Environment And Infrastructure Committee — Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-02-20
Time: 10:00

COLUMBIA ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING
 AGENDA
 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018


The Columbia Environment and Infrastructure Committee will conduct a Meeting on
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at City Hall,
1737 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201.

Prior to entering the meeting please turn all electronic communication devices to the silent, vibrate or off
 position. All presenters are asked to speak directly into the microphone for recording purposes.

CALL TO ORDER
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

1. Presentation from Allied Energy Services

ADJOURNMENT




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COLUMBIA ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING
 AGENDA
 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018


The Columbia Environment and Infrastructure Committee will conduct a Meeting on
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room at City Hall,
1737 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201.

Prior to entering the meeting please turn all electronic communication devices to the silent, vibrate or off
 position. All presenters are asked to speak directly into the microphone for recording purposes.

CALL TO ORDER
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

1. Presentation from Allied Energy Services

ADJOURNMENT




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MEETING DATE: February 20, 2018

DEPARTMENT: City Clerk

FROM: Erika Moore, City Clerk

SUBJECT: Presentation from Allied Energy Services
FINANCIAL IMPACT:


ATTACHMENTS:
  Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (PDF)


HISTORY:
11/22/17 Environment and Infrastructure Committee DEFERRED




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Municipal Solid Waste




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
 to
Liquid Fuel, Bio Char
 and
 Wood Products



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 The Team




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
• ALLIED Energy Services, LLC
 • Developer and Operator
• Soukos Environmental USA, Inc.
 • MSW Feedstock Technology Provider
 • Energy Conversion Technology Provider
• AMEC Foster Wheeler
 • Environmental Engineering
• AECOM
 • EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction)

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 Diesel Fuel, Bio Char and Wood Products




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
Soukos Aeolus System Municipality Landfill (MSW)




 Output is Soukos Knossos Output is
 RDF Pellets System Building
 Products



 Soukos
 Archimedes System Output is Diesel
 Fuel & Char



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Non-Waste Fuel




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)



  Soukos RDF Pellet Heating Value
Gross Heating Value 13,281 BTU/lb, 30.89 MJ/kg
 Net Heating Value 12,296 BTU/lb, 28.60 MJ/kg
 *Based on testing at PPI on 10/26/16

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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
 Module 3
 Pelletizing




 Homogenizer

 Module 2
 Manual Separation
 of Recyclables


 Module 1B
 (Optional) Rotating Drying and Separation
Backup Generator
 Regulated Feeding System
Control Room Metals &
 Inerts

 Module 1A
 Supervisor
 Station


 Magnetic Separator
 Cutter
 Redler Conveyor
 Loading


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ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 MSW to Non-Waste Fuel



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 Non-Waste Fuel to Diesel




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
• RDF Pellet to Diesel Fuel System
 – Not a standard catalytic pyrolysis technology
 – Relatively low temperature process
 • MSW pellets with high plastics can be processed
 • This translates to high energy value fuel
 – No catalysts needed
 • No system shutdown to replace catalysts in reactor
 – High conversion rate
 • 60% MSW - pellet conversion
 • 45% by weight of diesel fuel
 produced with MSW pellets
 – 2 Modules plus Control Room



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Non-Waste Fuel to Wood Products




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
The “KNOSSOS” System is a mobile INPUT OUTPUT
 Material RDF
Unit, which utilizes the generated
RDF material derived from the
innovative Mobile MSW Treatment




 CONVERSION TO PRODUCTS
Systems “AEOLUS” of SOUKOS
ROBOTS.
The system’s capacity is maximum 10
ton/hr of incoming RDF materials




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ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 Non-Waste Fuel to Diesel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 Non-Waste Fuel to Diesel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 Non-Waste Fuel to Diesel



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 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
ALLIED Energy Services, LLC. Proprietary




 Non-Waste Fuel to Diesel



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 Soukos Aeolus & Archimedes 1.a



MSW to Diesel Fuel (Bulgarian Operation)




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 Project Benefits




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
• Jobs (65 to 100 full time jobs)
• Environmental
• Environmental Services Operation
• Sustainability Objectives
• Education
• Economic
• Financial


 Information is Personal and Confidential -
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 Executive Summary




 Attachment: Waste to Energy for Columbia SC 022018 (3974 : Allied Energy Services)
Project Summary
• Proposed Approach
  • 131,400 to 175,000 Wet Tons of MSW
 • Diesel Fuel: 9,926,673 Gallons/Year
 • Char: 16,704 Tons/Year
 • Wood Products
• Lease
  • 10 acres
  • 25 years

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Information is Personal and Confidential -




 AES
 Questions?




