Adding Value to
Waste Water Sludge
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History
It all started in 1946: technology and plants
Very much focused on the fats and oils business
In 1990: the De Smet Group creates a subsidiary to
deliver turn key projects: : De Smet Engineers &
Contractors (« DSEC »)
More than 40 major successful projects to date
In 2004 the De Smet Group splits into two entities
- Desmet Ballestra: specializing in oil mill process
- De Smet Engineers & Contractors: oil, sugar, biofuels
(biodiesel, bioethanol) on turnkey basis
In 2006 DSEC creates a “Environment and Energy”
Department with main focus on
drying
flue gas treatment M. Jean Albert De Smet
energy recovery from biomass Founder of Extraction
De Smet en 1946
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Profile
Specialized engineering by more than 120 people –
including 80 engineers
Annual turnover of 150 millions euros,
Located in Waterloo, Belgium
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Bioethanol
- Wanze, Belgium -
2009
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Biodiesel
- Baleycourt, France -
2009
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Vegetable Oil
- Yanbu, Saudia Arabia -
2010
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Sludge
• Municipal sludge
• Industrial sludge
• Organic residues (manure, droppings, ..)
• Anaerobic digestate
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Several Outlets
• Agricultural use (spreading - compost - fertilizer)
down (health standards are increasing ...)
• Thermal valorization
• Landfill
Sludge drying is a prerequisite to most outlets
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Why Drying ?
Drying in view of the end-use of the sludge
• Reduced Volumes: reduced costs of transport and
storage
• Stabilization/Hygiene: transforming waste into a
pathogens-free product
• Maintaining fertilizing added value in agriculture
content:
• Reducing fermentation: VOC and odor reduction
• Autothermal: Energy valorization
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THE MAIN TECHNOLOGY OF DRYING WE OFFER
IS AN INDIRECT DRIER TO ANSWER ALL
YOUR REQUIREMENTS
• The discs drier allows the pre-drying before
introduction into a combustion unit and thus
reach self-thermicity
• It is also suitable for drying of digestate from
anaerobic digestion and has the same
advantages as for the sludge drying: cleaning,
volume reduction, etc.…
• Finally it ensures the complete drying of primary
sludge, digested and undigested up to 90% with
an evaporation capacity of more than 4.5 unit
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Principle of Operation
The rotor consists of a stack of disks on a heated horizontal tube. The
heating fluid (steam or oil) circulates inside the discs; the product to be
dried flows outside the discs.
Exchange coefficient with steam is 7kg water/ m².hr. The use of thermal oil
reduces the surface by about 1/3.
entrée matière entrée matière
sortie matière sortie matière
disques chauffants disques chauffants
retour condensats
sortie huile entrée huile
purgeur air
alimentation vapeur
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Dryer Characteristics
Rotor with
discs
Motor side
Bearings
manholes
Pallets +,-,neutral Body
Combs
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Drying Unit
Water
Condensor
Uncondensables Recirculation Screw
Wet Sludge
Condensables
Cyclone
Extraction Screw
Dryer
Dried sludge
Cooling Screw
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Avantages of the Discs Dryer
Efficiency
Large heating surface in a limited volume
High evaporation rate
Thermal efficiency: intense contact between discs
and products to be dried
Security
Indirect system: no contact between the heating media and the
product to be dried
Very low O2
Control of temperature, CO and CO2
Injection of inert gas or steam
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Avantages of the Discs Dryer
Flexibility
Choice of final product structure: powder or granules
Use in pre-drying or drying: dry matter from 32 to 95%
Economic
Automated installation requiring minimum staff
Very low maintenance costs
Proven and reliable
Robust concept
Corrosion-free materials (stainless steel)
Proven manufacturing methods
More than 200 references on a wide range of products
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Mechanical Erection
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Handling of Drying Vapours
• In a waste water treatment plant: water condensation
and biofilter for the incondensables
• Full or partial thermal oxydation
Combustion process Cinclus
RECIRCULATION DES GAZ DE COMBUSTION
Air de
combustion
Déchets
gazeux
Air de
procédé
Déchets
liquides
JET
Déchets BRÛLEUR
liquides MULTIFLUIDES
Zone de recirculation Zone de stabilisation
CHAMBRE D'INCINERATION
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Mass Balance
Vapours : 972 Kg/h
Sludge : 1000 Kg/h
Dried material : 20%
Water back to the plant : 778 Kg/h
Steam : 1090 Kg/h
Incondensables :194 Kg/h
Dried Sludge : 222 Kg/h
Dried material : 90%
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Mass Balance with Thermal Oxydation
Sludge : 1000 Kg/h Vapours : 972 Kg/h
Dried material : 20%
Water back to the plant : 778 Kg/h
Steam : 1090 Kg/h
Incondensables :194 Kg/h
Dried sludge : 222 Kg/h
Dried material : 90%
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Mass Balance with Thermal Oxydation
Vapours : 972 Kg/h
Sludge : 1000 Kg/h
Dried material : 20%
Dried sludge : 222 Kg/h Steam : 1090 Kg/h
Dried material : 90%
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Projects
• 1. Agricultural Value– Fertilizers
• 2. Landfill
• 3. Drying of anaerobic digestates
• 4. Energy Value
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Agricultural Value
• City of Bayeux : Municipal sludge
1 dryer of 2,1 T/hr from 28 to 90% MS granulation
and spreading
• Slaughterhouse sludge and manure in Lamballe
3 dryers of 4 T/ hr
+ thermal oxydation
Manufacturing of fertilizer for
vineyards.
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Agricultural Value
• Drying of methanisation digestates in Sluiskil (NL)
1 dryer de 3,4 T/hr de 28% à 88% DS
• Drying of methanisation digestates in Ypres (B)
1 dryer de 4,1 T/hr de 20% à 86% DS
condensation + granulation
• Drying of methanisation digestates Geotexia in Brittany (F)
1 dryer de 4,0 T/hr de 20% à 86% DS
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Thermal Valorisation
• For a landfill in Cannet des Maures (France)
2 dryers municipal sludge + thermal oxydation
(biogaz from landfill)
Sludge capacity: 5,6 T/hr from 20% DS to 90% DS
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Thermal Valorisation
• In collaboration with Degrémont – predrying and
combustion (Thermilys) of sludge in projects in Kielce and
Gdansk (Poland)
1 dryer 3,6 T/hr from 20% to 40% DS and 1 dryer 9,2 T/hr
from 22% to 32% DS
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Thermilys (courtesy of Degrémont)
Sludge feed
hopper Condenser
Silo 1
Sludge from
WWTP
Thermal fluid circuit
850-
870°C 220°
C
Flue gas
residue
Bag Bag
filter filter
Reactor
Chemicals
650°C REAGENT
Fluidising air ASHES DRAFT
FAN
HTFB
HEAT ASHES
FURNACE
EXCHANGER
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thank you for your attention
for further information
Christian GRANGE
De Smet Engineers & Contractors
Tel: +32 (0)2 6342500
Mob: +32 (0)475 893023
e-mail:
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