Techno-Economic Analysis of Pilot Scale Production of Black Soldier Fly Lavae Fed with Soybean Residue

• Main Authors: HUANG, HONG-KAI, 黃泓凱
• Other Authors: CHENG, YU-SHEN
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4f652d

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 化學工程與材料工程系 === 107 === The use of insect biorefinery technology to convert the by-products of food processing into valuable products is a potential source of innovation and industrial development. It has evaluated the technology of pilot-scale production of black soldier fly from food by-products through soybean residue economic research. Insect biorefinery is also considered to be a choice to address the food gap and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future global population increase. The insect itself is rich in animal protein and fat and other beneficial nutrients can be used as a feed source, pilot plant scale. Industrialized mass production is located in Taiwan, converting 150 tons/batch of bean dregs into black water worms and organic fertilizers. The quality and energy balance of the process is simulated and evaluated by SuperPro Designer. The total capital investment and total production cost of the plant are $498,000 and 476,347 USD/year, respectively, and total revenue is 776,000 USD/year. Earnings analysis ROI, investment payback period and internal rate of return were 49.96%, 2.0 years and 34.92%. The results of the study indicate that it is feasible to use the bean dregs to produce a pilot-scale technical and economic assessment of the black larvae. These results are very important steps to achieve technical and economic sustainable production on an industrial scale for insect biorefinery. Keywords: Black soldier fly, Animal feed, Techno-economic analysis, Industrial scale-up process