MARKETS SERVED
AGRICULTURE
Agricultural production processes such as beef, swine, and poultry production, as well as dairy farming employ anaerobic digestion to control manure and other solid waste generated during operation. In the anaerobic digestion process, organic matter is converted into methane and carbon dioxide, called biogas. Agricultural facilities require solutions to manage greenhouse gas emissions, reduce odors, and gas utilization.
LANDFILL GAS
The decomposition of organic materials in landfills creates landfill gas, a lower energy biogas, also made up of methane and carbon dioxide. Open landfills emit potent greenhouse gases to atmosphere, and the EPA has determined municipal solid waste landfills to be the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States. Comparable to anaerobic digestion applications, landfills also apply a variety of technologies for the control and use of landfill gas.
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants employ anaerobic digestion to convert sewage sludge or other nutrient rich process by-product into biogas. The control and utilization of high volume biogas produced at a wastewater treatment plant has significant environmental and economical implications on local operations, and contributes to larger scale air quality considerations.
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
The environmental effects from the production of fossil fuels have created the need for more ecological means of supplying energy resources. Biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas, is a viable alternative to supply natural gas where biogas generated from a variety of applications are stripped of contaminants and inert gases, resulting in a high-quality, high-energy fuel.
