Services provided

Restructuring of an old plant, installation of plant parts included initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Waste fermentation plant

Location

Borken, Kreis Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Initial operation

I. quarter 2005

Operation process

2-stage with hydrolysis unit - three fermenters with parallel feeding, additional secondary fermenter 

Temperature range

mesophilic

Fermenter

1 x 1.600 m³
1 x 1.680 m³
1 x 2.700 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 1.500 m³

Gas utilisation

Type


Power electr.

Several CHP
Micro gas turbine

1.100 kW_el

Energy production

electrical


thermal

7.500.000 kWh_el
-> requirements of 1.875 households
7.000.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 700.000 l heating oil

Use of thermal energy

preparation of the final feedstock

Special features

• operation of a vapour unit for feedstock in order to micro gas turbine