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Today I will share with you a new aqua fish feed production business plan. This is a new technology 15t/h aqua fish feed plant project located in Nantong, China. The automatic running 15 tons per hour aqua feed plant project covers a total area of 75,133 m2 (approximately 112.7 acres), with a total construction area of 46,102 m2. The main construction content of the 15t/h aqua feed mill includes: production rooms, storage rooms, office rooms, auxiliary rooms, and greening and lighting projects.
The total investment of this aqua fish feed manufacturing project is 150 million yuan, of which environmental protection investment is 8.4 million yuan, accounting for 5.6% of the total investment. 6 newly-built aquatic feed production lines, including 2 crab and shrimp feed plant lines, 2 fish feed production lines and extruded fish feed production lines. After the 15tph aqua fish feed mill projec is completed, it is expected to form an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of aquatic feed.
This 15t/h commercial aqua feed factory project newly builds aquatic products workshop, raw material workshop, finished product workshop, canteen, dormitory and other structures, with a total construction area of 46,102 m2. The construction of the main structures is shown in the following table:
| Project name | Product name | Product specifications | Designing ability | Annual operating hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp and crab feed pellet production line | Shrimp and crab feed | Solid state, 20kg/bag | 40000 tons/year | 5184 hours |
| Fish feeds pellet production line | Fish feed | Solid state, 40kg/bag | 40000 tons/year | 3240 hours |
| Aqua feed extrusion production line | Extruded feed | Solid state, 20kg/bag | 20,000 tons/year | 2400 hours |
| Total | 100000 tons/year | 100,000 tons/year 6480 hours (24 hours × 270 days) | ||
| Product name | Appearance | Moisture | Crude protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penaeus vannamei 0#-1.0 | Dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥42.0% |
| Penaeus vannamei 1#-1.2 | Dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥41.0% |
| Shrimp General 2#-1.2 | Dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥32.0% |
| River crab 0#S-3.0 | Dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥40.0% |
| River crab 1#-2.0 | Dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥36.0% |
| Machine Crab General 1#-3.5 | Tawny or dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥28.0% |
| 041-2.5 | Tawny or dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≤12.0% ≥30.0% |
| 042-3.0 | Tawny or dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥28.0% |
| 045S-2.0 | Tawny or dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥28.0% |
| 045-3.0 | Tawny or dark, fishy smell | ≤12.0% | ≥28.0% |
| Project name | Project scale (m²) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Sampling shed | 155 | / |
| Quality control department, toilet | 480 | / |
| Weighbridge Shed | 66 | / |
| Canteen | 1034 | / |
| Aquatic product workshop | 7025 | The first stage production of shrimp and crab feed, fish feed, 7 layers |
| Raw material workshop (including canopy) | 3669 | Phase I raw material workshop |
| Finished product workshop (including canopy) | 5427 | Phase I finished product workshop |
| Superior bacteria equipment room | 4353 | 3 floors |
| Short warehouse area | 678 | / |
| Unloading Shed | 527 | / |
| Toilet, fire pool and pump room | 631 | / |
| Boiler room, toilet, bathroom | 700 | / |
| Solid waste warehouse, hardware warehouse machine repair room | 799 | General solid waste warehouse 110m2, hazardous waste warehouse 10m2 |
| Probiotics equipment room | 4916 | 2 floors |
| The second phase of the main workshop | 4165 | Phase II production of extruded feed, 7 layers |
| Phase II of R&D Building | 4592 | 8 floors |
| The second phase of the simple warehouse | 193 | / |
| The second phase of raw material workshop | 966 | The second phase raw material workshop |
| The second phase of finished product workshop | 5726 | Phase II finished product workshop |
| Total building area | 46102m2 | |
The aqua feed plant layout of the 15tph super quality feed mill project is divided into production area, power area and office and living area according to functional partitions. It not only meets the requirements of the production process, but also beautifies the environment.
The southern part of the 15 tons aqua feed factory is the office and living area, with R&D buildings, canteens, dormitories, parking lots, etc., and the northern part of the aqua feed plant is the production area, with silo area, raw material warehouse, production workshop, finished product warehouse, etc., and the power area is located in the office, living area and aqua feed production area. Between the districts, there are a boiler room, a pump room, and a fire-fighting pool.
The 15t/h aqua feed manufacturing plant project is fully greened on both sides of the roads in the aqua fish feed factory area and around the buildings, and focus on greening in the open space and entrance of the aqua feed factory area, planting suitable trees and flowers to create a civilized production environment.
