INTERNATIONAL VDI CONFERENCe 2013 Sewage Sludge Treatment
Renown speakers will present their results on the following topics: •• Current developments in sewage sludge treatment across Europe •• European framework, sewage sludge potentials and agricultural usage •• Overview on conditioning, dewatering and drying technologies •• Efficient energy recovery from sewage sludge •• Phosphorus recovery from waste water, sludge and ashes
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Date and venue: Chairman: June 18–19, 2013 Prof. Reiner Numrich, University of Strasbourg, France Paderborn, Germany
An event organized by VDI Wissensforum GmbH www.vdi.de/sewagesludge Monday, June 17, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013 Visit the SDEA Sewage Sludge Drying Plant and Waste Water Treatment Plant in Gunstett and Brumath Departure: 14:00
A bus will pick you up from the hotel. Please register beforehand. The visit is free of charge for participants of the conference.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1st day
10:00 Registration & welcome coffee 11:15 The EU’s legal framework for sewage sludge • EU environmental waste policy including proposed Environment Action 10:30 Chairman‘s welcome and opening address Programme 7 • Current EU waste framework legislation, notably directive 86/278/EEC European Framework, Sewage Sludge Potentials & • Need for revision of the current rules? Agricultural Usage • Use of risk assessments • The impact of sewage sludge on climate change 10:45 The Water Information System for Europe (WISE) – Dr. Wybe Th. Douma, Senior Legal Researcher, University of Amsterdam, Knowledge base on urban water treatment T.M.C. Asser Institute for International and European Law, The Hague, • General information on the WISE The Netherlands • Specific information on urban waste water treatment plants across Europe 11:45 Sewage sludge production, treatment, recycling and • Overview of emissions of nutrients, examples of emission of priority disposal in the EU pollutants • Status quo and prognosis of production rates by countries and people • Data on energy consumption for waste water treatment • Changing treatment, recycling and disposal routes, and potential • Potentials for improving the WISE for use Bo N. Jacobsen, Ph.D., Project Manager Water, European Environment • Competition with other biowastes and sludge qualities Agency (EEA), Copenhagen, Denmark Roderick Palfrey, Senior Microbiologist and Safety Officer, WRc Plc, Swindon, United Kingdom
Conference by VDI Wissensforum GmbH | www.vdi.de/sewagesludge | Phone +49 211 6214-201 | Fax +49 211 6214-97154 Sewage Sludge Treatment 12:15 Agricultural use of sewage sludge in EU member states 15:30 Networking & coffee break (EUMs) • Sludge production in the EUMs 16:00 Thermal drying • Strategy for sludge recovery in the EU • Different drying technologies • Technical guidelines for the use of sludge in agriculture • Plant concepts and design features • Risks and benefits of the use of sludge in agriculture • Operational Experience Hubert Brunet, Chairman of the European Federation for Agriculture Erwin Reinharter, MSc., Senior Manager Global Sales, co-authors: Klaus Recycling (EFAR), Paris, France Trattner, MSc., ANDRITZ AG, Graz, Austria
12:45 Lunch 16:30 Thermal treatment of sewage sludges – System integration and energy optimization Technology Overview: Conditioning, Dewatering • Efficient drying and heat recovery and Drying • Drying and power generation integration • Effective drying and incineration integration 14:00 Dewatering Technologies • Future concepts of sludge treatment • Operational costs • Occupational health and safety issues Ulf Bojner, MBA, Managing Director, Torkapparater AB, Stockholm, Sweden • Effective sludge handling • Composting after dewatering 17:00 New trends in solar sludge drying Mads Leth, M.Sc., Head of Department, Senior Project Manager, co-author: • Floor heating and heat pump use for more evaporation Per Henrik Nielsen, VCS Denmark, Odense, Denmark • Advantages and limits of the process • Plant options for the sludge handling 14:30 FlocFormer application – Optimization of municipal sludge Dr. Albert Heindl, Team Leader Drying, Huber SE, Berching, Germany dewatering
• FLocFormer application design 17:30 End of conference day one • Two stage process with flocculation reactor on European waste water treatment plants Evening Reception • Decrease of sludge water content and polymer consumption At the end of the first conference day we kindly invite you to our evening • Decrease of phosphates, nitrates and dry matter with FlocFormer reception/get together. Enhance your personal network and use the relaxed dewatering and informal atmosphere for deepening talks with other participations and speakers. Ulrich Kittmann, Key Account Manager, co-author: Dr. Christian Schröder, SC Consult GmbH, Kiebitzreihe, Germany
15:00 Sewage sludge disintegration of anaerobic digesters with a focus on ultrasonic disintegration experience • Plant design concept • Anaerobic digestion and disintegration • Plant energy balance Valéry Geaugey, Ph.D., Stereau, Maurepas, France
Second Day Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2nd day
