From now on, municipal sewage sludge is sanitized and recycled into phosphorus fertilizer on site in Lorsbach, a climate protecting and cost-saving manner.
In the applied PYREG process, the sewage sludge is first dried using the belt drying system from Eliquo Stulz and then carbonized by the PYREG reactor temperature of 500°C to 700°C. This carbonization eliminates any organic pollutants such as critical pharmaceutical residues, microplastics, PAH, PCDD/F, PCB and hormones. The resulting process gas is freed from dust and carbon particles by a process gas filter and transferred to the combustion chamber. Combustion takes place with a FLOX® burner at temperatures of around 1,000 °C. The hot exhaust gases arising there heat the reactors indirectly via the outer shell of the reactors. It is therefore an autothermal process and the generated renewable energy is used for the drying of the sewage sludge.
The carbon contained in the sewage sludge is permanently bound in the generated biochar from biosolids. Used as a phosphorus fertilizer in agriculture that biochar closes the material cycle. And it furthermore acts as a stable carbon sink for over 1000 years.
The PYREG PX 750 processes 5000 t of dewatered sewage sludge per year (or 16 t per day at 7500 operating hours) with 25% dry matter, or 1250 t per year of dried sewage sludge. As a valuable output, the association generates up to 625 t of biochar form biosolids per year with a phosphorus content of about 15%.

With the commissioning of this plant, Abwasserverband Main-Taunus is taking a resource-saving approach to the legally required recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge. The goal is to use the recovered biochar form biosolids for agricultural purpose

Der Beitrag The wastewater association Main-Taunus chooses a climate-protecting and cost-saving way to recycle phosphorus from sewage sludge erschien zuerst auf PYREG GmbH.

Der Beitrag PYREG GOES CZECH REPUBLIC: Plant for sewage sludge recycling will soon go into operation erschien zuerst auf PYREG GmbH.