FARMING SOLUTION
Sphere
Introduction
Take advantage of emissions, fertilize with precision
Lely Sphere is a circular manure handling system designed to separate mineral streams and create value from emissions. It separates feces and urine and converts nitrogen emissions into a valuable liquid fertiliser for precision fertilisation. This approach allows you to improve mineral cycles and barn climate.
USP's Sphere
Optimal fertilizers
Lely Sphere offers the possibility to separate three mineral streams that you can use for precision fertilisation. You can use each type of fertiliser for optimal fertilisation of soil and crops, exactly where and when it is needed. This way, the valuable components of manure can be optimally reused, for the best quality feed and more feed value from own land.
Capture and convert
Enzymes in manure convert urea into ammonia, which vapourises within hours. Tests show that capturing and converting this ammonia into circular nitrogen could reduce ammonia emissions by over 70% and produce 10 kg to 15 kg of nitrogen per cow annually. This reduces your need for purchased fertilizers.
Safer barn climate
The Lely Sphere extracts manure gases, making the climate healthier and the barn safer. The manure robot provides a hygienic environment by frequently cleaning the floor, lowering the risk of hygiene-related hoof and udder health problems.
Features
Sphere consists of the following parts
This automatic manure-handling system is designed to contribute to sustainable dairy farming. Its features help improve closing mineral cycles as well as barn climate.
A floor that separates the urine from the faeces
Separation strips close the existing slatted floors, allowing urine and air to flow into the pit while the faeces remain on the floor. This separation reduces ammonia emissions.
A revolutionary manure robot for (semi)closed floors
The Discovery Collector collects the feces and dumps in a specific dumppit. This dumping location has a siphon, allowing it to maintain negative pressure in the pit. The Discovery Collector has the ability to aspirate the feces and, depending on the basement plan, can dump the feces in a different location than the urine. This offers additional possibilities for the optimal use of the various mineral streams.
Capture ammonia from the barn and manure pit
The N-Capture creates negative pressure in the manure pit by extracting the air and manure gases that accumulate under pressure just above the floor. Before the air exits, it passes through a filter in the N-Capture. The N-Capture filter, captures the ammonia and converts it to a fluid; the circular fertilizer.
Capture nitrogen with sulphuric or nitric acid
The N-Capture works with sulphuric acid or nitric acid. Both are effective; the difference is in the fertilization value. These acids are supplied in safe, double-walled Variboxes. The system has an automatic empty signal, ensuring that the supplier installs a new Varibox in time.
Use circular nitrogen fertilizers to feed your crops according to their needs
When the acidified solution is saturated, the liquid ammonium nitrate or ammonium sulphate is stored in the fertilizer silo. You can use circular fertilizer precisely for the nutrition of crops. In addition, circular fertilizers create less emissions compared to spreading manure.
Resources
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Lely Sphere
Improve closing mineral cycles as well as barn climate. Read more in the brochure.
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Manure
Creating the most animal-friendly and productive environment contributes to optimal cow health. It can also lengthen the lactation cycle, increase milk yield and reduce costs.