RE: DIG-L:

[Brampton - Marty Climenhaga <Marty.Climenhaga@trow.com>]

Hi Sanna

I can't claim to know as much as some of the people on this list but I can
give you a few suggestions:

1. I know there's a Finnish company called Eco-Technology JVV OY (EcoTec)
that supposedly has  plants in Finland and Germany and may build one in
India - I found that info here:
http://www.undp.org.in/programme/GEF/september/page16-20.htm

2.  The AD net website has contacts from different countries
http://www.ad-nett.org/index.html

3. There's a Swiss website  in German and English :
http://www.biogas.ch/

4. My company works with a German company, BTA, which has several operating
plants in Europe (mostly Germany):
http://www.bta-technologie.de/files/infostart-e.htm

I used to work at an anaerobic digestion plant for foodwaste and some of the
most important things to monitor were pH, volatile fatty acids,
concentration of solids (total and volatile), ammonia, and methane content
of the biogas. I think this is true for digestion of most types of waste,
but I may be wrong.
Anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of solid waste is not nearly as
widespread as sewage sludge & agricultural waste digestion, but there are a
couple of plants starting up in Canada that I know of, and quite a few in
Europe, some of which were built by BTA above. 

Hope this gives you a start. If you have more questions you can email me
directly too.
Marty

Marty Climenhaga	
Environment Specialist
R. Cave & Associates, a division of 
Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	sanna lamminen / HTOL [SMTP:lamminen@hmltol.hamk.fi]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:09 AM
> To:	digestion@crest.org
> Subject:	DIG-L: 
> 
> Hello Everyone!
> 
> I am Finnish student and I would like to have some information about the
> anaerobic digestion of solid waste for my school project.
> 
> - What kind of analyses are necessary for monitoring the         process,
> when using for example municipal solid waste,   manure and abattoir
> wastes?
> In laboratory scale and in   large scale digestion?
> 
> - Is there any list about the research insitutes working     mainly on
> anaerobic digestion of solid waste? 
> 
> - Where can I find the latest information about the existing      biogas
> plants for solid waste at least in Europe? Aren´t     there any plants for
> example in Norway and Hungary and     only one plant in France and Spain?
> 
> - Any hints for good web sites would be nice too.
> 
> 
> I am pleased with any advice you can give me.
> 
>   Thank you!
> 
> 
> Sanna Lamminen
> Häme Polytechnic
> Finland   
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