Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00655, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Xu, Charles Chunbao (The University of Western Ontario), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Idea to Innovation, program name french : De l'idée à l'innovation, program purpose english : A promising hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology (PCT patent pending, file # 349-264-P) has been developed, partnering mainly with Trojan Technologies, and a few other industrial partners. The technology realizes co-processing of high-water-content wastewater sludge and other solid wastes such as municipal solid waste (MSW) and forestry/agricultural residues for co-production of bio oils and biogas. In our previous lab-scale tests in both a 100 mL batch reactor and a lab-scale continuous-flow HTL reactor (0.6 kg/h), the operating conditions including reaction temperature, reaction time and solids concentration were optimized based on the response surface methodology for the maximum bio-crude oil production. The two by-products from this process (bio-char and water-soluble products (WSP)) can be used to produce energy as well._x000D_
Bio-methane Potential (BMP) test on the obtained WSP demonstrated excellent fermentability for biogas production by anaerobic digestion (AD). In this proposed I2I Phase I (reduction-to-practice) project, we aim to advance this HTL-AD process by scaling up the process for treating mixed wastes at 6 kg/h treatment capacity_x000D_
(10 fold scale up). The operating conditions will be optimized for the 6 kg/h scale HTL reactor system for the maximum bio-oil production. Mixtures of waste activated sludge and various types of solid wastes such as wood sawdust, cornstalk, and MSW will be investigated in the 6 kg/h scale HTL reactor system. In addition, a 5 L batch bioreactor will be constructed for AD tests of the water-soluble products for biogas production in addition to the BMP test. Finally, a techno-economic analysis for a full-scale plant (16 t/h sludge treatment capacity) will be performed, and compared with a conventional process (WAS anaerobic digestion digested sludge dewatering - landfill or incineration) as a benchmark. The research results from this I2I Phase-I project can be used for the decision making and design of full-scale HTL plants._x000D_, program purpose french : A promising hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology (PCT patent pending, file # 349-264-P) has been developed, partnering mainly with Trojan Technologies, and a few other industrial partners. The technology realizes co-processing of high-water-content wastewater sludge and other solid wastes such as municipal solid waste (MSW) and forestry/agricultural residues for co-production of bio oils and biogas. In our previous lab-scale tests in both a 100 mL batch reactor and a lab-scale continuous-flow HTL reactor (0.6 kg/h), the operating conditions including reaction temperature, reaction time and solids concentration were optimized based on the response surface methodology for the maximum bio-crude oil production. The two by-products from this process (bio-char and water-soluble products (WSP)) can be used to produce energy as well._x000D_
Bio-methane Potential (BMP) test on the obtained WSP demonstrated excellent fermentability for biogas production by anaerobic digestion (AD). In this proposed I2I Phase I (reduction-to-practice) project, we aim to advance this HTL-AD process by scaling up the process for treating mixed wastes at 6 kg/h treatment capacity_x000D_
(10 fold scale up). The operating conditions will be optimized for the 6 kg/h scale HTL reactor system for the maximum bio-oil production. Mixtures of waste activated sludge and various types of solid wastes such as wood sawdust, cornstalk, and MSW will be investigated in the 6 kg/h scale HTL reactor system. In addition, a 5 L batch bioreactor will be constructed for AD tests of the water-soluble products for biogas production in addition to the BMP test. Finally, a techno-economic analysis for a full-scale plant (16 t/h sludge treatment capacity) will be performed, and compared with a conventional process (WAS anaerobic digestion digested sludge dewatering - landfill or incineration) as a benchmark. The research results from this I2I Phase-I project can be used for the decision making and design of full-scale HTL plants._x000D_, agreement title english : Hydrothermal liquefaction technology for co-processing of wastewater sludge and other solid wastes for bioenergy production, agreement title french : Hydrothermal liquefaction technology for co-processing of wastewater sludge and other solid wastes for bioenergy production, agreement number : I2IPJ, agreement value : 124750.0, agreement start date : 2017-10-18, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada