The Solutions Explorer lets you create alerts that match your needs. You can create several alerts and you will receive a notification each time a new Solar Impulse Efficient Solutions is labeled and matches your filters.
Your Search Alerts will show up here.
Sign in to create alerts for your filters and search terms.
Sign inDon't have an account?
Sign upHECLA(R) Setores 1.000 and 1.500
Future proof process eliminating all organic pollutants incl. PFAS, recycling P, energy positive, carbon dioxide removal
- Use Case
- /
- About Company
HECLA(R) Setores 1.000 and 1.500
Future proof process eliminating all organic pollutants incl. PFAS, recycling P, energy positive, carbon dioxide removal
Label Date
February 2, 2024
By
AquaGreen
From
Denmark
Maturity stage
TRL 9 / CRI 2 - Commercial Trial Small Scale
There is a growing concern about what to do with sewage sludge due to concerns of environmentally unfriendly PFAS, pharmaceuticals, microplastic, and chemical compounds (PAHs, furans, dioxins, NPE, LAS etc). In many countries, sludge is now incinerated instead of spread on land due to public health concerns. This creates a problem of locking Phosphorus in the ash making it very difficult and expensive to recycle it into the soil. Sludge can only be spread on land 3 months a year and the prolonged storage gives considerable GHG emission. AquaGreen dries and pyrolyse (heat to 650 °C) the sludge turning it into useful resources - energy and biochar w. phosphorus - solving environmental and climate problems of sewage sludge. We help the farmer to better yields and the climate by storing CO2 in the ground when biochar is used as a fertilizer. We support future generations' ability to grow plants by recovering phosphorus - an element listed as a critical scarce raw material by the EU.
The Environmental Benefits
- •One HECLA Setores 1.000 / 350 kW unit capture and store 550.000 kg CO2-eq per year in the biochar, when treating the sludge from a city with 40.000 people
- •0 % of the phosphorus in the sewage sludge is recycled and 5 times more energy is generated than used
- •Biochar is recognised by UN IPCC in 2019 as one of three ways to capture and store carbon to avoid climate change
- •Sewage sludge volume reduced with 90 % and pyrolised sludge (biochar) is sterilised and decontaminated and odor free
- •Carbon storage via the biochar - 50 % of the carbon in the sewage sludge is captured in the biochar saving 1.1 kg CO2 eq per kg of biochar
- •The phosphorous of the biochar is plant available to a very large degree whereas today's standard sludge incineration process is very problematic for phosphorus' plant availability
The Financial Benefits
- •ROI for the waste water plant after 2-6 years - due to sludge handling/incineration cost savings
- •Avoiding cost of extracting phosphorus from the sludge after incineration - currently estimated in Germany to 300 €/ton (per ton sludge on dry matter basis)
- •License to operate in case of too high PFAS in the sludge
Target client profile
Tags
Applications
Benefits
Activity Region
- Headquarters
- Activity
Company Profile
AquaGreen
AquaGreen is a CleanTech company with unique patented technology upcycling dry and wet biomass to resources.
Headquarters
4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Type
Startup or self-employed
Networking Partner
Cleantech Scandinavia
Network of industrial companies, investors, real estate companies and cities; connecting to 1 400+ clean technology companies from the Nordics and Baltics.
Solutions Associated
16
Complementary solutions
May 2019
Biomethane from biomass
Using biomass to produce biogas and bio-fertilizers for the transportation and agriculture industry
- Utilities (Water, Energy, Waste)
- Agrifood & Natural Environment
Share
Contact the Solution Provider
Add to Favorites
The information set out above, is solely for the purposes of information and the Solar Impulse Foundation does not provide any guarantee as to its authenticity, completeness or accuracy. This information does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy into, transact or to enter into any agreement with any of the parties or persons mentioned above. Potential investors or interested parties are solely responsible for their investment or business decisions and for performing any due diligence required by the circumstances. The innovator AquaGreen has asserted ownership of the intellectual property rights for images, videos, and content showcased above, affirming full and unrestricted usage rights, and has provided explicit permission for the Solar Impulse Foundation to publish such information designated as "public" in the application form.