Programme

Monday 19th November UTILISING BIOSOLIDS AND DIGESTATES REVAQ – the Swedish certification system for sludge application to land – Experiences at the Rya WWTW in Gothenburg and challenges for the future I’Ons, D., Mattsson, A., Davidsson, F., Mattsson, J., Gryaab AB, Sweden Developing markets for digestate Guinness, J., WRAP UnWRAPping the Mystery of Digestate Enhancement Whipps, A., Pell Frischmann Consultants New Soil From Mine Tailings Through Biosolid Amendment Pepper, I.L., The University of Arizona Risk assessment of the use of source-segregated anaerobic digestates in GB agriculture Chambers B1, Gale P2, Litterick A3, Longhurst P4*, Taylor M1, Tompkins D5, Tyrrel S4, 1ADAS, 2AVHLA, 3Earthcare Technical, 4Cranfield University, 5WRAP Health Risk Assessment for Land Application of Biosolids in Ankara, Turkey Kendir, E., Dilek Sanin, F., Kentel, E., Middle East Technical University, Turkey Field Trials of Marketable Sludge Derivatives from Sustainable Processing of Wastewater in a Highly Integrated Treatment Plant. Chaney K.1, Murray, C.1, Smith G 1, and Le, M.S.2, 1,Harper Adams University College, 2United Utilities Group PLC Post Project Appraisal of Liming of Raw Sludges Taylor, C. and Edgington, R.M., United Utilities Group PLC AlumCASTM Nano-polymer Coagulant/flocculant Enhances Anaerobic Digestion in Wastewater Treatment for Production of Higher Quality Activated Sludge for Fertilizer and Biogas Applications Charko, S., TR Research Investigating the Influence of Water Treatment Residuals on Phosphorus Mobility Derived From Biosolid Application to Willow Coppice Cairns, M. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute TREATMENT OF DEWATERING LIQUOR A Technical Review Of The Emerging Technologies For Treating Dewatering Liquors & Process Reject Water Bungay, S., Helix ECL Treatment of Centrate from Dewatering a Thermally Hydrolysed Sludge at Davyhulme Wwtw Edgington, R.M., United Utilities Group PLC The ANAMMOX®-Process. Design Considerations and Operational Experience Driessen, W., Ettingen van, M., Remy, M., Hendrickx, T. , Paques bv, The Netherlands Treating Post-Digestion Dewatering Liquors Using High-Rate Activated Sludge Collins, S.1, Hernandez-Ramirez, O.1, Bungay, S.2, 1ACWA Services Ltd, 2Helix ECL and ACWA Services Ltd RESOURCE RECOVERY Recovery of phosphate and ammonium from centrate water van Dijk, l., Sustec Consulting & Contracting bv, Netherlands Wetox: Destruction of Sludge with Recovery of Alum and Phosphate McKay, K., Wetox Ltd Serial Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion: A Keystone Technology for Optimal Resource Recovery from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Palmer, S.J and Nair, A., MWH (UK) Ltd Effect of the Addition of Conditioning Agents and of Inverted Phase Fermentation Pre-Treatment on the Biochemical Methane Potential of Sludge Negral L., Marañón E., Fernández-Nava Y., Castrillón L., University Institute of Industrial Technology of Asturias, Spain Disintegrating Sludge as a Carbon Source for Denitrification Neis, U.1, Nickel, K.1, Vergara, L.2, 1Technical University of Hamburg and Harburg, 2Ultrawaves Reactors Ltd Tuesday 20th November EXPERIENCES WITH ADVANCED DIGESTION New Thermal Advanced Digestion plant at Northumbrian Water’s Howdon works Rawlinson, D.1, Oliver, B.2, 1Northumbrian Water, 2 Imtech Process Commissioning Of Davyhulme Thermal Hydrolysis Plant Jolly, M. and Knight, G. , Black & Veatch Ltd Enhanced Enzymic Hydrolyis at Lancaster Wwtw Edgington, R.M. and Leach, K., United Utilities Group PLC Operational experience with Thermal Advanced Digestion in Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Wilson, S.1, Brown, R.¹, Oliver, B.2, Merry, J², 1Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, 2 Imtech Understanding the impact of thermal treatment of sewage sludge on the efficiency of anaerobic digestion process efficiency Shana, A.1, Ouki, S.2, Asaadi, M.3, Pearce, P.1, Mancini, G.2, 1Thames Water, Innovation & Development, UK, 2Surrey University, 3AD Technologies Ltd Evaluation of chemical and thermal pretreatments on digestibility of WAS and mixed sewage sludges Devlin, D.C.1, Esteves, S.R.R.1, Dinsdale, R.2, Guwy, A.J.2, 1. University of Glamorgan, The Wales Centre of Excellence for Anaerobic Digestion,2. University of Glamorgan, Sustainable Environment Research Centre Anaerobic Digestion Pre-treatment Using Autoclave Technology Lee, K., Calero, J., Wang, J., Kimber, T., Thames Water Innovation, Imperial College London The effects of steam explosion and hydrolysing time on the digestibility of sewage sludge in anaerobic digestion Barua, R., Lee, K., Mills, N., Ouki, S., Thorpe, R., Thames