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COLUMBIA ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING
 MINUTES
 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM by Chairwoman Tameika Isaac Devine.
 Attendee Name Present Absent Late Arrived
 Tameika Isaac Devine   
 Moe Baddourah   
 Daniel J. Rickenmann   
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

1. Presentation from Allied Energy Services

Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy presented a project that is currently
under construction in Augusta, Georgia. We are the developer and operator. We have found a
way to create technology out of grease that allows us to take municipal waste and create a non-
waste fuel pellet. We can use the pellet to make diesel fuel and char. This technology makes a
pellet that is sixty percent plastic, forty percent cellulose fiber, free of all pathogens and
bacteria. The EPA then allows you to do whatever you want to do with it, because it is now a
non-waste fuel. It has a BTU value of coal. This can be exported overseas. We have development
rights for all of North, Central, and South America. Augusta will be the first City in the United
States to use this technology at their landfill. He showed how the household garbage is
processed. We will make use of ninety-nine percent of what we take in. The recyclable materials
are recycled as usual. I am after plastics, paper, and wood. In Greece, they are making roof
shingles, flooring, and countertops out of this product. There is a restaurant where all of the
tables and chairs were made from garbage. In Bulgaria, they bring the garbage to a refinery
first. This technology will create sixty-five to one hundred jobs full-time jobs. There are
environmental, sustainability, education, economic, and financial benefits. We are leasing ten
acres inside the landfill and the City still gets their tipping fees. Our proposal to you is that we
need 131,000 to 175,000 tons [of municipal solid waste] to make 9.9 million gallons of diesel;
16,000 tons of bio-char; and wood products. In the partnership, we provide all the capital. We
own and operate it. We would lease inside your landfill for twenty-five years.


Councilor Rickenmann noted that we do not own the landfill. We take our waste to a third party.


Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy proposed to take the City's solid waste


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and then take what's not used to the landfill. The City would cut its cost by ninety-nine percent.


Councilor Rickenmann suggested that we look at property for a project like this. Think about the
efficiency our Solid Waste Division would gain.


Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy said ten acres is needed. We will run
24/7.


Councilor Devine inquired about the cost of the facility.


Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy said the facility cost $61 million. What is
the annual tonnage that’s being moved out of the City and County now? Our permitting would be
easier if you have a site that’s already permitted. The installation is thirty days, but it takes up to
seven months to pour the concrete and to construct the building. The Augusta project will be
complete by the end of this year. If you have five acres, we can take that to our engineers. Our
goal is to build six sites per year.


Councilor Rickenmann said Mary Pat Baldauf has an Environmental Protection Agency study
that contains all of the waste streams in the three counties.


Mr. Clint Shealy, Assistant City Manager for Columbia Water asked if they producing and
storing the diesel onsite and then transferring it out.


Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy said we have an offtake agreement with
Green Energy. We store diesel for fifteen days onsite and then they come and get it. If size is an
issue, we can make the pellets on the five acres and then move the pellets to make the diesel.


Councilor Devine asked if Augusta buys diesel at a reduced rate.




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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Mr. Dean Alford, President and CEO of Allied Energy said it would be at a rate they contract
with them on; predictable costs are better than reduced costs.


Mr. Robert Anderson, Public Works Director said we send about 23,000 tons of municipal solid
waste to the landfill each year. He estimated that Richland County sends two and half as much.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was closed at 10:35 AM.
Respectfully submitted by:



Erika D. Moore, CMC
City Clerk




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