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Anaerobic Digest

Washington, DC: NOSB Considers Digestate Use Petition The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to consider a petition from Cenergy USA, the makers of Magic Dirt™, to allow use of digestate from anaerobic digestion plants in organic agriculture. Magic Dirt is made from digested dairy manure fibers. The soil amendment products ...

Jul. 7, 2017

By BioCycle Magazine

Anaerobic Digest

Boulder, Colorado: U.S. Distributed Renewables Forecast Published Navigant Research, a market research and consulting firm in Boulder, recently published the “U.S. Distributed Renewables Deployment Forecast, 2016-2025.” The report notes that deployment of distributed renewables, such as wind, solar and anaerobic digestion facilities, in the U.S. has accelerated in the last ...

Sep. 1, 2016

By BioCycle Magazine

Anaerobic Digest

Wilsonville, Oregon: Food Scraps Digester Proposed An anaerobic digester with capacity to process 50,000 to 70,000 tons/year of commercial food waste is being proposed in Wilsonville by Sustainable Organics Recycling Technology (SORT) Bioenergy. Wilsonville is in the Portland metro area. Currently, a portion of commercial food scraps from the metro area are hauled to the ...

Mar. 1, 2016

By BioCycle Magazine

Anaerobic digestion of aliphatic polyesters

Anaerobic processes for the treatment of plastic materials waste represent versatile and effective approach in environmental protection and solid waste management. In this work, anaerobic biodegradability of model aliphatic polyesters, poly(L-lactic acid) (PLA), and poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL), in the form of powder and melt-pressed films with varying molar mass, was studied. Biogas production ...

Feb. 16, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Advances in Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion

ABSTRACTSignificant advances have been made in the knowledge base and practical options for improving thermophilic anaerobic digestion over the past 10 to 15 years. Today, more options exist that promise to enhance the degree of stabilization achieved and finished product quality in new and retrofitted existing processes. In parallel, the body of knowledge regarding pathogen inactivation in these ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Monitoring of digesters in biogas plants

Renewable sources of energy are gaining steadily in importance. Leading the way is the use of methane gas obtained from fermentation processes in biogas plants. Overloading such plants with excessive biomass may have drastic economic consequences and may even inactivate the biomass, necessitating a cost-intensive restart. Adding too little biomass also has financial consequences, as less ...

Apr. 1, 2007

Digester gas - case study

BV Dairy, of Dorset, is aiming to cut its carbon footprint by more than 65% as a pioneer of liquid Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology BV Dairy, Shaftsbury, Dorset Established in 1958, BV Dairy processes around 35 million litres of milk per year, sourced from 35 farms located near its site. The product range includes fresh and cultured dairy products for sale to the UK’s ...

Oct. 31, 2011

By ENER-G

Golf and a Small Anaerobic Digester

Golf course associations and golf clubs around the world are looking at ways to improve the sport’s environmental criteria. Sustainable developments and low carbon footprint operations are the name of the game. As golf courses use fertiliser for the courses, power for the maintenance machinery, and power for the golf carts, there are many areas where sustainability of the sport ...

Jul. 6, 2016

By SEaB Energy Ltd.

Equipping Digester For Feedstock Flexibility

Bayview Flowers is a high value, greenhouse floriculture operation in Jordan Station, Ontario, Canada, that supplies wholesalers and retailers across North America. In 2007, the company installed an anaerobic digester (AD) plant to generate 250 kW of renewable energy. The system was installed to take advantage of a province-wide Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) incentive program to increase the amount of ...

Aug. 1, 2016

By BioCycle Magazine

High dry solids digestion

ABSTRACTDigestion of sewage sludge normally takes place at pH values between 7,0 and 7,5. Control methods of the process stability are based on practical experience such as the ratio of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and total alkalinity (TA). Thermal sludge disintegration for an enhanced digestion process allows a digester feed with higher dry solids concentrations. This is due to an opening of ...

