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anaerobic digestion
of organic waste
OWS
Organic waste
Treatment options
The future
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COMPANY PROFILE
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COMPANY PROFILE
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BIOGAS CONSULTING & SUPPORT
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BIOGAS CONSULTING & SUPPORT
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ORGANIC WASTE
AND TREATMENT
OPTIONS
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ORGANIC WASTE
Different sources
o Municipal waste (residual, mixed,
household organics, garden waste…)
o Waste water treatment (sludge)
o Agriculture (harvest residues, manure…)
o Food industry (left-overs, processing
waste, expired products…)
o Biofuel industry (stillage, glycerine,
soapstocks…)
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LANDFILLING
Not sustainable
No recuperation of materials
No recuperation of nutrients
Sometimes recuperation of energy (landfill gas)
o Low efficiency (suboptimal conditions)
o Many leakages CH4 emissions to air
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INCINERATION
Not sustainable
Limited recuperation of materials (e.g. metals from MSW)
No recuperation of nutrients (ashes are landfilled / low plant availability of
ash nutrients
Recuperation of energy
o Low efficiency (high moisture content in most organic waste)
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COMPOSTING
Sustainable
Stabilization of organic waste
Recuperation of materials (soil improver)
Recuperation of nutrients as compost
No recovery of energy
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Sustainable
Stabilization of organic waste
Recuperation of materials (soil improver)
Recuperation of nutrients as digestate or derived products (compost,
effluent, dewatered or dried cake…)
Recovery of energy (biogas)
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ANAEROBIC
DIGESTION
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Organic matter
Microbial 35 °C - 55 °C
population X
BIOGAS CONSULTING & SUPPORT
O2
CH4 + CO2
+ humus + heat
BIOGAS = ENERGY
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Organic compounds
Monomers/dimers acidogenic
bacteria
Amino acids Sugars Fatty acids pHopt = 5.2-7.0
pHinhibition < 4-5
2. Acidogenesis
inhibited by high [H2 ]
Propionate H2
Butyrate CO2
Succinate acetate
Alcohols
3. Acetogenesis acetogens
inhibited by high [H2 ]
H2
CO2
acetate
methanogens
4. Methanogenesis
pHopt = 6.8-8.2
CH4
CO2
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Several types
o Mesophilic – thermophilic
o Wet – dry digestion
o Single stage – multiple stage
o Monodigestion – co-digestion
o Batch – semi-continuous – continuous
o Hydraulic mixing – paddle mixers – propeller mixers – pneumatic
mixing – percolation – external mixing
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DRANCO
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DRANCO
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DRANCO
Feeding tubes
Dosing screw
Gas storage
Feeding pump
Extraction pump
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DRANCO
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DRANCO
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DRANCO
1. BRECHT I (Belgium) 1992 22,000 sh tpy biowaste
11. HILLE (Germany) 2005 110,200 sh tpy Organic fraction of MSW + sludge
23. WIJSTER (The Netherlands) 2012 62,800 sh tpy Organic fraction of MSW
25. BOURG-EN-BRESSE (France) 2015 81,000 sh tpy Organic fraction of MSW + Green waste
26. CHAGNY (France) 2015 89,300 sh tpy Organic fraction of MSW + Green waste
27. NORTH YORKSHIRE (UK) 2017 44,000 sh tpy Organic fraction of MSW
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BRECHT: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
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BRECHT II: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
Capacity:
o 50,000 tpy
Digester volume: 3,150 m³
Start-up: 2000
Biogas production: 125 Nm³/t
o 100% gas engines
o Biogas to 3 gas engines of 700 kWel each
Digestate:
o Total solids-content: 30%
o Dewatering & two weeks post-composting
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BRECHT: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
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BRECHT II: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
1 BIOWASTE
PUSHING FLOOR
Biogas 5
FLARE
COMMINUTING
DRUM
>40 GAS STORAGE GAS ENGINES Electricity
SHREDDER ROTATING SIEVE DRANCO
DIGESTER
3.150 m³
Steam STEAM Exhaust
COMMINUTING GENERATOR gases
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DRUM
ROTATING SIEVE
<40mm MIXING UNIT
Digestate
6 VIBRATING
MIXING
PRESSUNIT MIXING UNIT
MAGNET DOSING UNIT FEEDING PUMP SIEVE
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Rejects
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Polymer PRESS WATER AEROBIC
7 MIXING UNIT
Rejects solution TANK MATURATION
CENTRIFUGE
MIXING UNIT Compost
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Effluent to wastewater
treatment plant
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ton/year 50.000 5.000 45.000 1.000 6.600 39.400 3.000 15.200 2,500 17,500
TS (%) 40,0 45,0 39,5 --- 90,5 30.7 1,8 2,5 40,0 52,0
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REFERENCE PLANT
HENGELO
(The Netherlands)
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HENGELO: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
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HENGELO: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
Capacity:
o 50,000 tpy
• 40,000 tpy biowaste
• 5,000 tpy overdue products
• 5,000 tpy liquid products
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HENGELO: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
Existing aerobic
composting: 1,5 ha
Anaerobic
digestion: 0,17 ha
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HENGELO: DIGESTION OF BIOWASTE
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PARTIAL STREAM DIGESTION
Metals Dry
RDF sorting
20 - 70 %
Anaerobic
CO2 Aerobic
digestion
Water composting
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FULL STREAM DIGESTION CONCEPT
MSW
Metals
Dry sorting
RDF
Water
CO2 Aerobic composting / drying
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DRANCO FARM
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DRANCO FARM
BIOGAS
USE
INTENSIVE
FERMENTATION DRANCO-
FARM
DIGESTER
ACTIVE
DIGESTATE DIGESTATE
INACTIVE
DIGESTATE
PUMP STORAGE
ENERGY MIXER
CROPS
PUMP
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DRANCO FARM
The data for 1 Mwe are not part of the study but were collected by OWS
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DRANCO FARM
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SORDISEP
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SORDISEP
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SORDISEP
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
100%
RDF (28%)
DRY SORTING METALS (5%)
REFUSE (3%)
64%
52%
SAND (4%)
WET SEPARATION INERTS (8%)
LIGHT FRACTION (10%)
30% ORGANIC
FRACTION
COMPOST (24%)
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SORDISEP
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SORDISEP
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FUTURE
EVOLUTIONS
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FUTURE EVOLUTIONS
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FUTURE EVOLUTIONS
bioproducts
pretreatment biorefinery
organic waste
anaerobic
digestion
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THANK YOU
OWS nv
Dok Noord 5
9000 Gent
BELGIUM
sv@ows.be
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