INTRODUCTION:
The following is an overview of a business concept for the
development of a regional energy and waste management plan. The concept involves the development of a
joint venture between National, Regional and Private interests for the recovery
and recycling of valuable energy and nutrient resources. The concept involves identifying recoverable
and recyclable waste resources, concentrating them into feedstock at the site
of generation and transporting the feedstock to a regional site for conversion
into energy or beneficial products that can be utilized by consumers within the
region.
Potential sites can be identified for developing the central
regional processing concept. Environmentally sound technologies are
utilized for the recovery of energy and for the beneficial recycling of fibres
and essential nutrients. The products
can be utilized in the production of electricity, agricultural products and
fibreboard for construction purposes.
Who is involved?
MPCEE was founded in 1972 as
an environmental management consultancy, specializing in environmental
protection and pollution control within developing countries. To day, MPCEE has agreements to work alongside global technical manufacturing concerns, all
of which have technology in place to deal with the dewatering and drying of
multiple waste streams down to zero percent moisture.
A regional energy and waste
management plan, although not new, this is the first time that it can be taken
forward in a viable commercial sense, because advanced dewatering, drying and
desalinisation technology is now available that will allow capital and
operating costs to be substantially reduced.
MPCEE operates in a niche market. That is identifying the need for sustainable development required at national, regional and international levels, using thirty-five years of professional skills and expertise in environmental protection and pollution control. Through the identification process it is possible to (a) bring together the appropriate technologists to develop the plan using the Best Available Techniques (BAT), (b) link and pool the relative necessary hardware resources, and (c) bring in the reputable knowledge and understanding of banking and financial institutions to discuss any financial commitments the end user may require.
Our technical partners come from Europe and the USA and was founded with the belief that
there exists both a need and a broad based business opportunity for reclaiming
valuable energy and nutrients through recycling surplus and discarded organic
waste materials. We have the most
advanced technologies available, which can be utilized to develop environmentally
sensitive products from recovering waste materials for the beneficial reuse.
Waste Management Project
The domestic waste project allows for
advanced technical solutions, currently operating in separate global
environments to come together ‘like a glove’ to deal with the vast quantities
of waste that is on a continual spiral upwards. The opportunity to involve
municipal, regional and national organisations, in both the public and private
sectors, will show the level of commitment by a country's authorities to combat
the ever-increasing problems of excessive domestic waste.
The Regional Energy and Waste
Management Plan allows for industrial waste to be introduced into the waste
stream. Technology is included to deal with the decontamination of drilling mud
and refinery waste streams. All the technologies are patented, including waste
recycling equipment for separating and reclaiming product from packaging.
Sourcing financial
providers form part of our remit, but the due diligence that is undertaken to
protect their assets is very strict and will form part of any
investigation of those involved with the project. If a joint venture with
inward investment is to be included, this must be made absolutely clear from
the outset of discussions.
Resource Management
is involved in the promotion, consultation, and development of:
1.
Recyclable and
Bio-conversion of waste solids;
2.
Production of
Alternative fuels for Energy;
3.
Production of
Natural and Bio-based soil amendments and mulches;
4.
Production of
Commercial Bio-enhanced Soil Amendments and Enhanced Fertilizers;
5.
Production of
Natural and Organic Based Crop Predators Shields;
By utilizing (to name a few) all plant life and non-volatile solid
waste:
1.
Surplus agricultural
crops:
a)
Potatoes,
b)
Sugar beets,
c)
Onions,
d)
Corn,
e)
Grain;
2.
Commercial generated
manure and process waste:
a)
Dairy manure,
b)
Stemmed mint,
c)
Silage,
d)
Potato Processing
waste,
e)
Fruit Processing
waste
f)
Straw,
g)
Crop seed residues
h)
Landfill segregated
waste;
3.
Landscaping, Lawn
and Garden generated green waste:
a)
Leaves,
b)
Limbs,
c)
Grass clippings
To manufacture products that can be utilized in the
production of:
1)
Fuel for direct
energy production:
a)
Methane,
b)
Ethanol,
c)
Propanol, and other
related alcohols;
2)
Co-Generated Energy;
3)
Organic Acids for
dust control;
4)
Residual building
materials:
a)
Cellulose
b)
Fibre
5)
Soil amendments and
fertilizer for:
a)
Commercial crops;
b)
Mitigation/reclamation/stabilization/re-vegetation
of environmentally sensitive areas;
c)
Horticultural
plants; and
d)
Home Gardens.
