Marvin Ingi Einarsson gives a lecture on his project for a master's degree in industrial engineering. The name of the project is: Fishmeal and fish oil processing on board freezer trawler (Fishmeal and fish oil production on board freezer trawlers).
Fishmeal and fish oil processing on board freezer trawler
When does this event begin?: May 3, 2017 - 3:00 p.m.
Event location: Matís
Further location: Room 312
In recent years, the emphasis on the sustainable utilization of marine products has increased significantly, and this can be attributed to an increased awareness of the value of by-products. The aim of this project is to submit different proposals for fishmeal and fish oil processing for new freezer trawlers, find start-up costs and evaluate the feasibility of implementation. Different technical solutions have been examined and profitability assessed. The chemical content of the raw material was analyzed, income, energy costs, other variable operating costs and fixed costs were assessed. The results of this project will be useful to fishing companies when estimating the processing time for fishmeal and fish oil processing for freezer trawlers. In this way, it will be possible to compare actual bids from manufacturers with the results of the project and thus obtain an estimate of the payback period of the investment.
In recent years, sustainable operations of the fishing industry has got a lot of attention. This trend is based on the fact that awareness of the value various bi-products, besides the fish filets, brings to the operators. The purpose of this project is to evaluate different types of solutions for fishmeal and fish oil processing on board freezer trawlers with regard to investment- as well as operations costs. The available raw material has been analyzed, revenues estimated and compared to variable and fixed costs. The results can be used to evaluate actual offers from system suppliers and by doing so
Supervisors
- Björn Margeirsson is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Iceland and research director at Sæplast & Tempra.
- Gunnar Stefánsson Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Iceland.
- Sigurjón Arason, professor at the Faculty of Food and Nutrition at the University of Iceland and chief engineer at Matís.
Examiner
Sveinn Víkingur Árnason.