Industry

Waste-to-energy demonstration to be installed at Canadian pulp mill

Dec. 13, 2010

Dec. 13, 2010 -- The BC Bioenergy Network, in cooperation with project partners have supported the demonstration of a leading Canadian technology to improve environmental performance and improve competitiveness in the forest sector...

The ProjectA transportable plant, to be installed at the Crofton pulp mill in early 2011, will include MicroSludge®, sludge thickening equipment, anaerobic digesters, and a laboratory. The plant will process a portion of the waste activated sludge ("WAS") from the mill's effluent treatment plant to demonstration performance. The plant will be used for future trials at other pulp mills.

Collaborative Development and Demonstration Centre (CDDC)
Concurrent with the investment, a Collaborative Development and Demonstration Centre (CDDC) will be formed to bring together private and public stakeholders to participate in the CDDC to observe, test, and demonstrate bioenergy technologies and solutions relating to large scale anaerobic digestion for pulp and paper and wood wastes in order to identify best practices for economically and environmentally viable solutions.

The TechnologyMicrosludge destroys the bacterial cell membranes and releases the cell contents of WAS. An anaerobic digester then converts WAS to biogas and reduces sludge for disposal. Digester effluent, containing nitrogen and phosphorous, is returned and reused by the mill's effluent treatment plant.

Program Partners: BC Bioenergy Network; Natural Resources Canada; EPinnovations; Elemental Energy; Paradigm Environmental Technologies; British Columbia; Catalyst

For more information please contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

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