SimGas Biogas Milk Chiller

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Performance targets

• Cools 7x faster than a household refrigerator (meeting International standards) at farm level
• Clean energy – biogas – is produced and used to power the milk chiller.
• Works independently from the grid: it always works.
• Saves time: instead of delivering milk twice a day, small dairy farmers can deliver once a day.
• Helps small dairy farmers to meet quality standards required to access the formal sector, which increases their income, increases milk supply and thereby ensures food security.
• Supports the transformation of the smallholder dairy sector in emerging markets from quantity- to quality-based performance, as milk cooling at farm level significantly increases milk quality.
• Part of an integral, self-sustaining system: cows produce manure, which is fed into a biogas digester where it is converted into biogas and slurry. Biogas is used for cooking, cooling and other appliances. Slurry is used as high-quality organic fertiliser, increasing crop and cow fodder production, manure production, milk production, and ultimately income. Meanwhile, biogas reduces carbon emissions with 5-10 metric ton CO2-equivalent per user per year.
• Cooling at farm level will result in benefits to the dairy cooperatives and dairy processors.

SimGas’ R&D team

Simgas provides a variety of biogas systems that are fully integrated into farm solutions for rural households in developing countries.