Water Innovation, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey Comparing Thermal Hydrolysis And Steam Explosion Disintegration For Ad Pre-Treatment Panter, K.1, Kopp, J.2, Nilsen, P.J.3, 1Ebcor Ltd, 2Kläranlagen Beratung Kopp, 3Cambi AS Ultrasounds and Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatments to Enhance Municipal Solid Waste Anaerobic Digestion Cano, R., and Fdz-Polanco, M., Universidad de Valladolid, Spain Two-Step Inverted Phase Fermentation: A Novel Approach To Sustainable Digestion Intensification Sprigings, A.E. and Le, M.S., United Utilities Water PLC SORP Seminar – Sustainable Recycling in the Green Ecomomy Details to follow… THE ENERGY FACTORY The Energy Factory Concept (EFC) Geraats, B., Grontmij Redeveloping Municipal Wastewater Treatment from a Fuel Management Perspective. Palmer, S.J , Nair, A. and White, C., MWH (UK) Ltd Waste Water Treatment Works as Renewable Power Stations – Integrating Advanced Digestion of Biosolids and Biowaste to Maximise Assets Harrison, D.1 and Law, I.2, 1Monsal Ltd, 2GENeco Wessex Water Biomet process - maximising the Organic Waste to Energy transfer Del Piccolo, C.1, Durand, B.2, Bigot, B.3, 1VWS Italia, 2Veolia STI France, 3VWS Next generation biogas upgrading using highly selective gas separation membranes showcasing the Poundbury project Lems, R., Dirkse E.H.M. , DMT Environmental Technology Photofermentation for enhancing energy recovery from AD and eliminating souring Redwood, M., The University of Birmingham THICKENING, DEWATERING & DRYING Latest experiences with the Bucher press with municipal sewage Huppert, M., Bucher Unipektin AG Controlling the thickness of sludge at source Stelton, H.1, Depala, P.2, 1Anglian Water, 2Blaise Ford IDS Drying the Ankara Wastewater Treatment Plant sludge Sanin, S., Cakirm I., Aksoy, A., Middle East Technical University, Turkey Dewatering sludge originating in Water Treatment Works in Reed Bed Systems – 4 years of experience Nielsen, S.1, Cooper, D.J.2, 1Orbicon A/S, 2ARM Ltd Granular Renewable Solid Fuel Trials in a Fluidised Bed Incinerator Mills, N., Perrault, A., Pearce, P., Thorpe, R., Thames Water Innovation, University of Surrey Wednesday 21st November OPTIMISING AND VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM DIGESTION Valuing the environmental benefits from the anaerobic digestion of food and agricultural wastes Walsh, J., Bangor University Waste-Derived Organics Vs Land Bank Opportunities: A Recyclers Perspective Wheeler, R.S., Gibbs, P.A., Rudd, C., 4R Group Influence Of Inoculum In The Municipal Solid Waste Biodegradation Nielfa, A., Fdz-Polanco, M., University of Valladolid, Spain Digester foaming problems and solutions based on US experiences Wilson, T.1, Schroedel, R.2, Schafer, P.2, 1TEWEELLC, 2Brown & Caldwell, USA Achieving optimum energy yield from feedstocks through digestion, the economic holy grail Smyth, M1., and Horan, N.J.1,2, 1Aqua Enviro Ltd., 2University of Leeds Optimisation of sludge treatment processes using real time control Thornton, A., Haeck, M., Hach Lange Determination Of Biogas Production Potential For Co-Digestion Of Ice cream Offspec And Ice cream Wastewater Hot, E., Örok, M., Erkisi, S., Demirel, B., Onay, T., Bogaziçi University, Turkey The influence of mesophilic temperatures over 35oC on anaerobic digester performance Winter, P.1, Gonzalez, C.1, Smith, S.2, 1Thames Water, 2Imperial College London Anaerobic digestion optimisation by carbon dioxide enrichment: increasing biogas production and carbon dioxide uptake Fernández, Y.B., McAdam, E., Soares, A., Vale, P., Cartmell, E., Cranfield Water Science Institute, Cranfield University PATHOGENS AND POLLUTANTS IN DIGESTATE Development of Methods for the Analysis of Nonylphenols in Sewage Sludge Ömeroglu, C., Kara, F., Sanin, F.D., Middle East Technical University, Turkey Pcbs in Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludges: A Comparative Review Serce, T., Sanin, F.D., Imamoglu, I., Middle East Technical University, Turkey Investigation of PCB Dechlorination in the Presence of Transformer Oil in Anaerobic Digesters Kaya, D., Sanin, F.D., Imamoglu, I., Middle East Technical University, Turkey Use of a Probiotic Culture to Prevent E. coli Re-Growth in Sludge Cake Miller, K.J. and Le, S., United Utilities Water PLC Investigation of the effect of anaerobic digestion processes on common agricultural pests and diseases Henry, C.1, Thwaites, R.1, Peters, J.1, Elphinstone, J.1, Sapp, M.1, Cook, N.1, Jennings, P.1, MacDonald, S., Prior, T., Reed, P.1, Smyth, M.2, Horan, N.2,3, Noble, R.4, 1The Food and Environment Research Agency, 2Aqua Enviro Ltd, 3University of Leeds, 4East Malling Research