CRAFT-1999-71485 Enhanced Production of Methane from Anaerobic Digestion with Pre-processed Solid Waste - DIPROWASTE

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Type of Project	CRAFT
Contract No	CRAFT-1999-71485
Total Cost
EC Contribution
Start Date	2000
Duration	24 months
Scientific Officer	Kyriakos Maniatis

Abstract

The industrial objective of this project is to develop a combination of pre-treatments for municipal, agricultural and other organic wastes to maximise the waste throughput for subsequent anaerobic digestion, and therefore the production of methane fuel gas.

The economic objective is to determine cost benefits accruing from pre-treatments combined with anaerobic digestion. Factors in the assessment include the requirement for separation of components in the feed waste stream, the cost of the pre-processing stage and pre-treatment steps, the size and throughput of digesters, the quality of gas produced, subsequent gas conditioning, the quality and treatment of residual liquid and solid waste.

The social objectives are to re-direct solid waste from landfill, generate electricity from the waste with improved operation and efficiency, minimise the subsequent impact on the environment by generating benign solid material and minimal liquid effluent, and allow for local treatment sites in order to reduce road transport.

Partnership

The members of the consortium are as follows:

• Ingenieurbüro Dobelmann + Kroke (D)
• ABIRER-Systems (D)
• Sundorne Products (UK)
• Bioplex (UK)
• C-Tech Innovation (UK)
• Verein zur Förderung des
• Technologietransfers an der Hochschule
• Bremerhaven (D)

The consortium consists of four SME partners and two research partners from England and Germany. Two of the four SMEs have considerable experience with the installation and operation of large digesters. Ingenieurbüro Dobelmann & Kroke GmbH is a general engineering company which can provide design work and planning for the infra-structure of large scale anaerobic digesters, as would be required for the treatment of municipal waste on a large scale. Abirer has a special interest in agricultural waste. Bioplex has special interests in farm and municipal waste. Evans Logistics is a waste disposal company, new to anaerobic digestion, and is seeking environmentally friendly methods for treatment and disposal. The RTD provider, TTZ, has considerable research experience with solid waste and bio-degradation and CTech has specialised expertise in different pre-treatment methods like ultrasonics, thermal treatment and chemical treatments.

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• Jan Kai DOBELMANN / ABIRER-Systems GERMANY