Membrane/Cryogenic
Biogas: 450 Nm3/h Biomethane: 225 Nm3/hCO2: 2,520 tons per year
Injection into gas grid according to Dutch specifications
Yes
Dutch company, Ecofuels, wanted to turn biogas from
organic waste into a sustainable energy source.
With Pentair® Biogas Upgrading Solutions, Ecofuels realized
their ambition.
THE STORY OF ECOFUELS
Founded in 2006, Ecofuels is an industrial, biochemical production
company, originally initiated by Dutch company Laarakker
Groenteverwerking B.V., a specialist in cultivating, processing and selling
vegetables, and Indaver Nederland B.V., an industrial and household
waste specialist.
Laarakker Groenteverwerking grows 110,000 tons of vegetables annually
on 3,500 hectares (8,650 acres) and sells them to producers of canned,
frozen and juice products. Indaver Nederland is a vegetable waste
management specialist that processes 400,000 tons of vegetable
waste to compost each year which is sold as fertilizer to agricultural and
gardening enterprises.
In 2006, Ecofuels started two biogas fermenters at its premises in Well,
Limburg, The Netherlands.
The Pentair BioComplete plant at Ecofuels comprises of membrane and cryogenic technology. It produces 650-700 Nm3 /h of biogas which is processed into 340-360 Nm3 /h of biomethane or
THE FUTURE FOR ECOFUELS
The resulting biomethane is fed into the national grid. Ecofuels receives the feed-in remuneration that is prescribed in the Dutch Renewable Energy Regulation. The CO2 by-product is used across a variety of applications such as gaseous fertilizer in greenhouses, as a cooling agent in industrial applications and to produce dry ice which Ecofuels can use as an additional revenue stream
Product
Pentair BioComplete
Technology
Membrane/Cryogenic
Plant Capacity
650-700 Nm3/h Biogas
340-365 Nm3/h Biomethane
2.000 tons per year CO2