Gore Cover System

How it works

Gore Cover Roll
Gore Cover Unwinding Device

Gore Cover Aerator
Gore Cover Blower Unit

Gore Cover Diagram

Gore Cover Explained - Diagram 2

Gore Cover System Features:

  • Repels water
  • GORE-TEX® membrane Industrial grade tarp
  • Contains odors& humidity
  • Allows CO2 pass through
  • Retains heat
  • Optimizes biological activity

 

Proven Results

Gore Cover Proven Results - Loader and Gore Cover
The Gore Cover Traps Odors and moisture ensuring a  97% odor reduction from conventional windrow while providing the ideal environment for microbial activity

Wide angle shot of Gore Cover System Site
The simple design of the Gore Cover System allows operations to proceed outdoors and in full view. Escalating maintenance costs associated with complex mechanical systems used in other technologies are also avoided.

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The Gore Cover System results in more than a 97% reduction in odour concentrations without the need for bio-filters or expensive facility exhaust fans

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Due to the optimized biological process under the Gore Cover, accelerated High Rate Composting occurs resulting in much higher facility throughput. (400% higher than conventional windrow or up to 9 Tonne/m2 per year)

Technology

The Gore Cover System is classified as an in-vessel composting system by regulatory authorities and provides the following benefits over comparable technologies:

  • Capital Cost: Very Competitive Project Start-Up Capital & Cycle Operation Costs allow the Gore Cover System to provide organic disposal fees well below landfill waste tip fees.
  • Operations: Optimized operations and a reduction of stage treatment and multiple handling requirements (each heap is moved only twice)
  • Utilities: Positive aeration drastically reduces utility operational costs (less than 1kWh of electricity per tonne of compost). The Gore Cover 2Hp blowers are on for approximately 2 minutes every 10. In comparison, “Negative Aeration Systems” must have their blowers on 24 hours a day 7 days a week to prevent negative odour events
  • Layout: Compact design results in a drastically reduced facility footprint and a 400% improvement in throughput from conventional windrow systems
  • Safety: Micro-porous GORE-TEX® membrane results in a microbe reduction of more than 99%
  • Design Ingenuity: This Gore Cover allows a standard “Aerated Static Pile” to become an in-vessel system through the use of the patented membrane cover (This removes regulatory requirements for an enclosed facility)