Remote Monitoring and Control of Electromethanogenic Reactors - Circular Waste to Energy

食品和饮料制造商（FBM）是英国增长最快的行业之一。该行业受到COVID-19的严重影响。由于销售减少，导致被迫关闭的贸易，如餐馆，咖啡厅和酒吧。FBM产生大量的有机废物和富含有机物的废水。有机会在FBM实施现场循环废物处理。废物中含有宝贵的化学能、水和营养物质，可以通过适当的技术加以回收。现场处理废物可以减少碳排放，降低运营支出（OPEX），创造可持续的生物能源供应，减少对水的需求。然而，目前的废物转化为能源的解决方案，如厌氧消化（AD），占地面积大，处理时间较慢，需要20-30天。WASE正在开发一种分散废水和有机废物处理的新方法。我们已经开发了一项正在申请专利的电产甲烷技术，通过我们的AgriWASE系统为废物处理提供循环方法。AgriWASE允许食品和饮料制造商产生富含能量的沼气（80%是甲烷），回收水和营养物质，可以作为肥料出售。AgriWASE是一种模块化的集装箱解决方案，每天可以处理2吨有机废物。我们正在申请专利的技术处理废物的速度比AD快10倍，产生的能量比AD多40%。加速性能来自于我们的新型电极技术，它可以加速有机物的分解。来自AgriWASE的沼气能量丰富，甲烷浓度从50-60%增加到70-80%。AgriWASE具有较低的投资回报率（<3年），并且与传统的AD相比具有多种优势，包括减少占地面积和相关的民用成本，增加能源产生和更高的废物去除率。通过开发一个可以远程操作和控制AgriWASE的系统，WASE和他们的客户将能够大大减少现场访问，帮助环境减少排放，并使双方更有效地保持社会距离。

Food & Beverage Manufacturers (FBM) is one of the UK's fastest-growing sectors in the UK. The industry has been significantly affected by COVID-19\. Due to reduced sales have resulted from the forced closures of the on-trade such as restaurants, cafés and bars.FBM generate significant volumes of organic waste and wastewater that is rich in organics. There is an opportunity to implement onsite circular waste treatment at FBM. The waste contains valuable chemical energy, water and nutrients that can be recovered with appropriate technologies. Treating waste onsite can reduce carbon emissions, lower operational expenditure (OPEX), create a sustainable supply of bioenergy and reduce water demands. However, current waste to energy solutions such as Anaerobic Digestion (AD) have a large footprint and slow treatment time of 20-30 days.WASE is developing a novel approach to decentralised wastewater and organic waste treatment. We have developed a patent-pending electro-methanogenic technology to provide a circular approach to waste treatment with our AgriWASE system. AgriWASE allows Food & Beverage manufactures to generate energy-rich biogas (80% methane), recover water and nutrients that can be sold as fertilisers. AgriWASE is a modular, containerised solution that can treat 2 tonnes of organic waste a day.Our patent-pending technology treats waste up to 10 times faster and generating 40% more energy than AD. The accelerated performance comes from our novel electrode technology that accelerates the breakdown of organics. The biogas from AgriWASE is energy-rich, increasing methane concentrations from 50-60% to 70-80%. AgriWASE has a low ROI (<3 Years) and provides multiple benefits over conventional AD including the reduced footprint and associated civil costs, the increased energy generation and higher waste removal rates.Through developing a system that can remotely operate and control AgriWASE, WASE and their customers will be able to dramatically reduce site visits, helping the environment thought cut emissions and enabling both parties to more effectively social distance.