Plant Equipment Feature Library
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05/10/2021
Fire risks in AD facilities
Anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities are becoming ever more common in the UK, as a means of generating energy, in the form of biogas, from agricultural waste products that would otherwise contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. But as the ...
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12/12/2019
Increased range
Thermo-pressure hydrolysis uses heat and pressure to pre-treat food waste before anaerobic digestion. This increases the methane yield while improving the process tolerance to contaminants. It also dramatically increases throughput, ...
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19/03/2015
Invest to save
Despite currently reduced energy costs, the focus on emissions and efficiency is intensifying, driven in part by the government’s ESOS. Brian Tinham reviews some often missed opportunities
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01/08/2012
Inside recycling
The Recycling and Waste Management show, co-located with the Energy Event and the new Renewables event at the NEC looks interesting for plant engineers, says Brian Tinham
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01/12/2009
Sow’s ear to silk purse
Making a silk purse from a sow's ear has never been a promising prospect. But, says Dr Tom Shelley, plants and processes are getting better at extracting cash from trash
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01/04/2009
Cut the energy hype
Although oil prices have come down, the recession is forcing organisations of all kinds to keep on cutting energy costs. One consequence is increasing numbers of companies seeing energy saving as a business opportunity - and hence the ...
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