacity bonding negatively charged cations to its surface – this enables detention of nutrients and water.
Silt has a rich mineral composition.
Charcoal is a carbon source.
COMBINE
The particular blend of ingredients is chosen for optimal plant root health.
PROCESS
This mixture is treated at elevated temperatures to disinfect and remove pathogens. This stage will grind and homogenise the product.
FORESTRYMININGFARM
CharcoalChickenmanure
Clay/silt
Blending
Drying & Heating
NutriholdTM
VORTAIRTM
PRODUCTISE
The granulated product is packed and distributed.
PRODUCT
NutrimixTM A Blend of NutriholdTM with pre-processed wood and straw creates NutrimixTM a product that enables farmers to turn animal manure into highly nutritious and valuable composting material.
Wood and straw absorbs all fluids from the wet, heat-disinfected animal manure. The active carbon and bio-stimulating action of NutriholdTM is a catalyst for decomposing and making available the nutrients as a compost material.
This product acts as a key stage in our biorefinery package, providing a way for famers to capture more of the nutrient value of their animal manure without the gas and run-off pollution and loss created with liquid manure storage and application.
SOURCE
Standard Bio has partner relationships with local suppliers and farmers working together regionally.
INPUT
This mixture is treated at elevated temperatures to disinfect and remove pathogens. This stage will grind and homogenize the product.
TREATMENT
The animal manure is treated at elevated temperatures using a Standard Bio heater, on the farm to disinfect and remove pathogens.
BIOREFINERY
Animal manure
Heating
NutrimixTM
Composting
FORESTRYFARM
Wood/straw
Blending
NutriholdTM
COMBINE
The NutrimixTM is mixed with the treated animal manure and stored for composting.
PRODUCT
Dry VermicastTM A nutrient rich natural soil improving fertiliser.
Through the action of earthworms – consuming and casting – compost is broken down in to very small particles making the nutrients readily available for plant growth. It fertilises without any salinisation issues that are present with chemical products, creating a healthy and sustainable environment within the soil system.
Vermicast has, and is, widely used as a small scale natural fertiliser, particularly in developing countries. Its benefits as an effective, cheap but labour intense solution are known. Using our Special Cyclone process we can dry and granulate vermicast at an industrial and scalable level creating an innovative product with global impact.
This product is a key product deliverable in our biorefinery package.
INPUT
The compost generated by combining NutrimixTM and farm animal manure is used as feed for a large population of earthworms. The process of consuming, digestion and excretion is vermicomposting,
PROCESS
This vermicompost is sifted, heated and dried to leave only Dry VermicastTM, a nutrient rich fertiliser and soil improver.
BIOREFINERY
Animal manure
Heating
NutrimixTM
Composting
Vermicomposting
FORESTRYFARM
Wood/straw
Blending
Drying & Heating
Granulation
Dry VermicastTM
NutriholdTM
VORTAIRTM
PRODUCTISE
The granulated product is packed and distributed.
PROCESS
Special Cyclone The core of our technology is the Special Cyclone – a mechanical separator with highly adjustable characteristics. Air at low pressure is accelerated and directed into the cyclone from several nozzles, and the innovative nozzle design delivers high air velocity with low pressure drop. Process temperature is controllable. The Special Cyclone is currently in testing at Elkem Technology facilities.
NOZZLE / CRUSHING ZONE
CONE
FINE FRACTION TO FILTER
AIR
FEEDSTOCK
COARSE FRACTION TO FILTER
BENEFITS • Quick and easy setup• High capacity drying and
grinding in one single step • Separation of same size particles
possible based on density and/or brittleness
• Parameter changes gives immediate results / Time effective
• No thermal energy introduced • Low operating cost which opens
a lot of possibilities
PROCESS
Vermicomposting The process of breaking down organic matter in to compost through the action of worms. Their castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than organic materials before vermicomposting.
Worms and vermicast are natural pest controllers leading to lower need for insecticides and chemicals.
Our plant in Bø, Norway is currently producing Dry VermicastTM for testing in the local market.
DIGESTER
The earthworm is nature’s engineer, they provide natural aeration and drainage as they burrow through soil eating all organic matter as they go. The action of this digestion breaks down organic materials into readily available nutrient for plant growth.
REPRODUCER
Earthworms can multiply their population with remarkable speed, doubling their population every 30 days on average.
FERTILISER
The business end of the earthworm delivers the finest fertiliser and soil improver nature has to offer, Vermicast.
PLANT
FARM
FORESTRY
RETAIL MARKET
MINING
BIOREFINERY
Charcoal
Wood/straw
Vermicompost
Vermicompost
Vermicast
Drying & Heating
Animal manure
Blending
HeatingNutrimixTM
Blending
Blending
Separation
GranulationComposting
Vermicomposting
Dry VermicastTM
Cocoons
NutriholdTM
NutrimixTM
VORTAIRTM
ChickenmanureClay/silt
SOIL
SYSTEM
Scheme of our biorefinery package – Circular Economy