From Organic Waste to 21st Century Fuels

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From Organic Waste to 21st Century Fuels

• Dr. Robin Szmidt

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Organic Waste Treatment

• Composting
• The traditional solution
• Windrow
• Contained
• In-Vessel
• Driven by compost quality needs
• Driven by ABPR

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Energy Costs (Gas Coal)

• After Culpit, (2005)

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Energy, Fuel Organics

• Renewables, decentralisation of energy
• Renewables Transport Fuel Obligations 5 from
  renewables by 2010
• 40 of Scotlands energy renewable by 2020
• Energy neutral or surplus systems BPEO

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Composting is Energy Intensive
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The Kompogas Approach

• Founder Walter Schmid
• From 1970s. Construction-based
• Alternative Energy
• Development of Total Solutions
• Sales, BOO, BOOT, PFI, Product Marketing
• More than 25 commercial plants
• (gt485k tpa in place or in construction)
• Energy as Electric, Thermal and Gas
• 2005 Active Compost is the UK and all-Ireland
  partner
• 2006 AXPO major investment

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Fermenter Design

• High Solids dry fermentation
• CN of 20-251
• MH 60 70 input i.e. compostable
• 20k tpa modules in steel and concrete or steel
• Horizontal plug flow (15 20 days)
• gtThermophilic 55 C natural balance
• Hygienization zones

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Reception Inbound Organic Waste
Shredder
Magnet
Feed Bunker Feeder Rams
Inoculation Water
Dry Digester
CNG Vehicle Fuel
Gas Cleaning and Compressor
Off Load System
Carbon-neutral Carbon Dioxide
Heat
Filter Press
CHP
Compost
Composting
Liquid Fertiliser
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Digester Construction
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Completed Installations
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Dewatering and Recycling with Post-Digestion
Composting
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Gas Yield, Collection and Energy Use

• Biogas
• CHP
• CNG
• Thermal

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Energy Balance
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Complete Solutions

• Biogas CHP or gas
• Commercial and district heating
• Diversified business
• Recycled products
• Continuity of gas unlike wind power

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Fuel QA and Filling Stations
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Advantages of CNG

• Cost lower than petrol or diesel with low duty
• Reduced operating and maintenance cost
• Duel fuel and dedicated vehicles including HGVs
• Grants for vehicle conversion in some locations
• CNG meets tightest environmental restrictions
• CNG vehicles are quieter night operations
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Reduce organisational environmental burden
• Contribute towards meeting national climate
  change obligations
• Reduced impact on society
• Source Various

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Big Appetite for Energy?

• Recycling fastfood waste via Kompogas in the
  Zurich area
• Vehicle Fleets and Management
• Routed services and low-emission areas, e.g.
  Olympic zones
• Thermal integration (e.g. commercial and
  community heating)

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Added-Value

• Delivering distributed renewables policy
• Training Centre
• Community buy-in
• Passau (D) 4k visitors

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Motor Sports?

• Does being Green mean being Miserable?
• An Environmental Challenge?
• Lawnmowers??
• Recreation??

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Future Energy

• Micro CHP
• Hydrogen cell technology
• Biogas and multi-fuel compatible?

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THANK YOU

• Robin Szmidt, Rene Leisner and Peter Knecht
• For more information visit
• www.activecompost.com
• www.kompogas.ch
• Email info_at_activecompost.com