Abstract: A self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system, said system comprises: (a) feed preparation module adapted to receive waste feed and further adapted to segregate said received waste feed, said feed preparation module further comprises: (i) Waste Oil Treatment Process Module; (ii) Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module; (iii) Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module; (b) energy production module adapted to receive prepared feed from said feed preparation module and further adapted to generate biogas, electrical power, and fertiliser, said energy production module further comprises: (i)Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module; (ii) Biogas Cleanup Module; (iii) Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module; (c) auxiliary processing module adapted to receive hot exhaust gas, organic digestate, hot condensate water in order to provide energy to vapour absorption chiller and to obtain cooled exhaust gas rich in carbon-dioxide which will provide energy for green house, organic fertiliser, cold storage propelling refrigerant, processed water and residue feeds, said auxiliary processing module further comprises: (i) Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module; (ii) Organic Fertiliser Module; (iii) Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module; and (iv) Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module.
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1. TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A SELF-SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT, AND ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
2. APPLICANT
(a) NAME: Transcarb Energy Private Limited.
(b) NATIONALITY: A company incorporated in India
(c) ADDRESS : (504, 360 Degree Business Park, LBS Marg, Mulund West, Mumbai - 400080. India.
3. PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION
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The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.
A SELF-SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT, AND ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to the field of systems for recycling and systems for energy production.
Particularly, this invention relates to a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system and method.
Background of the Invention:
Waste generation is a perennial by-product of an abundant variety of human systems and processes. From household or domestic waste, to engineering waste, to hospital waste or biomedical waste, to agricultural or horticultural waste, to hazardous waste; 'waste produce' in all states of matter is generated.
The waste may be distributed into recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste. Even in recyclable waste, there is biodegradable waste and non-biodegradable waste. Waste is directly linked to human development; both technologically and socially. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled through establishment of environmentally friendly, innovative and energy efficient processes. -^According to one of the definitions of waste, "Once a substance or object has become waste, it will remain waste until it has been fully recovered and no longer poses a potential threat to the environment or to human health." Disposal of waste is related with environmental costs, social costs, and economic costs.
Solid waste is a waste type consisting of everyday items that humans consume and discard. It predominantly includes food wastes, yard wastes, containers and product packaging, and other miscellaneous inorganic wastes from residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial sources.
Liquid waste or wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations. Sewage is subset of wastewater that is contaminated with feces or urine. It includes domestic, municipal, or industrial liquid waste products.
Waste oil is defined as any petroleum-based oil, vegetable oil, or synthetic oil that, through use or handling, has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties. Waste oil can be disposed of in different ways, including sending the used oil off-site or burning used oil as a fuel.
There are numerous processes that can be used to clean up waste waters depending on the type and extent of contamination. Most wastewater is treated in industrial-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), also known as sewage treatment plants or effluent treatment plants, which may include physical, chemical and biological treatment processes.
Energy requirement is an ever-increasing and ongoing process. Rapid urbanization and concurrent industrialization has led to tremendous dependence upon energy.
Renewable energy or energy from renewable sources is a topic of great research and development. Recycling is the art of using the waste and processing it so as to clear / clean the environment and to extract more from the waste, efficiently, in order to provide a sustainable environmental solution. An off shoot of this recycling of waste can be energy production. Waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste is the process of creating energy in the form of electrical power, hydrocarbons, and / or heat from the incineration of waste.
Waste recycling has many significant advantages. It leads to less utilization of raw materials. It reduces environmental impacts arising from waste treatment and disposal. It makes the surroundings cleaner and healthier. It saves on landfill space. It reduces the amount of energy required to manufacture new products. It also reduces the carbon footprint.
Individual components for waste recycling and energy production from the waste are available. However, there is no one-stop-shop or a single-unit facility which incorporates the input of a variety of waste products in various forms, which further filters the variety of waste components, which yet further results in energy production or in production of useful utilities from the waste components, and which still further provides a distributed grid of outputs and their usage to develop a sustainable eco-system with multi-input, multi-process, and multi-output nodes.
Prior Art:
WO2011033559 discloses a cogeneration plant.
WO2008059331 discloses a bioelectrochemical reactor. It discloses a type of reactor for generation of electrical power.
WO2008055591 discloses a reactor which aids in electrical power generation through gasification. It only relates to a biomethanation reactor.
JP2008143770 discloses recovery systems for heat recovery and waste recovery. Also, electrical power generating mechanism is disclosed. These are partial disclosures.
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WO2010098859 discloses electrical power generation and heat recovery units.
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WO2009118304 discloses a system wherein power generation is provided using a gas turbine. Further it also discloses a fuel and fertilizer generation system for obtaining fuel and fertilizer byproduct from the waste.
JP2008246343 discloses a method and system for generating a fuel gas such as methane. It also discloses gasifying biomass by supercritical water, generating power by the obtained fuel gas, and supplying the power.
There is no system or method which discloses a complete or an end-to-end self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system.
Objects of the Invention:
An object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable solid waste management system and process.
Another object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable liquid waste management systems and process.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management system and process.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable waste produce based energy generation system and process.
An additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable solid waste recycling system and process.
Another additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable liquid waste recycling system and process.
Yet another additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste recycling system and process.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable waste produce based heat generation system and process.
An additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable waste produce based cooling system and process.
Another additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable waste produce based fertilizer generation system.
Yet another additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable waste produce based green house system and process.
Still another additional object of the invention is to provide a self-sustainable clean and green system for waste reuse, waste recycle, and energy generation in a coordinated manner.
Another object of the invention is to protect environment.
Yet another object of the invention is to reduce CH4 emission.
Still another object of the invention is to provide useful energy, organic fertiliser and water to the community.
An additional object of the invention is to provide a sustainable waste disposal, waste management, and subsequent energy production and useful byproduct generation activity.
Yet an additional object of the invention is to provide a revenue generating mechanism for a defined portion of the community.
Summary of the Invention:
For the purposes of this specification, the terminology, 'green house' or 'green house means' relates to an enclosed chamber for propagation or growth of vegetation . For these purposes, gases or air with high carbon dioxide (C02) content is transferred into the 'green house' or 'green house means'. In this green house, algae and other plants may be grown, which will convert the said C02 into oxygen (02) and further provide for plants with energy value.
According to this invention, there is provided a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system, said system comprises:
- feed preparation module adapted to receive waste feed and further adapted to
segregate said received waste feed, said feed preparation module further
comprising:
- Waste Oil Treatment Process Module adapted to receive and process waste oil to obtain a first portion of refined oil and to obtain a remainder second portion of residue oil and also to obtain hot condensate water;
- Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module adapted to receive and treat sewage and liquid organic effluent to obtain concentrated organic liquid effluent and dilute organic liquid effluent;
- Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module adapted to receive and treat solid waste, agro waste, and biomass to obtain a first portion of organic feed and to obtain a remainder second portion of inorganic wastes;
- energy production module adapted to receive prepared feed from said feed
preparation module and further adapted to generate biogas, electrical power,
and fertiliser, said energy production module further comprising:
- Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module adapted to receive and process said organic feed, said oil residue, said concentrated organic liquid effluent, concentrated liquid reverse osmosis effluent in order to obtain biogas and organic fertiliser digestate;
- Biogas Cleanup Module (BCM) adapted to receive and filter said biogas in order to obtain hydrogen and moisture-free dry biogas for use as fuel and to obtain sulphur to be mixed with said organic fertiliser digestate;
- Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module adapted to receive and process said refined oil and said clean biogas in order to obtain electrical power and hot exhaust gas;
- auxiliary processing module adapted to receive hot exhaust gas, organic
digestate, hot condensate water in order to obtain gas for green house,
organic fertiliser, cold storage propelling refrigerant, processed water and
residue feeds, said auxiliary processing module further comprising:
- Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module adapted to receive said hot exhaust gas to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam which is further processed to obtain gas for green house with high carbon-dioxide content;
- Organic Fertiliser Module adapted to receive and process said organic digestate consisting of solid and liquid components and steam in order to obtain organic fertiliser, hot condensate water, and a liquid component;
- Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module adapted to receive hot condensate water for conversion into refrigerant chilled water to propel a cold storage and to obtain warm water as a by-product; and
- Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module adapted to receive and process said diluted liquid effluent and said liquid component by a reverse osmosis unit in order to obtain a first portion of processed water, a remainder first portion of recycled water, and a remainder second portion of residue feeds.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes waste oil collection means adapted to collect used waste oil from various locations for storage in a suitable tank.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes vacuum evaporator means adapted to receive said used oil wherein heat for said vacuum evaporator is supplied by high temperature and high pressure steam provided by said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes vacuum evaporator means connected in closed loop with water cooled condenser and vacuum pump wherein due to vacuum and heat provided by said high temperature and high pressure steam, oil vaporises at an appropriate set temperature in said vacuum evaporator.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes refined oil collection means adapted to collect evaporated refined oil in storage tank, through the condenser, and is used as a pilot fuel or ignition fuel to propel said diesel cycle based biogas engine generator.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes residue collection means adapted to collect non-evaporated portion or heavy fraction of said used oil from said Vacuum Evaporator as a residue for use as a feed to the first digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
Typically, said waste oil treatment process module includes:
- transferring means to transfer heat from said high temperature and high pressure steam in a Vacuum Evaporator;
- condensing means to condense evaporated oil;
- condensing means to condense high temperature and high pressure steam after said heat transfer into hot condensate water;
- means to use said hot condensate water as feed for said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
Typically, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes receiving means to receive Liquid Organic Waste streams like sewage, organic effluents and the like liquid waste.
Typically, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes filtering means adapted to filter said received sewage and said liquid organic effluents before transferring to a storage tank, wherein said filter separates the liquid waste into Concentrated Organic liquid Effluent and Dilute Organic Liquid Effluent.
Typically, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes means to transfer said concentrated Organic Liquid Effluent as feed in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module, by means of a pump.
Typically, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes means to pump said Dilute Organic Liquid Effluent to said Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module.
