The treatment of municipal

organic waste in Europe by

anaerobic digestion

Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jürgen Korz

Ros Roca Group

Plochinger Str. 3
D-73730 Esslingen
www.rosroca.de

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 Classification of presentation

’ Introduction Ros Roca Group

’ AD as waste treatment technology

’ Classification of AD systems

’ Current situation of AD technologies for organic waste in Europe

’ Example of digestion plant for biowaste treatment, Västeras,

Sweden

’ Summary

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 Composting

Longtime experience of Ros Roca

in waste treatement

Digestion

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 AD as waste treatment technology

Plastic, Metals etc.

Biowaste Household waste

(BW) (MSW) Recycling, energy
production

Organic fraction

Anaerobic digestion
Production of high
Landfill:
quality compost
Stabilized product

Agriculture, horticulture
etc. Production of biogas Production of compost ?

Production of
Production of fuel
heat, electricity

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 Energy balance of AD
(Specifications per ton of MSW organic material)

’ Biogas production: 120 – 150 mN3/t

’ CH4: 55 – 70 Vol.-%
’ Biogas energy content: 700 – 900 kWh/t
’ Electricity production
(Co-generation): 250 – 360 kWh/t
’ Electricity consumption: 80 – 125 kWh/t

AD plants work energy self-sufficient with a high surplus

of electric and thermal energy.

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 Classification of AD technologies

Total material flow digestion

’ Wet systems (DS < 20 % )

’ Dry systems (DS > 20 %)

Partial material flow digestion

’ Percolation systems

’ Systems with mechanical solid / liquid separation

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 Application areas for wet and dry AD systems

Input Wet Dry

Biowaste X X

Organic fraction MSW X X

Organic industrial waste X (X)

(Food and kitchen waste,
slaughter house)
Manure X (X)

Sewage sludge X (X)

Agricultural products X (X)

(Renewable raw material)
Waste water X -

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 Current digestion capacities in european countries

’ The following overview considers AD plants for the organic

fraction of MSW and BW which are under construction or in
operation in western european countries

’ Sources of informations:

- Technology suppliers
- Plant operators
- General technical literature

’ AD plays at the moment a minor role in new eastern EU countries

therefore no detailled investigation was made

’ Not considered co-digestion plants (manure, biowaste)

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 Current digestion capacities for BW and MSW in AD plants
(Situation october 2005)

4.248.500
35% 65 %
4.000.000

3.200.000 2.770.500
Capacity, t

2.400.000
1.478.000

1.600.000

800.000

0
Total Biowaste MSW

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 Current digestion capacities in different AD systems for BW and MSW
(Situation october 2005)

4.500.000
4.248.500

4.000.000

3.500.000
46% 49% 5%
3.000.000 %
Capacity total

1.946.000 2.088.500
2.500.000
,t

2.000.000

1.500.000

1.000.000
214.000
500.000

0
Total Dry Wet Others

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 Current digestion capacities in different european countries
(Situation october 2005)

Number of plants

1.600.000
49 22
1.400.000
1.200.000
Capacity, t

1.000.000
800.000
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600.000
400.000
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 Example of AD plant for treating
biowaste, silage and industrial organic
waste

The Växtkraft digestion plant in

Västerås, Sweden

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 General informations about the Växtkraft-project

’ Input material:
Biowaste 14.000 t/y
Silage 5.000 t/y
Grease trap removal sludge 4.000 t/y

’ Main targets of the project:

Closed cycle of organic material from municipalities, industrie
and agriculture
Sanitation of organic material according to ABPR requirements
1774/2002
Production of biogas as fuel for city busses, refuse collectors
and private cars
Production of high quality liquid and solid fertilizer for
agricultural use

’ The Växtkraft digestion plant is part of the EU Agroptigas

project (www.agroptigas.com)

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 Procees flow of the Växtkraft digestion plant
Biowaste / Silage Liquid Organic Waste

Walking Deep
Floor Bunker

Light Fraction

Screen Heavy Fraction

Rake
Wet crushing
Turbomixer
Biogas Compressor Sand Trap

Flare

Suspension
Buffer Tank

Sanitation

Gasometer Centrifuges

Solid Digestate

Process
Biogas Water
Buffer
Upgrading Plant Digester
Process Water Liquid
Digestate

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 Växtkraft digestion plant, Västeras (Schweden)
Pretreatment of organic waste

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 Växtkraft digestion plant, Västeras (Schweden)
Sanitation process

Heat exchanger with heat recovery Sanitation tanks

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 Specific requirements of ABPR 1774/2002

’ Temperature > 70 ° C

’ Retention time > 1 h

’ Particle size < 12 mm

’ Sanitation temperature controlled under batch conditions

’ Utilization of calibratable temperature sensors

’ No bypass possibilities

’ Separation in dirty and clean areas

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 Växtkraft digestion plant, Västeras (Schweden)
Digester V=4.000 m3

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 Växtkraft digestion plant, Västeras (Schweden)
Dewatering of digestate

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 Summary

’ AD (especially wet system) is a flexible technology for different types of

organic material
’ AD systems produce renewable energy from waste and can be operated
energy self-sufficient
’ AD is a contribution to substitute fossil energy sources and to reduce
CO2- emissions
’ Biogas can be used to produce different types of energy (electricity, heat,
fuel)
’ High quality compost is produced from biowaste AD plants
’ Landfill directive: Mass reduction for disposal of organic material
’ Reduction of landfill emissions (gas, leakage water)
’ AD is a long experienced and well proven technology to treat organic
waste

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 Thank you very much for your attention

Ros Roca Internacional, S.L.

Plochinger Str. 3
D-73730 Esslingen
Tel. +49 711 31059970
Fax +49 711 31059979
E-Mail info@rosroca.de

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