Lessons from spatial and environmental assessment of energy potentials for Anaerobic Digestion production systems applied to the Netherlands

Pierie, Frank; Benders, Reinerus; Bekkering, Jan; Gemert, W.J.T. van; Moll, Henri

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.055

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“…The radius of the biomass circle is determined by the feedstock needs of the AD system: Therefore, the mix of feedstocks is determined from the availability of biomass in the biomass circle (Table 1). With the average radius of the biomass circle known, the average transport distances can be determined [31]. Additionally, a tortuosity factor is included, which represents inefficiencies in transport (e.g., winding roads, multiple pickup locations) [31,49] (Table 1).…”

Section: The Location and Biomass Feedstocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the average radius of the biomass circle known, the average transport distances can be determined [31]. Additionally, a tortuosity factor is included, which represents inefficiencies in transport (e.g., winding roads, multiple pickup locations) [31,49] (Table 1). A clear description of the aforementioned can be found in Pierie et al [47].…”

Section: The Location and Biomass Feedstocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ratio of manure and feedstock and the type of feedstocks used must comply with Dutch regulation in order for the digestate to be used as fertilizer [41]. Energy and material flows and their impacts are taken into account when they are in service of the AD system (e.g., production, processing, and transport), (Figure 1) [31]. The embodied energy (required energy for the production) of the installations is also incorporated.…”

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“…This fossil reference scenario is based on Groningen natural gas and includes: the production, needed infrastructure for transport and distribution, and combustion of the gas when used [31].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Improving the Sustainability of Farming Practices through the Use of a Symbiotic Approach for Anaerobic Digestion and Digestate Processing

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Abstract:The dairy sector in the Netherlands aims for a 30% increase in efficiency and 30% carbon dioxide emission reduction compared to the reference year of 1990, and a 20% share of renewable energy, all by the year 2020. Anaerobic Digestion (AD) can play a substantial role in achieving these aims. However, results from this study indicate that the AD system is not fully optimized in combination with farming practices regarding sustainability. Therefore, the Industrial Symbiosis concept, combined with energy and environmental system analysis, Life Cycle Analysis and modeling is used to optimize a farm-scale AD system on four indicators of sustainability (i.e., energy efficiency, carbon footprint, environmental impacts and costs). Implemented in a theoretical case, where a cooperation of farms share biomass feedstocks, a symbiotic AD system can significantly lower external energy consumption by 72 to 92%, carbon footprint by 71 to 91%, environmental impacts by 68 to 89%, and yearly expenditures by 56 to 66% compared to a reference cooperation. The largest reductions and economic gains can be achieved when a surplus of manure is available for upgrading into organic fertilizer to replace fossil fertilizers. Applying the aforementioned symbiotic concept to the Dutch farming sector can help to achieve the stated goals indicated by the Dutch agricultural sector for the year 2020.

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Section: The Location and Biomass Feedstocksmentioning

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“…From an operational perspective it is considered robust in terms of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal (Conceiç ã o et al, 2013), pH stability and recovery time (Herná ndez and Rodrí guez, 2013) as well as relatively simple operation and management of plant (Singh et al, 2013). This has led to organisations constructing AD plants to achieve various waste management targets and renewable energy goals (Bekkering et al, 2016) A popular form of treatment for medium to high strength effluents is Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blankets (UASBs) (Musee et al, 2016), which have demonstrated high reliability both in terms of their COD removal efficiencies (typically >80%) and biogas CH 4 concentrations (typically >50%) (Latif et al, 2011). This performance has been documented in a number of studies treating a wide range of wastewaters including: Palm oil mill effluent (Siang, 2006); Paper mill wastewater (Kamali et al, 2016); Distillery wastewater (Musee et al, 2016); dairy wastewater (Tawfik et al, 2008); fishery wastewater (Huang et al, 2009); slaughterhouse wastewater (Chavez et al, 2005); Piggery effluent (Huang et al, 2005) municipal wastewater (Rivzi et al, 2015), malting's steep water (Borzacconi et al, 2006) and malt ingredients factory wastewater (Cairns and Mead, 2017).…”

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Start Up of a UASB Treating Malted Ingredient Manufacturing Wastewater

Cairns¹,

Mead

2018

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With a greater push to achieve waste management and renewable energy targets technologies such as anaerobic digestion (AD) have increased in popularity. One such technology option is the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor, these have been shown to be a particularly robust option for high strength organic wastewaters, such as those generated by the malted ingredient manufacturing industry. Despite their effectiveness they are reported to have lengthy and complex start ups due to the range of physiochemical and biological interactions influencing sludge blanket stability. This process can be sped up by seeding the plant from sludge from similar plants, however this is not always possible. This paper aims to investigate the start up of a full-scale mesophilic UASB treating malted ingredient wastewater that was initially seeded with a granular sludge treating dairy wastewater. Operational performance during the first 75 days of start up was comparable to that of a fully established plant with a COD removal efficiency in excess of 81.89% and a biogas methane concentration greater than 57.24%. During this period the plant remained operationally robust with the Organic Loading Rates (OLR) exuding the greatest influence on plant performance. Similar to operations during stable conditions key operational parameters such as HRT times, temperatures and pH did not exert a strong influence on the plant.

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Energy and Environmental Assessments of Agro-biogas Supply Chains for Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review

Ingrao

Bacenetti

Ioppolo

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Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Technologies

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Lessons from spatial and environmental assessment of energy potentials for Anaerobic Digestion production systems applied to the Netherlands

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Improving the Sustainability of Farming Practices through the Use of a Symbiotic Approach for Anaerobic Digestion and Digestate Processing

Improving the Sustainability of Farming Practices through the Use of a Symbiotic Approach for Anaerobic Digestion and Digestate Processing

Start Up of a UASB Treating Malted Ingredient Manufacturing Wastewater

Energy and Environmental Assessments of Agro-biogas Supply Chains for Energy Generation: A Comprehensive Review

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