Preliminary project design for insect production: part 1 – overall mass and energy/heat balances

• Published in: Journal of insects as food and feed Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 499 - 510
• Main Author: Kok, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Netherlands Brill | Wageningen Academic 13.08.2021; Wageningen Academic Publishers
• Subjects: air; Air temperature; Decisions; Economics; energy; Energy balance; Energy conversion efficiency; Energy requirements; Feed composition; heat; Insects; Iterative methods; Mathematical models; Parameter estimation; Profitability; Project design; Project development; Spreadsheets; temperature; entopreneur; energy balance; mass balance; modelling

Preliminary project design (PPD) is an initial stage in project development that makes it possible for an entopreneur to gain insight into the feasibility and potential profitability of setting up an insect production facility. In this paper a simple, spreadsheet-based model is presented to facilita...