Typically, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes collection means adapted to collect solid waste, agro waste and biomass, further includes segregation means adapted to check and segregate inorganic wastes, and still further includes a macerator adapted to receive said segregated organic waste for uniform size reduction.
Typically, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes means to transfer organic solid waste as a feed to the first digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
Typically, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes recycling means adapted to recycle segregated inorganic wastes.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to feed said organic solid waste and said oil residue into said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic first Digester, where, after appropriate retention time, the substrate is transferred to a first post digester for conversion of organic matter into biogas and rich organic fertiliser digestate.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to transfer said biogas to said Biogas clean-up Module.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes pumping means to pump said organic fertiliser digestate to said organic fertiliser Module.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes feeding means to feed concentrated organic liquid effluent and concentrated liquid Reverse Osmosis Reject Effluent into Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester, where, after appropriate retention time the substrate is transferred to a second post digester for conversion of organic matter into biogas and rich organic fertiliser digestate.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to maintain passage of warm condensate water, in said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic first Digester, first Post Digester, Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester and second Post Digester, from said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes pumping means to pump warm water used to maintain temperature in digesters and post digesters to CHP Heat Exchanger.
Typically, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes temperature control means adapted to regulate pre-defined temperatures in said first Digester, said second digester, said first post Digesters, and said second post digester to ensure ideal living conditions for anaerobic microbes.
Typically, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes Biogas Filter Unit adapted to receive said biogas, said Biogas Filter Unit containing multiple iron mesh through which biogas and air is passed such that Sulphur deposits onto said mesh and Hydrogen gas is released.
Typically, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer said hydrogen along with said Biogas for further processing to moisture condensing unit, said moisture condensing unit being propelled by chilled refrigerant water from chilling plant of said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module such that moisture condenses and thereafter the moisture free dry Biogas is used as fuel in said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module and further such that the Chilled refrigerant water leaves the moisture condensing unit as warm water which, in turn, returns to said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
Typically, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes collection means to collect Sulphur from Biogas filter and mixing means to mix said collected sulphur with said organic fertiliser in order to improve the quality of fertiliser.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes means for receiving refined Oil from said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module for use as Pilot fuel or ignition fuel for said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes means for receiving Clean Biogas from said Biogas Cleanup Module for use as main fuel for said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes Biogas Engine Generator for converting said Refined Oil and Clean Biogas into Electrical Power and Hot Exhaust Gas.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes a closed Loop water cooling circuit along with Heat Exchanger as a part of Biogas Engine Generator in order to cool the engine and maintain a constant temperature.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes feeding means adapted to feed hot water to a heat exchanger which cools said hot water and cooled water from the heat exchanger is fed to said biogas engine generator.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes feeding means adapted to feed Warm Water which was used to heat and maintain temperature of said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module into heat exchanger where heat exchange takes place.
Typically, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes heating means where Warm Water is heated up prior to being fed as Hot Condensate Water into said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes waste heat recovery boiler adapted to use and recover heat from the Hot Exhaust Gas produced by Biogas Engine Generator, which uses the heat to convert the hot
condensate water from Heat exchanger into high temperature and high pressure steam.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes Waste Heat Recovery Boiler to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam for use as process heat by said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and said Organic Fertiliser Module.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to use hot condensate water as feed for said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes receiving means to receive warm water after transferring heat from hot condensate water, which warm water is used to provide process heat to said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes pumping means adapted to pump warm water from said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module into heat exchanger.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to feed hot water to the heat exchanger which cools the water.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to feed cooled water from the heat exchanger to the biogas engine generator.
Typically, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes green house means adapted to use / collect and process exhaust gas with high carbon-dioxide content.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes pumping means adapted to pump the Organic Digestate (consisting of solid and liquid) from said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module into a de-watering screw press for solid liquid separation after the appropriate retention time.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer said organic solid which is a rich fertiliser to a waste heat dryer, in order to dry the organic fertiliser by reducing the moisture content, where the heat for said dryer is provided by high temperature and high pressure steam produced in said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes condensation means adapted to condense said high temperature and high pressure steam, after transferring heat in the waste heat dryer, into hot condensate water.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes feeding means adapted to feed said Hot condensate water to said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes receiving means adapted to receive said organic fertiliser from the waste heat dryer for further storage and packing.
Typically, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes pumping means adapted to pump the liquid from De-watering screw press for further treatment to said RO Waste Water Treatment Module.
Typically, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes means to provide steam to said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and to said Organic Fertiliser Module.
Typically, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes means to use said hot Condensate water from said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and hot condensate water from said Organic Fertiliser Module to provide process heat to said vapour absorption chiller.
Typically, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes a vapour absorption chiller adapted to convert hot condensate water into refrigerant chilled water which chilled water is used to propel a cold storage.
Typically, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes pumping means adapted to pump back warm refrigerant water, obtained after absorbing heat from said chilled water from cold storage, in close loop back into said vapour absorption chiller to be chilled again.
Typically, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer heat from said hot condensate water in said Vapour Absorption Chiller to obtain warm water, which warm water is used to provide process heat to said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
Typically, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes pumping means to pump Diluted Organic Liquid Effluent from said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module and Liquid from De-watering screw press from said Organic Fertiliser Module into a pre-filter unit.
Typically, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes pumping means to pump filtered effluent into a Reverse Osmosis Unit where up to 70% of the liquid effluent is converted to pure potable and usable water and remaining 30% of the effluent is expelled as Concentrated Liquid RO Reject Effluent.
Typically, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes means to utilise a portion of the pure water as process water within the plant and recycling means to recycle the balance water.
Typically, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes feed means adapted to use said residue from the pre-filter unit and the Concentrated Liquid RO Reject effluent as a feed for said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
According to this invention, there is also provided a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation method, said method comprises the steps of:
- feed preparation method adapted to receive waste feed and further adapted to
segregate said received waste feed, said feed preparation method further
comprising the steps of:
- receiving and processing waste oil to obtain a first portion of refined oil and to obtain a remainder second portion of residue oil and also to obtain hot condensate water using a Waste Oil Treatment Process Module;
- receiving and treating sewage and liquid organic effluent to obtain concentrated organic liquid effluent and dilute organic liquid effluent using a Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module;
- receiving and treating solid waste, agro waste, and biomass to obtain a first portion of organic feed and to obtain a remainder second portion of inorganic wastes using a Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module;
- energy production method adapted to receive prepared feed from said feed
preparation module and further adapted to generate biogas, electrical power,
and fertiliser, said energy production method further comprising the steps of:
- receiving and processing said organic feed, said oil residue, said concentrated organic liquid effluent, concentrated liquid reverse osmosis effluent in order to obtain biogas and organic fertiliser digestate using a Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module;
- receiving and filtering said biogas in order to obtain hydrogen and moisture-free dry biogas for use as fuel and to obtain sulphur to be mixed with said organic fertiliser digestate using a Biogas Cleanup Module;
- receiving and processing said refined oil and said clean biogas in order to obtain electrical power and hot exhaust gas using a Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module;
- auxiliary processing method adapted to receive hot exhaust gas, organic
digestate, hot condensate water in order to obtain gas for green house,
organic fertiliser, cold storage propelling refrigerant, processed water and residue feeds, said auxiliary processing method further comprising the steps of:
- receiving said hot exhaust gas to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam which is further processed to obtain gas for green house with high carbon-dioxide content using a Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module;
- receiving and processing said organic digestate consisting of solid and liquid components in order to obtain hot condensate water and a liquid component using a Organic Fertiliser Module;
- receiving hot condensate water for conversion into refrigerant chilled water to propel a cold storage and to obtain warm water as a by-product using a Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module; and
- receiving and processing said diluted liquid effluent and said liquid component by a reverse osmosis unit in order to obtain a first portion of processed water, a remainder first portion of recycled water, and a remainder second portion of residue feeds using a Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module.
Brief Description of the Accompanying Drawings:
The invention will now be described in relation to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 illustrates a schematic of the a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system and method;
Figure 2 illustrates a schematic of the Waste Oil Treatment Process Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 3 illustrates a schematic of the Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 4 illustrates a schematic of the Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 5 illustrates a schematic of the Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 6 illustrates a schematic of the Biogas Cleanup Module of the system of
Figure 1;
Figure 7 illustrates a schematic of the Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 8 illustrates a schematic of the Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 9 illustrates a schematic of the Organic Fertiliser Module of the system of Figure 1;
Figure 10 illustrates a schematic of the Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module of the system of Figure 1; and
Figure 11 illustrates a schematic of the RO Waste Water Treatment Module of the system of Figure 1.
Detailed Description of the Accompanying Drawings:
According to this invention, there is provided a self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system and method.
Figure 1 illustrates a schematic of the system (100).
The system is aimed at providing a self-sustainable integrated system for treating liquid waste, solid waste, waste oil, used oil, sewage, organic solid waste, biomass, agriculture waste and then using various mechanisms for producing energy using these treated waste products to derive various forms of energy and byproducts such as electrical power, organic fertiliser, and cold water or converting it into useful products such as hydrocarbon, electrical power, fertiliser, cold storage, green house and useable treated water.
In accordance with a first embodiment of this invention, there is provided a feed preparation module (FPM) which further comprises the following modules:
I. Waste Oil Treatment Process Module (WTM) II. Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module (SLTM) III. Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module (OTM)
In accordance with another embodiment of the first module this invention, there is provided a waste oil treatment process module (WTM).
Used waste oil (1) collected from various locations is stored in a suitable tank. The used oil is then transferred to a Vacuum Evaporator (2). Heat for the vacuum evaporator is supplied by high temperature and high pressure steam (28) which is provided by Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module (BERM) (as seen in Figure 8 of the accompanying drawings) of the system.
The vacuum evaporator is connected in closed loop with a water cooled condenser (5) and vacuum pump (6). Due to vacuum and heat provided by the high temperature and high pressure steam (28), oil vaporises at an appropriate set temperature in Vacuum Evaporator (2).
The evaporated refined oil (9) is collected in storage tank and is used as a Pilot Fuel or ignition fuel to propel a diesel cycle based Biogas Engine Generator (FEGM) (as seen in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings).
