NAAB Lab brochure

1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com NNoorrtthh AAmmeerriiccaann AAddvvaanncceedd BBiiooggaass LLaabboorraattoorryy The SBI North American Advanced Biogas Laboratory (SBI NAAB Lab) focuses on the development of anaerobic digestion and advancing biogas technology. Swedish Biogas International has over 15 years of experience in anaerobic digestion and houses an advanced team of biogas scientists and engineers. The NAAB Lab supports three key endeavors: - Research, consulting, and testing for industry - Research advancing anaerobic digestion technology - Student and community education The NAAB Lab capabilities are comprehensive and include: - Process design for municipal, industrial, and farm digesters. - Substrate evaluation - Biological methane potential testing (BMP) - Process evaluation through lab scale digesters (CSTRs) - Bio-fertilizer/digestate evaluation - Biogas analysis With expertise in co-digestion and optimization of biogas plants, the NAAB Lab houses the experience needed to be a resource for the implementation of anaerobic digestion technology. The laboratory contains automated BMP analysis equipment, reactors for the monitoring of the process of anaerobic digestion, and analytical equipment necessary for the monitoring of biogas and bio-fertilizer/digestate characteristics. 1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com Bio-Methane Potential Testing The methane potential of a substrate is investigated using a BMP test. The methane potential is the maximum gas production from a certain substrate under optimum conditions for anaerobic digestion. BMP equipment used at the SBI NAAB LAB facility consists of: a water bath, glass bottles with continuous stirring, CO2 scrubbing bottles with NaOH solution and magnetic stirring, water bath with calibrated flow cells for online monitoring of gas production, and gas sampling valves. Through BMP analysis equipment, the SBI NAAB Lab is able to predict the methane production from substrates to be used in a full-scale process, enabling a more sophisticated and specific process design. Typical BMP test results. Through BMP analysis equipment, the SBI NAAB Lab is able to predict the methane production from substrates to be used in a full-scale process, enabling a more sophisticated and specific process design. 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 [m l C H 4 /g V S] Day Biological Methane Potential Corn syrup Fertilizer Stillage 1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com Lab Scale Digesters The SBI NAAB Lab is equipped with five lab-scale continusuouly stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) that run similar to a full-scale plant. The lab CSTRs are used to simulate a full scale biogas process and are a tool of great importance related to: ? Establishing and optimizing process parameters for the biogas plant, ? Determining full scale gas production, ? Testing new potential co-substrates, ? Evaluating and establishing the need for process additives, ? Establishing the quality of the bio-fertilizer, ? Measuring the energy content in the biogas, ? Determining trace components in the biogas, ? Determining possible accumulation of toxic and inhibitory compounds ? The need for pre-treatment of substrate or biogas The CSTRs hold a volume of 4 L, and are equipped with heating mantles, temperature probes, stirrers, feeding tubes, gas outlet valves, and gas counters 1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com Analytical Testing The SBI NAAB Lab is equipped with all necessary analytical instrumentation required to successfully run lab-scale biogas reactors and evaluate the process for both full-scale and lab-scale digesters. This is crucial to ensure a digester’s health and to be able to evaluate process changes, such as introduction of new co- substrates, process additives, inhibitory compounds, etc. Services include: ? pH ? Alkalinity ? Individual and total volatile fatty acids ? Total and volatile solids ? COD ? Nitrogen o Total, nitrate and nitrate, TKN ? Ammonia ? Total and reactive phosphorus ? Sufate Gas Analysis The SBI NAAB Lab is capable of analyzing major biogas constituents through GC analysis, and offers a unique method developed for measuring siloxanes. Knowledge of biogas composition is important for the design and maintenance of biogas facilities Services Include: ? Methane ? Carbon Dioxide ? Nitrogen and oxygen ? Hydrogen sulphide ? Siloxanes (D3-D6, L3-L5) Perkin Elmer Clarus 600 Gas Chromatograph 1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com Price List SBI NAAB Lab services (Always contact the SBI NAAB Lab directly to get a specific quote for your desired testing) BMP Testing and Evaluation of Substrate Sample Services included in the quote: Initial substrate analysis Bio-methane potential (BMP) testing Test data evaluation Technical report Cost: $1,300 USD/ sample BMP evaluation time: 30-50 days Lab Scale Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) for process evaluation Services included in the quote: Substrate analysis Experimental design and set up Test data evaluation Technical report with proposed process design Cost: $ 3,500 USD/reactor and month CSTR evaluation time: minimum 3 month Analytical and Gas Analysis Services A price list of the NAAB LAB analytical services can be provided upon request. 1300 Bluff Street, Flint MI 48504-4827 USA | phone: +800 552 0082 | www.swedishbiogas.com Contacts SBI NAAB Lab Swedish Biogas International LLC 1300 Bluff St. Suite 100 Flint, MI 48504-4827 Chad Antle, CEO Phone: 1-810-250-7608 Cell: 1-740-972-2449 chad.antle@swedishbiogas.com Olivia Hayden, Lead Chemist Cell: 1-810-618-3570 olivia.hayden@swedishbiogas.com Toll free: 1-800-552-0082 Fax: 1-800-552-0076 or visit us on the web www.swedishbiogas.com