Description
According to the Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 issued by the EU, Hungary has to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste to 35% as of 1 July 2016 compared to 1995 levels. Consequently, the objective of the project is to develop new environmental technologies to increase the efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of a biogas plant using biodegradable lignocellulose rich municipal wastes. To reach this goal the project aims to reduce the amount of fermentation residue by 30%, to increase the efficiency of fermentative decomposition by 20%, to reduce the feedstock demand by 25% at a biogas plant. Furthermore the reduction by 80% of the pollutant concentration in the flue gas of the plant is also aimed. During the project are going to be developed (i) a complex, multi-stage, material saving technology leading to waste reduction, and (ii) a new flue gas cleaning system which will be introduced to the plant. The project will benefit the environment by reducing the concentration of emitted pollutants and by reducing the amount of biodegradable municipal waste.
Summary of project results
According to the Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 issued by the EU, Hungary had to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste by 35% as of 1 July 2016 compared to 1995 levels. Consequently, the objective of the project was to develop new environmental technologies to increase the efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of a biogas plant using biodegradable lignocellulose rich municipal wastes. To reach this goal the project aimed to reduce the amount of fermentation residue by 30%, to increase the efficiency of fermentative decomposition by 20%, to reduce the feedstock demand by 25% at a biogas plant. Furthermore, the reduction by 80% of the pollutant concentration in the flue gas of the plant was also aimed. During the project the development of (i) a complex, multi-stage, material saving technology leading to waste reduction, and (ii) a new flue gas cleaning system which will be introduced to the plant was aimed. Obtained results of the project: 1. Description and implementation of an environmentally friendly technology which can increase the efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of a biogas plant utilizing wastes rich in lignocellulose; 2. A flue gas cleaning system was developed and introduced in the biogas plant which is able to reduce the NOx content of the flue gas by 75%, the CO by 75% and CH4 by 80%. Long-term the project the results obtained in the project will benefit the environment by reducing the concentration of emitted pollutants and by reducing the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (the target value is a reduction by 30% by 30/04/2017).
Summary of bilateral results
The Norwegian TEL-TEK donor partner provided valuable intellectual background to the project. E.g. Experimental development.