View the main feed mill equipment list of the aqua feed factory project: 15t/h aqua feed mill machinery
This professional aqua feed mill project mainly produces shrimp and crab feed, fish feed and extruded aqua feed. The front-end feed production process of shrimp and crab feed, fish feed and extruded feed is the same. During production, various raw materials are first put into the silo, and then pass the metering system according to the set ratio requirements. The batching system, mixing system, metering, material conveying and batching processes are all automated and closed.
The 15 tons per hour autmatic aqua feed plant project has a silo area, a raw material workshop, a production workshop and a finished product workshop. The silo area uses a skateboard elevator to transport the raw materials to the silo. The raw material workshop is used to store various bagged materials, and the silo raw materials are transported by a skateboard elevator.
To the feed pellet production line, the raw materials in the raw material workshop are transported to the feed production line by manual feeding, each section of the aqua feed pellet production line is transported by mechanical means, the ultra-fine grinding section is transported by pneumatics, and the finished products are sent to the finished product workshop by mechanical transport.
The specific production process is described as follows:
The aquatic workshop of the first phase of this latest technology high quality aquatic feed pellet production line project mainly produces shrimp and crab feed and fish feed. The fish feed production process is similar to that of shrimp and crab feed. Compared with the crab shrimp feed processing plant, there is no need to seal the pelleted feed during the fish feed making process. Maturation, drying, cooling, crushing and packaging directly after granulation.
The raw materials of the extruded aquatic feed entering the warehouse, cleaning, primary crushing, primary ingredients, mixing, secondary crushing, secondary ingredients, mixing process, crushing screening, packaging and loading are the same as shrimp and crab feed and fish feed.
This new technology 15 tons per hour aquatic fish feed mill plant project is aquatic feed processing, and the raw and auxiliary materials used are mainly animal and plant products.
| Name | Annual consumption (t/a) | Storage method | Source/transportation method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soybean meal | 37000 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | Domestic procurement/motor transport |
| Corn distillers grains | 3110 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Rapeseed meal | 8200 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Rice bran | 6000 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Meat and bone meal | 3200 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Calcium dihydrogen phosphate | 1200 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Cotton meal | 5800 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Bentonite | 1400 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Squid liver powder | 2100 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Fish Meal | 10900 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Flour | 9400 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Wheat middlings | 3800 | Storage in silos and warehouses at room temperature | |
| Wheat protein powder | 800 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Lecithin | 370 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Salt | 600 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Soybean oil | 600 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Fish oil | 370 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Bran | 4000 | Store at room temperature in warehouse | |
| Stone powder | 1000 | Store at room temperature in warehouse |
| Name | Physical and chemical properties, description |
|---|---|
| Soybean meal | Also known as soybean meal, is a by-product of soybean oil extracted from soybeans. Soybean meal is generally irregularly crushed, with a light yellow to light brown color, and a taste of roasted soybeans. The main components of soybean meal are: protein 40%~48%, lysine 2.5%~3.0%, tryptophan 0.6%~0.7%. Methionine 0.5%~0.7%, moisture: ≤13.0%. |
| Cotton meal | Cottonseed meal is a kind of reddish or yellow granular product obtained by squeezing cottonseeds and then separating most of the residual oil inside through the leaching process. It is the main raw material for making feed. The ingredient is crude protein. |
| Rapeseed meal | Rapeseed meal, a by-product of rapeseed oil extraction, should have a crude protein content of more than 32% and a crude fiber content of less than 12%. Rapeseed meal is rich in lysine, macro and trace elements, and rich in sulfur-containing amino acids. |
| Fish Meal | A high-protein feed material that uses one or more kinds of fish as raw materials and is processed by deoiling, dehydrating, and crushing. The main characteristics of fish meal are that it does not contain cellulose, which is difficult to digest. It has high crude fat content and high effective energy value of fish meal. It is easy to prepare high-energy feed with fish meal as the raw material in the production. During the processing of fish meal, malodorous gases such as sulfur and organic amines are generated. |
| Corn distillers grains | In the process of using corn as raw material to ferment to produce ethanol, the starch in it is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide, and other nutrients are left in the distiller’s grains. At the same time, due to the action of microorganisms, the content of protein, vitamins and amino acids in distiller’s grains are higher than corn, and contains unknown growth-promoting factors produced during fermentation. |
| Fish oil | is the general term for all the oils in the fish body, including body oil, liver oil and brain oil. The main fish oil is a kind of oil extracted from fatty fish and rich in unsaturated fatty acids. |
