Xavier Flotats Ripoll

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Spain Author

Xavier Flotats Ripoll is a doctor of industrial engineering.

Project Engineer of TApS (Solar Harnessing Technology) from 1981 to 1986
Professor of environmental engineering at the University of Lleida (UdL) until 2005
Director of the Technological Centre GIRO (Integral Management of Organic Waste) from 2005 to 2012
Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC) since 2009.
Currently he is a professor emeritus.

His academic and professional activity has focused on organic waste management and the study, development and mathematical modelling of transformation processes, especially anaerobic digestion and biogas production from livestock manure. His professional activity includes the biogas plant at the Mas El Cros pig farm (Santa Pau, Girona), which he designed in 1981 and operated from 1983 to 2003 (energy saving award 2002). He is an honorary member of AEBIG (Spanish Association of Biogas).

Updated CV 14-Nov-2019

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Slurry management: Measures to reduce slurry at the source

Reducing slurry at the source means modifying production guidelines to reduce environmental effects and improve the subsequent management of slurry.

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Slurry management: Making decisions in an orderly fashion

The slurry that my farm produces is becoming a problem. How can I get the most value from it? How do I make the most of this resource? This step-by-step guide will help you decide which way is best suited to your situation and will allow you to transform what is perceived as a problem into an opportunity.

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28-Jul-2024xavier.flotatsThank you very much, Marcelo

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Figure 2: Pig farm in the Segriá region (Lleida, Spain), with biogas production for internal consumption in the forms of thermal and electrical energy.

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Comprehensive slurry management

A comprehensive management plan for slurry transforms a perceived problem into an opportunity and a valued resource.

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Slurry management: Measures to reduce slurry at the source

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Comprehensive slurry management

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