ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Bacteria-based self-healing cementitious materials tested for enhancing the durability of wastewater treatment infrastructure
By Dr Dana Ofiteru, Newcastle University
Access to a continuous flow of untreated municipal wastewater at the BEWISe pilot plant enabled the first systematic feasibility study of bacteria-based self-healing (BBSH) concrete under realistic wastewater conditions.
Portland-cement concrete contributes about 8 %...
International research: ‘BEWISe about Trickling Filter Process Emissions’
By Paul Lavender, HaskoningDHV UK Ltd
To address this knowledge gap Haskoning and Newcastle University have developed a research programme to overcome the challenges to understand the impact of TF processes on emissions. This programme will use the BE:WISe Wastewater...
Europe’s largest pilot-scale research facility focuses on NetZero wastewater treatment
By Professor Russell Davenport and Debbie Wilde, Newcastle University
The BEWISe facility is the first of its type in Europe to use bacteria in large-scale wastewater treatment research.
The facility is based at Northumbrian Water’s sewage treatment plant at Birtley, near...
Choosing the best evaporation technique for digestate and sludge
By Arnold Kleijn, HRS Heat Exchangers
Due to their thick, viscous nature digestates and sludges are among the most challenging materials to evaporate efficiently and effectively.
However, the benefits in terms of handling, disposal and treatment can be significant. While there...
Experience SEEPEX Pumping Solutions at The World Biogas Expo
Improve biogas plant efficiency and reliability with SEEPEX’s advanced progressive cavity pumping technology. Join SEEPEX at Stand B25 during the World Biogas Expo, 10-11 July, held at the NEC Birmingham, to explore our innovative solutions for the biogas industry.
Enhanced Biogas Operations...
New £72m AD plant will help Yorkshire Water reduce carbon footprint and keep customer bills low
Yorkshire Water’s £72m new anaerobic digestion plant at Knostrop Energy & Recycling Facility in Leeds has been officially opened in what is the latest step in the company’s commitment to invest in renewable energy and keep customers’ bills low.
The...
First minister gives Stirling’s £6million green heat network seal of approval
A ground-breaking energy hub which will deliver low-carbon heat to a city community has been welcomed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
She toured the site at Stirling which harnesses energy from waste water through a mixture of cutting-edge technologies and...
Optimisation of plant, operations and outputs of the AD, biogas & biomethane & WWTP industries
Dutch company Wiefferink’s award winning product range has been designed to optimise biogas plants, increase your profits & reduce ammonia emissions
New products for UK
Triple membrane AB roof biomethane storage – Farmergy are launching the new, biomethane industry innovation Triple...
Optimising renewable energy
Christian Toll, CEO of AeroThermal, discusses Thermo-Pressure Hydrolysis (TPH) technology and how the business’s milestone in the handling of household and business organic waste could help shape the future of renewable energy.
According to the Environment Agency report, ‘Renewable energy...
Activated Carbon Applications in the Water Industry
Activated carbon is a high purity form of carbon with a very high surface area, making it suitable for a wide range of purification applications in a variety of different sectors.
The water industry has a long history of using...
Turning municipal organic waste into clean energy and profit
Quebec biogas upgrading project illustrates the potential for municipal participation and success in the circular clean economy
In 2009, Canada’s Province of Quebec announced its intention to ban organic waste from landfills, prompting the City of Saint-Hyacinthe, located east of...
Anaerobic co-digestion?
Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), gives her take on the possibilities around co-digesting sewage sludge and other feedstocks.
Stakeholders from the worlds of anaerobic digestion (AD), sewage-sludge treatment, and regulation have been discussing...
Pump solutions that deliver real benefits to your business
In this issue of Water Industry Journal we talk to Andy Wilson, Business Development Manager for Hidrostal Ltd, about Anaerobic Digestion.
For background, please give me an overview of your role and remit?
My main objective is to align Hidrostal products...
Microbial Performance Monitoring in Anaerobic Digestion
Anaerobic digestion (AD) faces operational challenges and lacks real-time feedback on the digestion process.
To make timely decisions and prevent performance issues users need to have instant information; knowing the current overall health of the biology, identifying imbalance events and...
Queensferry WWTW Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant refurbishment, process upgrades and safety assessments by Marches Biogas
In 2016 Marches Biogas was requested by Welsh Water to undertake a detailed review of the Anaerobic Digestion Plant at Queensferry to determine the condition of the plant, the associated process equipment and the feasibility of extending the safe...
Are you maximising the value of your sludge?
The UK water industry has great potential to generate sustainable energy, but for many it’s unrealised.
Anaerobic Digestion, whilst not a new invention, is rapidly being adopted by many companies in varying sectors throughout the UK. In just 10 years...
UK AD specialists Biogas Products secure multiple gas holder installations
Biogas Products Ltd has secured an order to design, supply and install two membrane gas holders at Hull WwTW, for Yorkshire Water contractor JN Bentley. This comes shortly after the West Midlands based Anaerobic Digestion specialists were awarded a...
Analytical instruments ahead of the field
An early pioneer of automatic apparatus for the biogas industry, Bioprocess Control has forged ahead in the provision of smart analytical instruments in the 13 years since its foundation.
In the past, fermentation tests had proven problematic, providing highly variable,...
Total Industry Solutions from OMEX Environmental Ltd
Anaerobic Digestion is increasingly popular worldwide as one of the main processes which produce renewable energy in the form of Biogas.
organic solid wastes such as municipal, food, agriculture crop, animal waste and a variety of other wastes like sewage...
Increasing efficiency within the wastewater AD industry
Over the years, different wastewater companies have adopted different approaches to sludge treatment, but there is now a trend towards anaerobic digestion (AD) and away from incineration. While the number of AD facilities treating sewage sludge may be growing...
Orbital introduces new Visually Integrated Remote Telemetry Unit (VIRTU) to the UK market
In September 2010 Orbital successfully installed the gas monitoring and treatment plant on the UK’s very first large-scale Bio-Methane production facility at Didcot, Oxfordshire - a plant which extracts biogas from waste-water / sewage via anaerobic digestion. Since that...
5 smart ways to increase engine efficiency on sewage AD plants
The water sector was an early adopter of anaerobic digestion (AD) in the UK. Most of the biogas produced from sewage sludge is used to generate electricity and heat, making the combined heat and power (CHP) engines that convert...
SEEPEX PC pumps increase biogas yields for Anglian Water
Anglian Water has replaced lobe pumps at its Basildon HPH plant with progressive cavity (PC) pumps from SEEPEX, reducing equipment downtime, cutting maintenance costs and increasing biogas yields.
As the largest water and wastewater treatment company in the UK by...
Energy production through anaerobic sludge stabilization
Bavaria: Sewage plant retrofitting increases performance and reduces operating costs
Waste is a resource - this knowledge is increasingly gaining ground in municipalities and wastewater companies. While the anaerobic use of sewage sludge has long been practiced at a plant...
Building a sustainable future
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has helped the water industry to manage waste better and be more energy efficient, making a renewable energy source available and enabling the industry to cut their carbon footprint.
The biogas generated from AD, comprising of a...
Optimising the biogas process and beyond
In this issue of the Water Industry Journal, we speak to Dr Jing Liu about his work in the realm of anaerobic fermentation analysis.
As an Associate Professor in the field of Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy at Lund University, Sweden,...
Efficient solutions that meet your market’s requirements
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is a broad church when you consider that this type of technology is installed on anything from small farmyard AD plants with CHPs less than 150 kW right up to big food waste plants taking in...
First Minister visits Energy Park as Welsh Water reaches emissions milestone
Welsh Water announces cut to its carbon emissions of nearly 80% since 2010
First Minister Mark Drakeford visits Five Fords Energy Park in Wrexham to see green projects first-hand
Company constructing advanced anaerobic digestion facility at site
Facility...
2G CHP units plus gas treatment installed by Scottish Water Horizons to help recycle food waste
As environmental and recycling targets become ever more stringent, local authorities and businesses are looking for viable, competitively priced solutions to managing waste and reducing its environmental impact.
That’s why 2G, a leading manufacturer of CHP plants, were hired by...
Containment Systems – we can help you meet your obligations
CQA International Ltd (Containment Quality Associates) is an environmental engineering consultancy specialising in containment engineering worldwide for over 25 years. Our experienced engineers have designed and supervised the construction of containment systems in the UK and overseas for a...