The non-evaporated portion or heavy fraction of the used oil remains in the Vacuum Evaporator (2) as a residue (4). This residue is used as a feed for Digester 1 in Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
The high temperature and high pressure steam (28) after transferring heat in the Vacuum Evaporator (2), condenses into hot condensate water (3). This Hot condensate water is used as feed for Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings).
In accordance with another embodiment of the first module this invention, there is provided a Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module (SLTM).
Liquid Organic Waste (52) streams like sewage, organic effluents and the like, are transferred from a Storage Tank (13) to a Filter (14). This filter separates the liquid waste into Concentrated Organic liquid Effluent (16) and Dilute Organic Liquid Effluent (15).
The concentrated Organic Liquid Effluent (16) is used as feed in Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
The Dilute Organic Liquid Effluent (15) is pumped to RO Waste Water Treatment Module (ROM) (as seen in Figure 11 of the accompanying drawings).
In accordance with another embodiment of the first module this invention, there is provided a Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module (OTM).
Solid waste (43), Agro waste and biomass that has been collected is first checked for inorganic wastes like metals, glass, plastics and the like, which are manually segregated (19). The organic waste is then sent to a Macerator (21) for uniform size reduction.
The Organic Solid Waste (22) is then used as a feed for Digester 1 in Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
The segregated inorganic wastes (44) like metal, glass, plastic and the like are recycled by a recycling means (45).
In accordance with an embodiment of this invention, there is provided an energy production module (EPM) which further comprises the following modules:
(I) Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module
(II) Biogas Cleanup Module
(III) Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module
In accordance with another embodiment of the second module this invention, there is provided a Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM).
Organic Solid Waste (22) and Oil Residue (4) are fed into Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 1 (20), which is typically a classic digester where, after appropriate retention time, the substrate is transferred to the post digester. In the Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 1 (20) and Post Digester 1 (8) the Organic matter is converted into Biogas (10) and rich Organic Fertiliser Digestate (11). The Biogas is transferred to Biogas Clean up Module (BCM) (as seen in Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings) and the Organic Fertiliser Digestate (11) is pumped to Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings).
Concentrated Organic Liquid Effluent (16) and Concentrated Liquid RO Reject Effluent (18) is fed into Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 2 (25), which is typically a UASB digester where after appropriate retention time the substrate is transferred to the post digester 2 (12).
In the Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 2 (25) and Post Digester 2 (12), the Organic matter is converted into Biogas (10) and rich Organic Fertiliser Digestate (11), The Biogas is transferred to Biogas Clean up Module (BCM) (as seen in Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings) and the Organic Fertiliser Digestate (11) is pumped to Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings).
The temperatures in Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 1 (20), Post Digester 1 (8), Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 2 (25) and Post Digester 2 (12) are maintained by passing warm water (3) from Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings).
The warm water (3) used to maintain temperature in digesters and post digesters is thereafter pumped to CHP Heat Exchanger (29).
Ideal temperatures are maintained in Digester and Post Digesters to ensure ideal living conditions for anaerobic microbes.
In accordance with another embodiment of the second module this invention, there is provided a Biogas Cleanup Module (BCM).
The biogas produced in Biomethanation & Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings) contains biogas, moisture and Hydrogen Sulfide (10). The Biogas is first transferred into Biogas Filter Unit (24). This unit contains multiple iron mesh through which biogas (10) and air (23) is passed. Here, Sulphur (51) deposits onto the mesh and Hydrogen gas are released.
This Hydrogen along with the Biogas (46) is transferred for further processing to moisture condensing unit (27).
The moisture condensing unit (27) is propelled by chilled refrigerant water (47) from chilling plant of Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings). Here, moisture condenses and thereafter the moisture free dry Biogas (37) is used as fuel in Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module (FEGM) (as seen in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings).
The Chilled refrigerant water (47) leaves the moisture condensing unit (27) as warm water (3) which, in turn, returns to the Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings).
The Sulphur from Biogas filter (24) is collected and mixed with organic fertiliser (26), which will improve the quality of fertiliser.
In accordance with another embodiment of the second module this invention, there is provided a Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module (FEGM).
Refined Oil (9) from Waste Oil Treatment Process Module (WTM) (as seen in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings) is used as Pilot fuel or ignition fuel for Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator (30). Clean Biogas (37) from Biogas Cleanup Module (BCM) (as seen in Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings) is used as main fuel for Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator (30).
The Biogas Engine Generator (30) converts the Refined Oil (9) and Clean Biogas (37) into Electrical Power (35) and Hot Exhaust Gas (36).
A closed Loop water cooling circuit along with Heat Exchanger (29) is included as a part of Biogas Engine Generator (30) in order to cool the engine and maintain a constant temperature. Hot water (3a) is fed to the heat exchanger (29) which cools the water and cooled water (3b) from the heat exchanger (29) is fed to the biogas engine generator (30).
Warm Water (3) which was used to heat and maintain temperature of Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings) is fed into heat exchanger (29) where heat exchange takes place and Warm Water (3) is heated up prior to being fed as Hot feed Water (3d) into Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module (BERM) (as seen in Figure 8 of the accompanying drawings).
