Sawdust/Chicken Litter Boiler with the Fertilizer Recovery System

Poultry house bedding is required by poultry producers to maintain the health of the chicken flock. The bedding absorbs wet excrement from the bird and spills from the watering system in the poultry houses. Current practice is to land apply the manure laden litter to fields as a natural fertilizer. In some areas, however, excessive application of animal manures has created regions of over fertilization where soil nutrients are out of balance. Wood Lumber Company intends to demonstrate an innovative steam heated dry kiln facility that would help mitigate this problem by exchanging dirty litter for clean bedding and burning the litter as boiler fuel.