| Soybean oil | is the oil extracted from soybeans. It has a certain viscosity and is translucent liquid. Its color varies with soybean seed coats and soybean varieties, ranging from light yellow to dark yellow, with soybean flavor. |
| Calcium dihydrogen phosphate | Inorganic compound, is a colorless triclinic flake, granular or crystalline powder with a strong sour taste. It is widely used as a feed additive for aquaculture animals and livestock and poultry animals, as a leavening agent, dough regulator, and buffer Quality improvers such as additives, nutritional supplements, emulsifiers, stabilizers, etc. |
| Bran | is wheat husk, which is a by-product of wheat flour, which is yellowish, flake or powdery. It is one of the main raw materials used in animal breeding, mainly composed of seed coat, aleurone layer, a small amount of embryo and endosperm. |
| Table salt | The main component of salt is NaCl, an ionic compound. Salty in taste, easy to deliquesce when containing impurities; soluble in water or glycerin, hardly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in hydrochloric acid, the aqueous solution is neutral and conductive, non-toxic. |
| Lecithin | It is a brown-yellow powdery substance extracted from soybeans and deoiled with moderately modified or unmodified. It is a good emulsifier and thickener, which can be degraded naturally. Phospholipids are difficult to dissolve in water and acetone, easily swell into colloids with water, and are easily soluble in solvents such as ether, benzene, and chloroform. |
| Wheat protein powder | Also known as active gluten powder, it is a natural protein extracted from wheat (flour). It is light yellow and has a protein content of 75%-85%. It has viscosity, elasticity, extensibility, film-forming properties and liposuction properties. . |
| Bentonite | Solid, bentonite is mainly used as a feed additive and a binder for pellet feed in feed, and has strong water absorption, swelling, and adsorption. |
| Meat and bone meal | A kind of animal protein product, in solid powder form, the main components are: crude protein, total phosphorus, crude fat, moisture and ash. |
| Rice bran | is mainly processed from the peel, seed coat, ectoendosperm, aleurone layer and embryo. It is solid and is the main by-product of rice processing. |
| Squid liver powder | A traditional aquatic feed additive, which is produced with the liver of squid and squid as the main raw material. The addition amount in aquatic fish feed is generally 3-5%, which is a nutrient-rich feed nutrient fortifier. . After adding squid liver meal, the feed efficiency and protein utilization rate can be improved. |
| Flour | Flour is a powder made from wheat. According to the protein content of flour, it can be divided into high-gluten flour, medium-gluten flour, low-gluten flour and non-gluten flour. |
| Wheat middlings | Wheat middlings, also known as black flour, yellow flour, lower or third-class flour, are a by-product of wheat processing. They are mainly composed of finely crushed bran and part of wheat endosperm. It is made of wheat grains as raw materials to grind various flours. One of the by-products obtained later, the protein content of wheat flour accounts for about 12.5%-17%. Due to different wheat varieties and flour processing techniques, there are certain differences in its content. |
| Stone powder | Stone powder is a general term for stone powder. There are many types of stones, and there are many varieties according to the mineral composition, not necessarily calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is limestone, which is only one kind of stone powder. There is also talc powder in stone powder, which is used to make putty. There is also quartz powder, which is used to make glass. There are also rocks with many mineral components that can be ground into powder and used for different processes and uses. |
The annual water consumption of this aqua feed mill project is 7058t. The water supply of the best design 15t/h aqua feed mill project comes from the local tap water supply pipe network. The introduction pipe adopts a pipe diameter of DN150, which can meet the demand.
The drainage system of the aqua feed mill project adopts the rain and sewage separation system. After the domestic sewage is pretreated in the grease trap and septic tank during the operation period, it is collected from the sprinkler wastewater, initial rainwater, and soft water to prepare thick water and boiler drainage.
The sewage pipe network in this area is not connected. After the supporting facilities of the sewage pipe network are in place, the waste water produced will be taken over the sewage pipe network. The rainwater is collected by rainwater pipes and then discharged into nearby rivers.
Fire-fighting pipe network and fire hydrants are set around the workshop of this professional complete 15t/h aqua feed factory project. Fire-fighting water is taken from the fire-fighting water supply pipe network produced in the aqua feed processing plant, and the fire-fighting water supply pipe is made of hot-dip steel pipes.
The power supply of the aqua feed plant project comes from the grid of the local power supply bureau, and the 10KV is introduced into the power distribution room of the big capacity 15t/h aqua feed plant after being transformed. The annual electricity consumption of this project is 15.65 million kWh, which can meet the demand.
The China complete 15t/h aqua feed production plant project will build a new boiler room. The 15t/h aqua feed mill project plans to use a 6t/h natural gas boiler to supply heat for the project. The annual natural gas consumption of this 15t/h aqua feed plant project is 1.15 million m3, and the natural gas comes from the local gas supply network, which can meet the demand.
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