The fast growing biofuels industry faces industrial challenges requiring reactivity, flexibility and adaptability due to the sector's changing and innovative environment.
Producers, engineers and consulting companies must be able to respond to these challenges, which include first and second generation Bioethanol, Biodiesel and Biomass-To-Liquid (BTL) plants, greenfield sites and plant extensions.
Combining industrial performance and sustainable development while remaining competitive requires that the biofuels industry:
- Find easily duplicable solutions,
- Optimize capital expenses,
- Ensure industrial process safety,
- Reduce operational costs,
- Implement solutions providing significant savings, such as optimized energy consumption of installations,
- Comply with environmental regulations, which ultimately lead to the public's acceptance of a site.
At the industrial water cycle level, this means:
- Securing of process and utility waters (boilers, cooling towers),
- Stillage treatment for recovery and recycling (fertilizer, animal feed),
- Environmental compliance of discharged effluents, meeting increasingly stricter regulations,
- Biogas recovery.
| Requirements | Targets | VWS technology |
|---|---|---|
Process water |
Removal of suspended solids, colloidals, organic substances, heavy metals, etc. |
|
Boilers and cooling towers feeding |
- Production of high quality demineralized water - Blow-down treatment |
|
Waste water |
- ZLD - Taking advantage of cogeneration |
|
Biomass |
- Biogas production |
