Wastewater Treatment Sludge Mixing Improvements Raise Plant Efficiency
Wastewater Treatment Sludge Mixing Case Study: Landia the leading producer of specialist water treatment pumps, mixers, aeration systems and advanced processes, has drastically lowered sludge disposal costs and is saving valuable landfill space at a large WwTW in the US. In the words of the Superintendent of the Sewer Authority: “The Landia mixers have been […]
How to Cut Carbon Emissions? Assisting Biomethane Could Cut 1/3 Off Hardest
Wondering how to cut carbon emissions? New report says that assisting UK biomethane production could cut 1/3 off the carbon emission from the hardest to decarbonise sectors. Hopefully the UK, and other governments, are currently thinking hard on how to cut it! The new report says that assisting biomethane production could cut just under 1/3 […]
Define Anaerobic Digestion: 10 Top Definitions of AD – Listed
“Define Anaerobic Digestion”, said a student to me recently. No doubt because I discovered anaerobic digestion back in the 1990s via my background of environmental biochemistry originally, I quoted the original Wikipedia definition. That one is all about breaking down organic material without oxygen present (ref: 1) and is all about the chemistry involved. I thought […]
Landia Chopper Pump Chops Knives – Robust Pump Survives Knife Attack!
A Landia Chopper Pump when serviced recently was found to have been chopping on knives apparently left in waste-food. Chopper pumps are so named because a rotating “blade” and 3 fixed “knives” (scroll down to see illustration) at the pump casing entry point. These are positioned to chop through fibrous material (even cutting through rope […]
Anaerobic Digestion vs Landfill – Which is the Best?
Assessing the advantages of anaerobic digestion vs landfill as a means of disposing organic waste is an important step. Businesses need to know for sure that if they move from landfill to anaerobic digestion as the means of disposal of their waste there are not known issues which may prove a risk to the reputation of their […]
First WwTW Biogas Upgrading Plant Completed by Clarke Energy France
The City of Perpignan is the first in France to benefit from a Clarke Energy Biogas Upgrading Plant at their WwTW (Sewage Works or “STEP”). The plant will allow the city to make the most sustainable use of the biogas produced, through natural gas grid-injection of the renewable gas. The gas called biomethane is equivalent […]
A Biogas Heating System 101 – Boiler Technology, Options and Benefits
A biogas heating system using boiler technology is the obvious on-site choice for anyone running a biogas plant, and these can either: – make use of a Combined Heat and Power System (CHP) Heat Exchanger utilizing the jacket heat otherwise wasted from a reciprocating gas-generator, or – use biogas produced on-site, or delivered from a […]
Small Scale Biogas Plants for Home Cooking Fuel
The use of small scale biogas plants for home cooking fuel is gaining more followers in the developed nations all the time. These small Anaerobic Digestion Plants (or “biogas digesters”) are great for home cooking using the waste food (table scraps) every day from a young family can fuel a gas ring to heat up […]
Optimisation of Biogas Production – 8 Tips for the Best Methane Gas Yield
In our opinion, the optimisation of biogas production for improved biogas yield should start with the consideration of the following list of factors which affect the fermentation tank for all wet Anaerobic Digestion Processes (e.g. Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors – CSTRs), and many also apply to dry AD methods as well. This is important because […]
How to Increase Biogas Production – 4 Ways to Improve Biogas Yield from AD Processes
It’s clear that that everyone involved in AD would like to know “How to Increase Biogas Production“. So, we thought we would join-in with our 4 ways which we have been thinking of recently, for standard commercial single stage CSTR AD plants. If the AD (anaerobic digestion) industry reliably increases biogas production above current established […]