In accordance with an embodiment of this invention, there is provided an auxiliary processing module (APM) which further comprises the following modules:
(IV) Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module
(V) Organic Fertiliser Module
(VI) Vapour Absorption Chiller & Cold Storage Module
(VII) RO Waste Water Treatment Module
In accordance with another embodiment of the third module this invention, there is provided a Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module (BERM).
Heat from the Hot Exhaust Gas (36) produced by Biogas Engine Generator (30) is used and recovered by the Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (41), which uses the heat to convert the hot condensate water from Heat exchanger (29) into high temperature and high pressure steam (28).
The high temperature and high pressure steam (28) is used for process heat by Waste Oil Treatment Process Module (WTM) (as seen in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings) and Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings). After transferring heat, the high temperature and high pressure steam (28), will condense into hot condensate water (3c).
The hot condensate water (3c) is used as feed for Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings). After transferring heat, the hot condensate water (3 c) would now be warm water (3). This warm water (3) is used to provide process heat to Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
The warm water (3) from Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings) is thereafter pumped into heat exchanger (29). Hot water (3a) is fed to the heat exchanger (29) which cools the water and cooled water (3b) from the heat exchanger (29) is fed to the biogas engine generator (30).
The Hot Exhaust Gas (36) on account of transfer of heat in the Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (41) would now have a much reduced temperature and may be now called cooled exhaust gas (38). This gas can now be safely used / collected
into a Green House (34), which would enable the plants / algae to flourish due to high carbon-dioxide content in the gas. Further, Oxygen (02) would be created. The temperature of the exhaust gas would be specifically useful for vegetation during low temperature winters.
In accordance with another embodiment of the third module this invention, there is provided an Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM).
After the appropriate retention time, the Organic Digestate (11) (consisting of solid and liquid) from Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings) is pumped into a de-watering screw press (31) for solid liquid separation.
The Organic Fertiliser module in the first step would separate the liquid and solid component of the Digestate. The solid portion is a rich organic fertiliser, which then goes for further treatment. The liquid portion is transferred to the water treatment module. The heat for this process is provided by steam generated in the Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas heat Recovery module. The steam after transferring heat to the dryer in the fertiliser module condenses to form hot condensate water which is transferred to Vapory Absorption Chiller Module.
The organic solid (48) is a rich fertiliser which is transferred to a waste heat dryer (32), in order to dry the organic fertiliser by reducing the moisture content. The heat for this dryer is provided by high temperature and high pressure steam (28) produced in Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module (BERM) (as seen in Figure 8 of the accompanying drawings).
The high temperature and high pressure steam (28) after transferring heat in the waste heat dryer (32) condenses into hot condensate water (3 c). This Hot condensate water (3c) is used as feed for Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM) (as seen in Figure 10 of the accompanying drawings). Organic fertiliser (26) is received from the waste heat dryer (32),
The Liquid (39) from De-watering screw press is then pumped for further treatment to RO Waste Water Treatment Module (ROM) (as seen in Figure 11 of the accompanying drawings).
In accordance with another embodiment of the third module this invention, there is provided a Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module (VM).
Steam (28) is provided to Waste Oil Treatment Process Module (WTM) (as seen in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings) and to Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings).
Hot Condensate water (3c) from Waste Oil Treatment Process Module (WTM) (as seen in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings) and hot condensate water (3 c) from Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings) is used to provide process heat to the vapour absorption chiller (33).
The vapour absorption chiller (33) converts water into refrigerant chilled water (47) at approximately 4 Degree Celsius. This chilled water is then used to propel a cold storage (7) (a cold room where vegetables, fruits, flowers, milk and other food produce can be stored for an extended period of time in refrigerant temperature).
The chilled water (47) after absorbing heat from the cold storage becomes warm and this warm refrigerant water (3e) which is in close loop is pumped back into the vapour absorption chiller (33) to be chilled again.
The hot condensate water (3 c) after transferring heat in the Vapour Absorption Chiller (33) becomes warm water (3). This warm water (3) is used to provide process heat to Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
In accordance with another embodiment of the third module this invention, there is provided a RO Waste Water Treatment Module (ROM).
Diluted Organic Liquid Effluent (15) from Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module (SLTM) (as seen in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings) and Liquid (39) from De-watering screw press (31) from Organic Fertiliser Module (OFM) (as seen in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings) is pumped into the pre-filterunit(40).
The filtered effluent (49) is then pumped into a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Unit (42). In this RO unit (42), close to 70% of the liquid effluent is converted to pure potable and usable water and 30% of the effluent is expelled as Concentrated Liquid RO Reject Effluent (18).
A portion of the pure water is utilised as process water within the plant and balance water is recycled (17).
The residue (50) from the pre-filter unit (40) and the Concentrated Liquid RO Reject effluent (18) is used as a feed for Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic Digester 2 in Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module (BADM) (as seen in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings).
The technical advance of this invention is to provide an integrated system for inputting a variety of waste products, independently, pre-treating and treating these waste products, independently and simultaneously in various means and chambers and further processing them using various waste processing mechanism for generating power, and for further auxiliary uses, thereby ensuring that no component of the waste is lost and that maximum mode extraction of use is done in various formats.
