ST AT E ENERGY PROGRAM Renewable Energy Enterprise Zone (REEZ) Program

Final Report
December 2010

Idaho Office of Energy Resources

Nampa Wastewater Treatment Plant Biogas Boiler Project

For this project the City of Nampa purchased and installed two biogas-fueled boilers, a heat exchanger, and related heat conveyance equipment and piping at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The new system will provide heat to the plants an aerobic digesters and the Administration Building. These digesters convert raw sludge to relatively inert sludge which in turn generates the biogas as byproduct. The biogas is then in turn drawn from the digesters to fuel the boilers. The new boiler system will give the WWTP adequate heating capacity and redundancy for the foreseeable future. In addition, the heat exchanger will give the City WWTP adequate redundancy for heating the digesters with the biogas fueled boilers which heat the hot water for the heat exchangers. The project will provide 5 million BTU per hour of useable energy. The project included the following several steps: 1. obtaining the Grant 2. coordinating and contracting for the procurement and installation 3. procurement of the equipment 4. installation of the equipment 5. startup and testing of the equipment Boilers Prior to the boilers being installed, an old generator was to be demolished to provide room for the new boilers. The photographic sequence of the project is shown in Figures 1-3. The boilers were then tested, adjusted and put into operation.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Program

Figure 1 - Boiler Room prior to generator demolition

Figure 2 The generator was removed

Figure 3 Installed boilers

Heat Exchanger Concurrent to the boilers being installed, the heat exchanger was installed in the new Digester Control Building as shown in Figures 4-6.

Figure 3 Boilers installed

The entire installation and startup went smooth and the equipment was inspected, tested and was shown to be operating properly.

Figure 4 Digester Control Building where the heat exchanger will be set

Figure 5 Piping and floor prepared for the heat exchanger installation

Figure 6 The heat exchanger installed, connected and in operation