Pyrolysis for sewage sludge
Engineering
Water and wastewater association
Brandenburg
Order November 2019
Project planning of a sewage sludge pyrolysis and funding advice
ClinX Energy Systems GmbH, pyropower group
[ About the project ]
Treating sewage sludge on site
Starting point
Municipal wastewater treatment plants face a major task: the German Sewage Sludge Ordinance strongly restricts spreading on fields and will require phosphorus recovery. A water and wastewater association in Brandenburg was therefore looking for a solution under its own control.
Implementation
ClinX Energy Systems planned a pyrolysis for sewage sludge for the association, adapted to the sludge and the conditions on site. The dried sludge is heated in the absence of oxygen: organic components turn into gas that can be used for energy, leaving a much smaller carbonisate in which the phosphorus is retained. In parallel, suitable funding programmes were reviewed and the applications prepared and supported.
Result
The association received a technical project plan and the prepared funding applications, technology and financing of the project from one source.
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