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Zero-Emission Solars Pump Biogas Condensate Sumps at Midwest Hog Farms

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A fenced area contains a water well with pipes, electrical equipment, and two solar panels mounted on a pole, surrounded by grass and trees.
Apollo Solar on site in central Missouri.
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Jul

Hog Farm Manure-to-Energy Project Turns Methane to Natural Gas

Blackhawk Technology Company, the nation’s leading provider of piston pumps for landfill methane condensate-sump pumping, is now supplying a bioenergy facility with Apollo™ piston pump units to pump methane biogas sumps for a renewable hog farm manure-to-natural-gas (RNG) project in the Midwest.

Fulfilling a Crucial Role

The joint venture of a hog farm producer and a bioenergy company captures methane from manure at the farms’ hog-finishing operations to produce pipeline-quality natural gas, which is distributed to RNG markets across the country.

As an integral part of the system, condensate sump pumps remove the moisture that accumulates as the anaerobic digesters convert manure to gas. Blackhawk's solar pumps with on-off level-control have proven efficient and dependable in the RNG application, with no carbon emissions.

Innovation and Influence

In addition to utilizing non-polluting solar power, the Blackhawk Apollo piston pumps are designed to move virtually any fluid – including semi-solids – with any chemical composition, viscosity or angled pipe, to temperatures of 150°F or greater.

"Blackhawk is at the forefront of developing new uses for reliable piston-pumping micro technology, from process pumping to pipeline drip-leg sump," Blackhawk principal Mark Bertane said. "We are excited to work with a world leader in evolutionary energy."

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