Industrial Design, Technical Consulting, Field Work and R&D
Project at Pentagram Design
Development and design of anerobic digestion systems for sustainable farming
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Economad are developing products to enable sustainable small-medium scale farming. Their first product is an anaerobic digestion system called Bionomad. The project, started in 2018, was focused on building on the existing technological basis, while adapting it to be fit both for the scale intended, and the climate in which it is meant to operate
When properly operational, the system has the potential to give farmers both financial gains, as well as a reduction in waste and a boost to crop yields, using the high quality biogas, and the liquid fertilizer - both direct outputs of the system.
A largely R&D project in each nature, I had the opportunity in this project to take on many roles, both form the design and planning perspective, as well as the technical solution space, project management, purchasing , and extensive hands-on site work with the client’s team, to install pilot and first commercial systems to gain first hand understanding on the challenges and complexities.
During summer 2023, the team has taken all the learnings from the past 5 years, and developed a ‘ready-to-market’ version hopefully to be released later this year - however this is still confidential. Images below are derived from the R&D process.
When properly operational, the system has the potential to give farmers both financial gains, as well as a reduction in waste and a boost to crop yields, using the high quality biogas, and the liquid fertilizer - both direct outputs of the system.
A largely R&D project in each nature, I had the opportunity in this project to take on many roles, both form the design and planning perspective, as well as the technical solution space, project management, purchasing , and extensive hands-on site work with the client’s team, to install pilot and first commercial systems to gain first hand understanding on the challenges and complexities.
During summer 2023, the team has taken all the learnings from the past 5 years, and developed a ‘ready-to-market’ version hopefully to be released later this year - however this is still confidential. Images below are derived from the R&D process.
One of the first fully funtional working systems
Early development sketches
The project involved several years of iterative development of multiple aspects of the Bionomad system, components, shipping, kitting, operation and more.
An early concept render.