Demonstrators

The experimental station “La Pugère”, a partner in this project, will host the paired demonstrator (lagooning systems with or without added bacteria).

Three other demonstrators will be installed on multi-crop farms:

• The G.A.E.C. Les Oliviers, is located in the Alpes de Haute Provence within the municipality of Lurs (altitude 420 m), in the Luberon Regional Natural Park.
• The E.A.R.L. Les Lesques, located in the Vaucluse within the municipality of Cucuron (altitude 300 m), in the Luberon Regional Natural Park.
• The farm of the Louis Giraud campus (an agricultural high school, center for vocational training and agricultural promotion, and apprentice training center) in Serres (altitude 85 m), near Carpentras at the foot of the Mont Ventoux.

The industrial partner (Barre Company, in Clairac, Lot-et-Garonne) is responsible for the design and production of the demonstrators. This company takes into account the specific parameters of each installation site, in order to size and produce the prototypes necessary to carry out the project.

One basin series is seeded with a collection of photosynthetic bacteria (seeded series). The second is not seeded (control series). The effluents are shared between the two basin series. The La Pugère demonstrator is referred to as ‘paired’.

Copyright : Camille ESCOFFIER/CEA
The demonstrator of La Pugère

Copyright : Daniel GARCIA/CEA
Paired basins