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。该行业受到了新冠肺炎的重大影响。由于餐馆、S咖啡馆和酒吧等同业被迫关闭导致销售额下降，FBM产生大量有机废物和富含有机物的废水。FBM有机会在现场实施循环废物处理。这些废物含有宝贵的化学能、水和营养物质，可以通过适当的技术进行回收。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，并减少用水需求。然而，目前的垃圾转化为能源的解决方案，如厌氧消化(AD)，占地面积大，处理时间慢，只需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。我们开发了一种正在申请专利的电甲烷技术，通过我们的AgriWASE系统提供循环处理废物的方法。AgriWASE允许食品和饮料制造商产生能量丰富的沼气(80%甲烷)，回收水和营养物质，这些可以作为肥料出售。AgriWASE是一种模块化的集装箱解决方案，每天可以处理2吨有机垃圾。我们正在申请专利的技术处理垃圾的速度比AD快10倍，产生的能量比AD多40%。加速的性能来自我们的新型电极技术，该技术可以加速有机物的分解。来自AgriWase的沼气能量丰富，将甲烷浓度从50%-60%提高到70%-80%。AgriWASE的ROI低(3年)，与传统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、增加发电量和更高的垃圾处理率。通过开发可以远程操作和控制AgriWASE的系统，WASE及其客户将能够显著减少现场访问，帮助环境考虑减少排放，并使双方能够更有效地社交距离。

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.