Projects
Treatment of wastewater with high organic matter and salts content by membrane processes
Bioelectrogenic treatments applied to wastewater treatments
Study of thermal drying of sludge using solar collectors
Wastewater disinfection by shock waves using laser techniques
Producing biodiesel from sewage sludge
Development of an anaerobic codigester of sludge and farming waste for the biogas production
Tertiary treatment of disinfection employing ultrasound and ozone
Promoting R & D through the implementation of the Standard UNE 166,000 and promoting tax deductions
Study management and treatment processes sludge from the WWTP for agricultural purposes
Development of a pilot plant aerobic digestion of sludge from WWTP for agricultural recovery
Producing biodiesel from sewage sludge
Dates:
From september 2008
to december 2010
Sponsors:
Grants:
Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Description:
The sludge is the most important waste produced in a sewage treatment plant. This project proposes a novel alternative for its energetic use as it aims to demonstrate the feasibility of the conversion of sewage sludge into diesel fuel through a process of molecular rupture using a catalyst and a distillation at a temperature of about 300 ºC.
With this objective DAM will operate a pilot plant for production of biodiesel from WWTP sludges. The technology for conversion of organic waste to biodiesel is already being applied to some types of waste such as wood industry wastes. On the contrary it has never been tested for WWTP sludges.
DAM Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo
c/ Guglielmo Marconi, 11 piso 2º, despacho 19
Parque Tecnológico
46980 Paterna (Valencia)
Tel. 902 881 510
Fax. 96 353 12 25
mail: info@dam-aguas.es