While this detailed description has disclosed certain specific embodiments of the present invention for illustrative purposes, various modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, and it is to be distinctly understood that the foregoing descriptive matter is to be interpreted merely as illustrative of the invention and not as a limitation.
CLAIMS We claim:
1. A self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation system, said system comprising:
- feed preparation module adapted to receive waste feed and further adapted to
segregate said received waste feed, said feed preparation module further
comprising:
- Waste Oil Treatment Process Module adapted to receive and process waste oil to obtain a first portion of refined oil and to obtain a remainder second portion of residue oil and also to obtain hot condensate water;
- Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module adapted to receive and treat sewage and liquid organic effluent to obtain concentrated organic liquid effluent and dilute organic liquid effluent;
- Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module adapted to receive and treat solid waste, agro waste, and biomass to obtain a first portion of organic feed and to obtain a remainder second portion of inorganic wastes;
- energy production module adapted to receive prepared feed from said feed
preparation module and further adapted to generate biogas, electrical power,
and fertiliser, said energy production module further comprising:
- Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module adapted to receive and
process said organic feed, said oil residue, said concentrated organic
liquid effluent, concentrated liquid reverse osmosis effluent in order to
obtain biogas and organic fertiliser digestate;
- Biogas Cleanup Module (BCM) adapted to receive and filter said biogas in order to obtain hydrogen and moisture-free dry biogas for use as fuel and to obtain sulphur to be mixed with said organic fertiliser digestate;
- Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module adapted to receive and process said refined oil and said clean biogas in order to obtain electrical power and hot exhaust gas;
- auxiliary processing module adapted to receive hot exhaust gas, organic digestate, hot condensate water in order to obtain gas for green house, organic fertiliser, cold storage propelling refrigerant, processed water and residue feeds, said auxiliary processing module further comprising:
- Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module adapted to receive said hot exhaust gas to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam which is further processed to obtain gas for green house with high carbon-dioxide content;
- Organic Fertiliser Module adapted to receive and process said organic digestate consisting of solid and liquid components and steam in order to obtain organic fertiliser, hot condensate water, and a liquid component;
- Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module adapted to receive hot condensate water for conversion into refrigerant chilled water to propel a cold storage and to obtain warm water as a by-product; and
- Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module adapted to receive and process said diluted liquid effluent and said liquid component by a reverse osmosis unit in order to obtain a first portion of processed water, a remainder first portion of recycled water, and a remainder second portion of residue feeds.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process module includes waste oil collection means adapted to collect used waste oil from various locations for storage in a suitable tank.
3. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process module includes vacuum evaporator means adapted to receive said used oil wherein heat for said vacuum evaporator is supplied by high temperature and high pressure steam provided by said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
4. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process module includes vacuum evaporator means connected in closed loop with water cooled condenser and vacuum pump wherein due to vacuum and heat provided by said high temperature and high pressure steam, oil vaporises at an appropriate set temperature in said vacuum evaporator.
5. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process module includes refined oil collection means adapted to collect evaporated refined oil in storage tank, through the condenser, and is used as a pilot fuel or ignition fuel to propel said diesel cycle based biogas engine generator.
6. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process module includes residue collection means adapted to collect non-evaporated portion or heavy fraction of said used oil from said Vacuum Evaporator as a residue for use as a feed to the first digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
7. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said waste oil treatment process
module includes:
- transferring means to transfer heat from said high temperature and high pressure steam in a Vacuum Evaporator;
- condensing means to condense evaporated oil;
- condensing means to condense high temperature and high pressure steam after said heat transfer into hot condensate water;
- means to use said hot condensate water as feed for said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
8. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes receiving means to receive Liquid Organic Waste streams like sewage, organic effluents and the like liquid waste.
9. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes filtering means adapted to filter said received sewage and said liquid organic effluents before transferring to a storage tank, wherein said filter separates the liquid waste into Concentrated Organic liquid Effluent and Dilute Organic Liqul J Effluent.
10.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes means to transfer said concentrated Organic Liquid Effluent as feed in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module, by means of a pump.
11.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module includes means to pump said Dilute Organic Liquid Effluent to said Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module.
12.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes collection means adapted to collect solid waste, agro waste and biomass, further includes segregation means adapted to check and segregate inorganic wastes, and still further includes a macerator adapted to receive said segregated organic waste for uniform size reduction.
13.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes means to transfer organic solid waste as a feed to the first digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
14.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module includes recycling means adapted to recycle segregated inorganic wastes.
15. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to feed said organic solid waste and said oil residue into said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic first Digester, where, after appropriate retention time, the substrate is transferred to a first post digester for conversion of organic matter into biogas and rich organic fertiliser digestate.
16.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to transfer said biogas to said Biogas clean-up Module.
17.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes pumping means to pump said organic fertiliser digestate to said Organic Fertiliser Module.
18.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes feeding means to feed concentrated organic liquid effluent and concentrated liquid Reverse Osmosis Reject Effluent into Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester 2, where, after appropriate retention time the substrate is transferred to a second post digester for conversion of organic matter into biogas and rich organic fertiliser digestate.