The identification
of potential central regional processing points will be made easy, because of
the plants adaptability to utilize the technologies for processing of incoming waste
and production of manufactured products and by-products. However, the concept
can be scaled to fit a number of regional sites.
The success of this
plan will be governed by the joint venture interest and by developing a
contractual agreement with the industries, which will generate the bulk of the
resource that will be utilized in the plant.
The benefit to the regional community is:
1.
Recycling and
renewal of valuable resources,
2.
Generation of
energy,
3.
Removal of
agricultural, commercial, and municipal waste, which can impact air and water
quality,
4.
Recovery of plant
nutrients,
5.
Production of
alternative fibre resources.
Our goals are:
1)
Development of the
Plan:
a.
Identify National,
Regional and Private co-operators;
b.
Develop the Waste
Generator Cooperative; and
c.
Identify the
Regional feedstocks and locations for the Local Concentrators.
2)
Develop feedstock
base:
a.
Identify growers and
nature of the feedstock,
b.
Identify the
quantities, and
c.
Contract the local
concentrators.
3)
Process Development:
a)
Local preconditioning
i)
Pulverizing Air Dryer (PAD) - The PAD allows for the
concentrating and dewatering of high moisture waste (up to 85% moisture),
producing a low moisture concentrated feedstock (under 10% moisture), which can
be easily transported to a regional processing plant. The end result of the dewatering process is the production of a
uniform granule size (minus 10 to minus 300 mesh) without any loss of
carbohydrates, protein or nutrient.
These dry units are designed to process 10 wet tons (20% solids)/hr. In addition to the dry units liquid units
are available which can process 300 tons of 2% solids
b)
Regional
preconditioning
i)
Second stage Pulverizing Air Dryers - Dries the material to 1-2
% moisture.
ii)
Anaerobic and
Fermentation Digesters, allows for the ability to extract easily digestible
simple sugars and carbohydrates into methane, ethanol, or other organic simple
organic acids.
c)
Residue Processing
i)
Residue Stabilization
(1)
Microbial
stabilization
(2)
Base/Acid
enhancement
(3)
Composting
ii)
Product Processing
(1)
Amendment
enhancement
(2)
Fertilizer
enhancement
(3)
Fibre enhancement
d)
Post process air and
water treatment
i)
Continuous wastewater treatment, or
ii)
Sequencing Batch
Reactor.
4. Process/Operation Development:
a)
Evaluation of
Recyclable Resources;
i)
Development of Beneficial Reuse Products
ii)
Products Evaluation
iii)
Product Production
iv)
Product Research,
v)
Application,
Monitoring, and Evaluation.
Product Marketing:
vi)
Market Analysis
vii)
Product
Manufacturing, and
viii)
Sales and Sales
Support.
Agricultural, Industrial, and Municipal
Waste and Wastewater Treatment
Agricultural and Industrial Waste
Management Systems:
1. Sequencing Batch
Reactors (SBR),
2. Mobilized Film
Anaerobic Reactors (MFT),
3. Air Shear Pulverizer
(ASP), and
4. Continuous Flow
Acid-Basic Stabilization (CFS).
Dewatering and Waste
Minimisation Technologies
Organic Waste to Energy
Technologies
Conclusion
By bringing
together and using different technologies, it is not possible to use one
particular plan for one location and set of circumstances, and then take it to
another location and expect the same favourable and beneficial results, should
the environmental circumstances not be the same. Therefore, we endeavour to
bring to your attention the expertise, technology and resources that are
required and will be involved to cater for any project that a client intends to
fulfil. We can then show that it not only caters for the exact environmental
protection and pollution control requirements that the international community
as a whole expects, but will go on to show also that it is possible to achieve
sustainable development and, in the course of it, make excessive profits in
doing so.
Private sector
initiatives that bring together global operators, to achieve the required end
results, necessitates financial, professional and commercial risks to be taken,
but these risks must be based on taking informed decisions. MPCEE has obtained,
through its professional approach to such operations, a level of credibility
second to none. MPCEE, therefore, offers potential users of the Plan its full
service of skills, expertise and commercialism in order to ensure that a
municipal waste project is both a commercial and operational success.
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