Design and Incorporation of Vermicasting Step in Solid Processing Phase of Post Anaerobic Digestion for the Bio-oxidation and Stabilization of Organic Material

随着新技术能够将生物质用作可再生能源，固体废物管理做法在过去几十年中发生了变化。城市污水处理厂、垃圾填埋场、堆场垃圾库和产生大量有机废物的工业设施在如何处理、运输和处置固体有机材料方面面临着更大的挑战。从生物质中回收能量的传统工艺之一是厌氧消化。CCI生物能源公司(CCI)从事有机废物处理业务已有20多年的历史。使用战略合作伙伴关系的方法，公司的使命是设计、建造、拥有、销售和运营任何组合的处理解决方案，以回收城市固体废物(MSW)和工业、商业和机构废物(IC&I)中固有的资源。为了加强他们对蠕虫浇注及其在AD过程后的潜在应用的了解，CCI BioEnergy将与Lambton College的Lambton Water Centre(LWC)合作，利用他们的消化液分析最佳的蠕虫浇铸条件，从营养浓度和其他感兴趣的成分方面评估产品的质量。兰伯顿学院将与CCI BioEnergy Inc.合作，评估在CCI厌氧消化后的固体加工阶段加入蠕虫浇注步骤的可行性。如果这被证明是可行的，CCI正计划在加拿大各地的沼气工厂以商业规模部署该解决方案。这将导致为每个部署的单位设立两个新职位，并将对拥有沼气工厂的组织以及销售、分销和使用对特种作物生产商具有很高价值的蠕虫铸件的公司产生积极的好处。

Solid waste management practices have evolved over the past several decades as new technologies are able to use biomass as a renewable energy source. Municipal wastewater treatment plants, landfills, yard-waste depots and industrial facilities producing high volumes of organic waste have increased challenges with how their solid organic material is treated, transported and disposed of. One of the conventional processes by which energy is recovered from biomass is anaerobic digestion. CCI BioEnergy Inc. (CCI) has been in the organic waste processing business for more than 20 years. Using a strategic partnership approach, the corporate mission is to design, build, own, sell, and operate, in any combination, processing solutions that recover the resources inherent in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) waste. To enhance their knowledge about vermicasting and its potential application after their AD process, CCI Bioenergy would is partnering with Lambton College's Lambton Water Centre (LWC) to analyze optimal vermicasting conditions using their digestate, assess the quality of the product in terms of nutrient concentration and other components of interest.Lambton College in partnership with CCI BioEnergy Inc. will assess the viability of incorporating a vermicasting step in CCI's solid processing stage post anaerobic digestion of organic matter. If this proves to be feasible, CCI is planning to deploy the solution on a commercial scale at biogas plants across Canada. This will result in the development of two new positions for each unit deployed and will positively benefit the organizations that own the biogas plants, as well as the companies that sell, distribute and use the worm castings, which have a high value to specialty crop producers.