Dec. 19, 2009

By Cambi Group AS

Anaerobic digestion in the United Kingdom

Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been used to treat sewage sludge by the United Kingdom’s (UK) water industry for over 100 years. More recent years have seen a revolution as AD has swiftly expanded into agricultural feedstocks and food waste. Data from the Waste Resource and Action Programme (WRAP) shows that in the past year alone, there has been a 46 percent growth in the size of the sector. ...

May 1, 2013

By BioCycle Magazine

Cambi – the digester `turbo charger`

ABSTRACT A new patented process design has re-invented thermal hydrolysis in sludge treatment. The first plant from Cambi for hydrolysis of sewage sludge was built in 1995 at the HIAS WwTP, Hamar, Norway for a design capacity of 3500 Mg DS/year. The sludge is directly heated by injection of live steam. During internal recycling of steam a low energy consumption is secured. Predewatering raw ...

Dec. 19, 2009

By Cambi Group AS

Thermophilic digestion revisited

On the 28th of October Colsen presented their practical experience in the field of anaerobic sludge digestion at the Ghent symposium Valorization of organic resources from wastewater. At the symposium various speakers presented its view or experience on the topic of valorization of organic resources from wastewater. Numerous examples are being developed by companies and universities ...

Nov. 18, 2016

By Colsen International b.v.

Bio-fuels- Anaerobic digestion

Anaerobic digestion is a series of processes in which micro organisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. It is widely used to treat wastewater sludges and organic (agricultural) wastes. As part of an integrated waste management system, anaerobic digestion reduces the emission of gas into the atmosphere. Anaerobic digestion is a renewable energy source because the ...

Sep. 29, 2008

By Triangle Ltd

High dry solids digestion

Abstract Digestion of sewage sludge normally takes place at pH values between 7,0 and 7,5. Control methods of the process stability are based on practical experience such as the ratio of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and total alkalinity (TA). Thermal sludge disintegration for an enhanced digestion process allows a digester feed with higher dry solids concentrations. This is due to an ...

Dec. 20, 2014

By Cambi Group AS

Digester Tank Cover Repair

Digester tank covers are placed on top of wastewater digester tanks and float on top of the liquid inside the tanks. The digester tank cover at this waste water treatment facility experienced corrosion damage over time due to the caustic nature and environment. Instead of a costly ($200,000) replacement, ENESEAL CR was applied after removing the old coating. Thus saving the facility a substantial ...

Jun. 10, 2016

By ENECON Corporation

Determination of sand content in digestate

The biological treatment of separate collected waste becomes more and more important. The composting is still the dominant method of treating this waste, but the anaerobic alternative, the anaerobic digestion, plays an increasing part. In Germany already 15% of the whole capacity of biological treatment plants for separate collected biowaste are of anaerobic digestion (Kern, 1998), because of its ...

Jan. 2, 1999

By ORBIT e.V.

The economics of advanced digestion

Abstract Historically, the focus sewage sludge digestion was to stabilise the sludge and reduce the odour emitted. Pathogen reduction, solids destruction and biogas production then became important. In recent years a number of advanced digestion processes have become available which can be added to the conventional digestion process. Initially advanced treatment methods for treating sludge were ...

Dec. 15, 2009

By Cambi Group AS

Innovation Key To Biosolids Digestion

A $400 million project at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) in Washington, D.C., involves building an innovative biosolids management system comprised of a thermal hydrolysis process, four 3.8-million gallon mesophilic digesters (measuring 70-ft tall by 100-ft in diameter) with fixed covers, a cogeneration system consisting of three 4.6-MW Solar Mercu ry 50 gas turbines ...

Oct. 1, 2012

By BioCycle Magazine

Assessing the Market for Anaerobic Digestion

The anaerobic digestion (AD) industry is growing rapidly. In the UK there are over 215 anaerobic digesters in operation and more than 100 in planning. Understanding how a market will develop is crucial to any successful venture. A client came to us looking to improve their understanding of the current status and future potential of the AD market in the UK and Ireland. In order to progress ...

Aug. 20, 2012

By NNFCC

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