Efficient Energy Recovery from Sewage Sludge »» Multi-stage “effluent free” flue gas treatment »» Heat and mass flows of the sludge incineration plant 09:00 Higher biogas production, lower running costs and higher Alice Saabye, Project Director, co-author: Jesper Stuhr Jensen, phosphate recovery by thermofilic sludge digestion Lynettefaelleskabet I/S, Copenhagen, Denmark • Increase of biogas production by thermophilic sludge digestion Dipl.-Ing. Björn Weigelt, Process Engineer, BAMAG Environment GmbH, • Plant design and more economic equipment for mixing and heating Butzbach, Germany • Economic data and feasibility • Technological aspects of thermophilic digestion and effects on nitrogen 10:50 Networking & coffee break and phosphorus release • Better efficiency on phosphorus removal by Struvite Anphos® process 11:20 Major steps in energy- and resource efficient recovery of Joop Colsen, BSc., General Manager and Head of the Technological sewage sludge by the cement industry Department, Colsen International BV, Hulst, The Netherlands • New developments in reducing primary fuel for sludge drying • P2O5 recovery before mechanical dewatering 09:30 Sewage sludge is not waste but a resource ! • Global applications of sewage sludge recovery by cement kilns • Legal aspects on a waste water treatment plant with regards to sewage • Cooperation in the value chain - Key to success sludge in Switzerland • Thermal and mineral recovery leading to best ratio in CO2-reduction • Optimization in efficiencies for processing of sewage sludge at arabern Dipl.-Ing. Henrik Wesseling, Senior Fuel Mix Optimization Manager, treatment plant HeidelbergCement, Heidelberg, Germany • Increasing the biogas production through utilization of biomass • Future challenges with regards to sewage sludge 11:50 Pyrobustor: Possibilities and limits of the pyrolysis of sewage sludge Beat Ammann, Dipl. Bau-Ing., MBA USD, Director, ara region bern ag, Herrenschwanden, Switzerland • Application range of the Pyrobustor compared to fluidized bed incineration • Operational experience Pyrobustor plant in Southern Tyrol 10:00 Concept, realization and operation of the world’s most efficient sewage sludge incineration plant – From two viewpoints • Advantages and disadvantages of the Pyrobustor technology Operator’s viewpoint Dr.-Ing. Uwe Neumann, Head of Department Thermal Waste Treatment, • Background information on building the new incineration plant co-authors: Réka Tittesz, Carolina Acuña Caro, Eisenmann Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Holzgerlingen, Germany • Experience from planning of the treatment process and disposal of sewage sludge • Best Practice Examples: From building the plant until its operation Builder’s viewpoint • Replacement of multiple hearth furnaces by modern fluidised bed technology • Description of various plant components »» Fluidised bed incinerator »» Heat recovery with thermal oil boiler
Conference by VDI Wissensforum GmbH | www.vdi.de/sewagesludge | Phone +49 211 6214-201 | Fax +49 211 6214-97154 Sewage Sludge Treatment Phosphorus recovery from sewage water, About us sludge and ashes The Association of German Engineers (VDI) is one of the 12:20 Outlook on resource recovery from sewage largest technical-scientific associations in Europe. Throughout • Current schemes and technologies for resource recovery the years, the VDI has successfully expanded its activities • Current and future drivers to increase resource recovery nationally and internationally to foster and impart knowledge • New innovations and aspects of sustainability about technology-related issues. As a financially independent, politically unaffiliated and non-profit organization the VDI is Mona Arnold, Tech Lic. MBA, Principal Scientist, co-authors: Johannes recognized as the key representative of engineers both within Jermakka, Pentti Pirkonen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland the profession and in public.
12:50 Lunch Our Media partners 14:00 P-Rex sustainable sewage sludge management fostering phosphorus recovery and energy efficiency • Current phosphorus recovery in the EU • Goal and approach of P-Rex • A European market for recovered phosphorus-requirements and opportunities Dr. Anders Nättorp, Research Associate, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland, co-authors: Dr. Christian Kabbe, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Germany; Ludwig Hermann, Outotec GmbH, Oberursel, Germany
14:30 Sewage sludge ash – A valuable secondary resource? • Mono-incineration of sewage sludge in Europe • Valuable materials in sewage sludge ashes – Recovery potentials • Phosphorus – An essential element for all life forms • Phosphorus recovery from waste water – A strategy for Western Europe towards independence from the world market Dr.-Ing. Christian Adam, Head of Division, co-authors: Dr. Oliver Krüger, Dr. Jan Steemann, BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany
15:00 Chairman’s closing remarks
15:15 End of conference Thursday, March 20, 2013 2nd day
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Conference chairmen are Jan Manders (CEWEP) and Dr.-Ing. Ragnar Warnecke (GKS - Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt GmbH). Expect speakers from the following companies, institutes and organizations: EEA • ISWA • CEWEP • Statkraft Vame AS • CNIM • SITA Northern Europe Waste Services • Keppel Seghers • MVV Umwelt GmbH • Götaverken Miljö AB • E.ON Energy from Waste UK Ltd • Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik • Fisia Babcock Environment • Babcock & Wilcox Vølund • Inashco Technology • LAB SA • Politecnico di Milano • Technical University of Denmark ...
Date and venue: May 14–15, 2013 Frankfurt, Germany
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