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The LIDER (leader) programme is addressed to scientists that undertake research in various scientific fields. Its main goal is to help young researchers strengthen their competencies of planning, management and research team leadership through the realization of scientific projects that yield industrially implementable results.

The LIDER programme is both unique and complementary to the other programmes of the Polish system of research financing. It is a strong foundation that empowers the competitiveness of Polish science and the new generation of researchers in the European and global reality. It also fits well within the current worldwide trend to create specialized financing instruments addressed to young scientists.

Andrzej Lewicki, PhD

Innovative chicken manure fermentation technology with reduction of nitrogen content by uric acid precipitation

Wojciech Czekała, PhD, DSc, ProfTit

IN OIL: An innovative method for bioconversion of by-products from food processing industry

Innovative chicken manure fermentation technology with reduction of nitrogen content by uric acid precipitation

Granted amount:

1 199 926,25 PLN

Grant holder:

Andrzej Lewicki, PhD

Duration:

April 2016 - March 2019

From an economical point of view, methane fermentation of chicken manure may constitute the most attractive solution of management of this burdensome waste. Development of effective biogas systems that utilize chicken manure could lead to breakthrough that would resemble the one triggered in pig production by the introduction of installations operating on swine manure. To date, however, no technical solution has been successful because of economical factors, technological immaturity and frequent malfunctions.

The main goal of the project is to develop an innovative technology of processing chicken manure and whey by means of methane fermentation that would allow stable and effective biogas production. The planned achievement should benefit significantly the overall economy and competitiveness of poultry and diary industries. The technological solutions resulting from the project, especially the novel method of nitrogen supply reduction without the need for dilution, should become global innovations.

IN OIL: An innovative method for bioconversion of by-products from food processing industry

Granted amount:

1 198 750 PLN

Grant holder:

Wojciech Czekała, PhD, DSc, ProfTit

Duration:

January 2017 - December 2018

The IN-OIL is a multidisciplinary project that joins the waste-to-energy and waste-to-feed ideas. It is also focused on achieving industrially implementable results.

It is estimated that about 30-50% of food production is wasted. It amounts to approximately 89 million tons for EU, and 9 million for Poland. The IN-OIL project addresses this problem by joining three sectors of economy: waste management, animal production and generation of energy from renewable resources.

The planned activities assume a sequence of scientific and applicative research into the problem of management of huge quantities of expired food (ReFood) by using this waste for the production of fat from Hermetia illucens that could serve as feed. Moreover, the possibility to process the meal – containing protein and chitin – in biogas plants is going to be tested.