PROJECT JI

«Utilization of sunflower husks for heat generation at LLC Bandursky Vegetable Oil Extraction Plant»

Bandursky VOEP LLC is a part of Kernel Group of Companies, the biggest Ukrainian producer and exporter of sunflower oil.

The construction of the plant was launched in 2009.  Modern equipment is installed in the enterprise with full automation of production operations, which allows processing 1500 t of sunflower seeds, 900 t of rape seeds and 1180 t of soya beans.

The plant reached rated capacities in spring 2011.

Quality control system and food safety management system are implemented and successfully operate at the enterprise in compliance with requirements of international standards ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 respectively.

The boiler house of Bandursky VOEP LLC generates heat energy for production and heating needs of the enterprise. The main aim of this project is to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by utilization of sunflower husk (biofuel) as fuel for boiler instead of fossil fuel, which is the most commonly used fuel in Ukraine, and also to decrease methane emission by preventing storage of sunflower husk at the disposal site and respectively its anaerobic decay.