CreChar AD - sustainable solution for waste management decarbonisation

CreChar AD - 废物管理脱碳的可持续解决方案

• 批准号: 85160
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: CARBOGENICS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=85160
• 关键词: CreChar; AD; sustainable; solution; waste

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a complex biotechnological process used to convert organic waste, such as food waste, unusable parts of plant crops and other farm-generated wastes as well as municipal wastewater into valuable biogas. Biogas is a renewable fuel with the potential to replace the natural gas necessary to heat our homes and power our industry.However, as any biological process AD is difficult to manage. Changes in feedstock type and quality present risks and can lead to complete process failure, which causes substantial losses in revenue and energy production, Most of the AD plants in the UK are currently working at maximum 65% digestion efficiency.During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident how important the AD industry is for managing organic waste disposal, but it also highlighted its limitations. Rapid changes in feedstocks during the crisis caused problems in AD plants, which resulted in high volumes of organic waste being sent to landfill or for incineration.Carbogenics' flagship product CreChar absorbs harmful chemicals and enhances the adaptive capability of the microorganisms that reside in biogas reactors, thereby stabilising the AD process and increasing biogas production by 15%. We produce CreChar sustainably from difficult-to recycle paper- based waste such as food- contaminated cardboard boxes or waste paper cups. Our innovative product will enable the AD industry to deal with abrupt feedstock regime changes much better. CreChar will make the AD sector more resilient and allow it to effectively respond to waste management emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, while also generating additional revenue of £200k/annum (for an average 1MGW plant). After its use in AD, our product can be safely deposited in soils, realising significant carbon savings.Our Innovate UK project will initially focus on lab-based customisation of our CreChar product, followed by demonstration of its capability with an industrial partner in a full-scale trial. The project will accelerate CreChar's commercialisation, bringing our innovation to the market as early as 2021\. Our circular economy business will contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy, thereby helping to reach the UK's net zero CO2 emissions and zero waste targets by 2050\.

厌氧消化（AD）是一种复杂的生物技术过程，用于将有机废物，如食物垃圾、植物作物的不可用部分和其他农场产生的废物以及城市废水转化为有价值的沼气。沼气是一种可再生燃料，有可能取代天然气，为我们的家庭供暖和工业提供动力。然而，与任何生物过程一样，AD是难以控制的。原料类型和质量的变化存在风险，并可能导致整个过程失败，从而导致收入和能源生产的重大损失。英国大多数AD工厂目前的最高消化效率为65%。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，AD行业对有机废物处理管理的重要性显而易见，但也凸显了其局限性。危机期间原料的快速变化给AD工厂带来了问题，导致大量有机废物被送往垃圾填埋场或焚烧。Carbogenics的旗舰产品CreChar可以吸收有害化学物质，提高沼气反应器中微生物的适应能力，从而稳定AD过程，并将沼气产量提高15%。我们以可持续的方式从难以回收的纸基废物（如受食物污染的纸箱或废弃纸杯）中生产CreChar。我们的创新产品将使AD行业能够更好地处理突然的原料制度变化。CreChar将使废物处理部门更具弹性，并使其能够有效应对COVID-19大流行等废物管理紧急情况，同时还能产生每年20万英镑的额外收入（平均1兆瓦的工厂）。在AD中使用后，我们的产品可以安全地沉积在土壤中，实现显著的碳节约。我们的Innovate UK项目最初将专注于基于实验室的CreChar产品定制，随后将与工业合作伙伴在全面试验中展示其能力。该项目将加速CreChar的商业化，最早于2021年将我们的创新推向市场。我们的循环经济业务将为经济的脱碳做出贡献，从而帮助英国在2050年前实现二氧化碳净零排放和零废物的目标。