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Improve Anaerobic Digester Performance with iBB Systems

iBB Systems offer digester owners, operators, investors, and developers multiple possible economic, environmental, and system management benefits

Primary Benefits

ENHANCING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF ORGANIC WASTES TO PROVIDE:

ENHANCED SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY

  • Direct, accelerated increase of microbial populations in samples best suited to produce methane
  • Regular augmentation of main digester system methanogens
  • Increased rate and stability of digester methanogenic processes
  • Faster, more complete system digestion of volatile solids
  • Improved monitoring of feedstock and substrate for changes
  • Increased biological resistance to shocks and system imbalances
  • Faster recovery from system upset or failure
  • Improved digester reliability

Increased digester Revenues

  • Increased energy sales revenues [biogas, biomethane (RNG), electricity]
  • Increased credit revenues (carbon offsets, RINs, RECs, LCFS)
  • Improved digestate quality / increased related product sales

Additional Benefits

  • Reduced reliance on offsite sources for onsite energy requirements
  • Reduced operating costs (chemicals, nutrients, micronutrients, external source microbes) per unit of feedstock and produced biogas
  • At existing digesters: Accelerated, more complete digestion may allow
    • Reduced retention time
    • Increased throughput capacity of existing digester system, delaying facility expansion
    • Improved digestate and wastewater quality, reducing back-end treatment costs
  • For planned new digesters: Reduced capital costs per unit of feedstock and produced biogas

Automation, Simulation, Monitoring

  • iBB System: automation with remote monitoring and control
  • iBB simulation of host digester: Allows rapid pre-testing of feedstock and digester management changes
  • Visibility into digester system biological processes

INCREASED BIOGAS PRODUCTION

INCREASED METHANE CONTENT IN BIOGAS

Increased Profit Margins
Increased Revenues
Reduced Operating Costs
ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS