Gas Production Module
Agriland Systems’ Gas Production Module (GPM) is a proven, reliable, automated, simple and safe, modular, low-maintenance solids treatment process that virtually eliminates solid animal wastes while destroying dangerous / hazardous effluents and emissions, while enabling production of valuable by-products.
The Gas Production Module is unique in that 1) it has the lowest exhaust measurements for NOX and SOX in the combustion industry (the proprietary burner technology is already recognized as best available control technology in three combustion applications by the most stringent Air Quality Management District in the U.S.); 2) it creates high volumes of “pipeline quality” gas in terms of btu content, with minimal amounts of CO2 and sulfur (thus lowering costs to remove these for pipeline use); and 3) it combusts 95% of the solids, leaving just 5% residual ash (readily marketable) versus 30-40% residual solids/sludge (requiring further treatment) from other gasification technologies and digesters.
Use of the gasifier to process animal waste in the Agriland Systems system is a new application of a proven technology that has been used in other waste processing applications since 1996.
The Agriland Systems GPM 1500 gasifies hog, dairy, beef, poultry and/or horse manure; it will process the wastes of ~ 700 cows or 3000 hogs (larger configurations are available; see “Specs” below)
Characteristics:
Wastes from existing flush farm systems are separated through the Agriland Systems SRM, or will be used as is from non-flushed operations, and become a feedstock for the
GPM (GPM 1500 defined below):
- ~ 70% moisture in solids from Agriland Systems SRM (at 98% solids removal rate)
- ~ 1500 pounds/hour of 70% moist solids into the heated input hopper
- ~ 3000 cu. ft./hour of ~1000 btu/cu. ft. (**) net gas produced by GPM, after fueling itself, or about 3.5 MM btu/hr in net energy available
- This quantity and quality of gas will power a 300 kw/hr generator or micro turbine; cogeneration benefits are readily achievable
- High-energy value methane gas is clean
- Reduces the solids volume by > 95%
- Ash production as a by-product is minimal (~ 60 pounds/hour) and salable
- The ash produced is high-phosphorous, fertilizer-grade material that also can be used in concrete and is land fill friendly
Specs and Emissions
The patented Agriland Systems GPM process utilizes indirect material heating, does not mix the flue and combustion gases, uses no air and gasifies the carbon (which creates more high-energy gas and low ash volume)
Guaranteed burner/flue stack emissions:
CO: < 100 PPM
NOx: < 30 PPM
SOx: 0
PM: 0 lbs/MMBTU/hr.
VOC: 0
Note: Actual emissions may be lower than some above values
Available sizes/electricity rating:
¾ tons per hour (nominally 300 Kw minimum)
3 tons per hour (nominally 1.5 MW minimum)