RCM International, LLC
P.O. Box 4716 • Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel. (510) 834-4568 • Fax (510) 834-4529
www.rcminternationalllc.com
What Is It?

RCM's Plug Flow Digester is an unmixed heated rectangular tank that digest raw livestock manure (11 - 13% solids) from
dairy farms only. Livestock manure is collected by scraping and enters the digester. Manure degrades as it travels through
the tank. An impermeable material covers the top of the rectangular tank in order to capture the biogas.
May 2002
Stencil Dairy, Denmark, WI
1200 cows, 160 kW, building heat, separator
Plug Flow Digester
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Plug flow digesters can operate in any climate. Energy recovery is optimized.  Digested dairy solids can be separated and
sold as a new product. For detailed information, please
click here or Contact Us.
RCM's References
***Below are fully operational RCM's Plug Flow Digesters***
United States
September 1999
ICF, Inc./AgSTAR, Haubenschild Dairy, Princeton, MN
1000 cows, 135 kW engine, building heat, separator
December, 1982
Langerwerf Dairy, Durham, CA
500 cows, 85 kW, building heat, separator
October 2002
Hillcrest Dairy, Elmwood, IL
2,000 cows, 240 kW, building heat, separators
July 2006
Schrack Farms Dairy Digester, Loganton, PA
1,800 cows, 230 kW generator, separator
September 1997
ICF, Inc./AgSTAR, AA Dairy, Candor, NY
1000 cows, 120 kW engine, boiler, building heat, separator
October 2001
New Hope View Farm (formerly DDI ),Homer, NY,
1000 cows, boiler, experimental gas turbine, building
heat, separator
October 2006
Dovan Farms Dairy Digester, Berlin, PA
500 cows, 85 kW, generator, separator
August 2006
Penn England Complete Mix Digester,
Williamsburg, PA
800 cows, 120 kW, generator, separator
Northern Plains Dairy, Saint Peter, MN
3,000 Jersey cow digester, 270 kW, building heat,
separators
June 2004
Meadowbrook Dairy, El Mirage, CA
1,400 cows digester, 180 kW generator, separator
January 2006
Eden Vale Dairy, Lemoore, CA
1,000 cows, 140 kW, generator, separator
May 2006
Emerling Dairy Plug Flow Digester, Perry, NY
1,200 cows, 200 kW, generator, separator
July 2006
Four Winds Dairy, Ulysses, PA
700 cows, 120 kW, generator, separator
July 2006
Sunny Knoll Farm Plug Flow Digester, Perry NY
1,500 cows, 230 kW, generator, separator
January 2002
Rebuild, update and expand non-RCM digester,
Koetsier Dairy, Visalia, CA
1500 cows, 210 kW, building heat, separator
California
*By States*
Illinois
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Fall 2004
Van Ommering Dairy, Lakeside, CA
600 cows, 85 kW generator, separator