water & energy blog
Since 1980 we help industries & utilities worldwide to decarbonize and get more self-sufficient in a similar circular way. We do this by converting their organic and nutrient waste streams to circular biomethane to replace fossil fuels, to clean water for reuse and to active biofertilizer for healthy soils and crops in both new and existing plants. As to achieve the highest biomethane yield and water purification with the least residuals at the highest ROI, we apply our unique set of models, advanced biotechnology and deep expertise.
Recently we debottlenecked and ramped up an existing anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on agri-food waste in close collaboration with its operating team. Now we designed a first retrofit upgrade to replace a failed process unit. This will boost the plant’s capacity up to 200% and its bioenergy yield up to 300% along with further upgrades. Keen to boost the circular capacity & yield of your organic waste and/or wastewater plant? Just contact me to explore your options at info@modelengineering.eu
Biomethane H2-C-H2 is nature's form of green hydrogen H2 with a 100 times higher energy density than Li-batteries. Local, reliable biomethane generation complements the variable solar and wind energy and enables the world's transition from fossil fuels to green energy. That’s why also energy utility companies along with large oil & gas companies are now investing in green biomethane production from various sources just as we do at full scale worldwide since 1980. Model Engineering's latest AD+™ circular bioenergy technology generates biomethane in the world's most efficient and sustainable way as proven in recent bio-ethanol and bio-energy plants. more info? just contact us at info@modelengineering.eu
Here is our unique 2-way approach: 1. convert organic wastewaters to biofuel and save fossil fuels Natural organics in wastewater contain solar energy from photo-synthesis. This solar energy can be recovered very efficiently by the right consortia of micro-organisms. Since 1977, we convert a broad range of medium to ultra-high loaded organic wastewaters to biomethane up to 20 times faster as compared to today’s classic anaerobic digestion (AD) technology. This biomethane can generate heat and power instead of fossil fuels or can be injected in the natural gas grid, compressed to bio-CNG or to bio-LNG. Our latest AD+™ technology converts up to 99% of these organics thereby boosting the biomethane yield and profit while reducing the wastewater load and treatment costs (energy consumption, waste production, …) up to 100 times. In addition, truly sustainable water reuse at the lowest costs is achieved by our proven AS+™ technology (new or retrofit upgrade) which captures, cracks and biodegrades though organics, nitrogen compounds and color which would otherwise pass through any other biotreatment and would irreversibly foul the delicate and expensive NF and RO membranes used to produce pure water. 2. capture CO 2 to convert your wastewater and save chemicals Up till now, CO 2 is emitted into our planet’s atmosphere from various sources: flue/exhaust gas, cooking, ventilation, off-gas from different industries, … Since 2014, we capture this CO 2 as well as CO 2 from biogas purification and use this to neutralize wastewater, enhance its conversion to biomethane and clean water while reducing its salinity as compared to using mineral and organic chemicals. By integrating both ways, the wastewater treatment plants upgrade to profit centers that reduce your (or your client's) CO 2 footprint, energy and chemical costs. Interested to combat climate change and save money by activating your wastewater? Just contact me to explore your options via one of the links herunder.