19.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes means to maintain passage of warm condensate water, in said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic first Digester, first Post Digester, Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester and second Post Digester, from said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
20.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes pumping means to pump warm water used to maintain temperature in digesters and post digesters to CHP Heat Exchanger.
21.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module includes temperature control means adapted to regulate pre-defined temperatures in said first Digester, said second digester, said first post Digesters, and said second post digester to ensure ideal living conditions for anaerobic microbes.
22.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes Biogas Filter Unit adapted to receive said biogas, said Biogas Filter Unit containing multiple iron mesh through which biogas and air is passed such that Sulphur deposits onto said mesh and Hydrogen gas is released.
23.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer said hydrogen along with said Biogas for further processing to moisture condensing unit, said moisture condensing unit being propelled by chilled refrigerant water from chilling plant of said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module such that moisture condenses and thereafter the moisture free dry Biogas is used as fuel in said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module and further such that the Chilled refrigerant water leaves the moisture condensing unit as warm water which, in turn, returns to said Vapour Absorption Chiller and said Cold Storage Module.
24.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Cleanup Module includes collection means to collect Sulphur from Biogas filter and mixing means to mix said collected sulphur with said organic fertiliser in order to improve the quality of fertiliser.
25.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes means for receiving refined Oil from said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module for use as Pilot fuel or ignition fuel for said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator.
26.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes means for receiving Clean Biogas from said Biogas Cleanup Module for use as main fuel for said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator.
27.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes Biogas Engine Generator for converting said Refined Oil and Clean Biogas into Electrical Power and Hot Exhaust Gas.
28.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes a closed Loop water cooling circuit along with Heat Exchanger as a part of Biogas Engine Generator in order to cool the engine and maintain a constant temperature.
29.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes feeding means adapted to feed hot water to a heat exchanger which cools said hot water and cooled water from the heat exchanger is fed to said biogas engine generator.
30.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes feeding means adapted to feed Warm Water which was used to heat and maintain temperature of said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module into heat exchanger where heat exchange takes place.
31.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module includes heating means where Warm Water is heated up prior to being fed as Hot feed water into said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
32.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes waste heat recovery boiler adapted to use and recover heat from the Hot Exhaust Gas produced by Biogas Engine Generator, which uses the heat to convert the hot condensate water from Heat exchanger into high temperature and high pressure steam.
33.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes Waste Heat Recovery Boiler to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam for use as process heat by said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and said Organic Fertiliser Module.
34.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to use hot condensate water as feed for said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module
35.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes receiving means to receive warm water after transferring heat from hot condensate water, which warm water is used to provide process heat to said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
36.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes pumping means adapted to pump warm water from said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module into heat exchanger.
37.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to feed hot water to the heat exchanger which cools the water.
38.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes feeding means adapted to feed cooled water from the heat exchanger to the biogas engine generator.
39.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module includes green house means adapted to use / collect and process exhaust gas with high carbon-dioxide content.
40.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes pumping means adapted to pump the Organic Digestate (consisting of solid and liquid) from said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion
Module into a de-watering screw press for solid liquid separation after the appropriate retention time.
4 LA system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer said organic solid which is a rich fertiliser to a waste heat dryer, in order to dry the organic fertiliser by reducing the moisture content, where the heat for said dryer is provided by high temperature and high pressure steam produced in said Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module.
42.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes condensation means adapted to condense said high temperature and high pressure steam, after transferring heat in the waste heat dryer, into hot condensate water.
43.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes feeding means adapted to feed said Hot condensate water to said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module.
44.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes receiving means adapted to receive said organic fertiliser from the waste heat dryer for further storage and packing.
45.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Organic Fertiliser Module includes pumping means adapted to pump the liquid from De-watering screw press for further treatment to said RO Waste Water Treatment Module.
46. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes means to provide steam to said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and to said Organic Fertiliser Module.
47. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes means to use said hot Condensate water from said Waste Oil Treatment Process Module and hot condensate water from said Organic. Fertiliser Module to provide process heat to said vapour absorption chiller.
48.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes a vapour absorption chiller adapted to convert hot condensate water into refrigerant chilled water which chilled water is used to propel a cold storage.
49.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes pumping means adapted to pump back warm refrigerant water, obtained after absorbing heat from said chilled water from cold storage, in close loop back into said vapour absorption chiller to be chilled again,
50.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module includes transferring means adapted to transfer heat from said hot condensate water in said Vapour Absorption Chiller to obtain warm water, which warm water is used to provide process heat to said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
51.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes pumping means to pump Diluted Organic Liquid Effluent from said Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module and Liquid from De-watering screw press from said Organic Fertiliser Module into a pre-filter unit.
52.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes pumping means to pump filtered effluent into a Reverse Osmosis Unit where up to 70% of the liquid effluent is converted to pure potable and usable water and remaining 30% of the effluent is expelled as Concentrated Liquid RO Reject Effluent.
53.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes means to utilise a portion of the pure water as process water within the plant and recycling means to recycle the balance water.
54.A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said RO Waste Water Treatment Module includes feed means adapted to use said residue from the pre-filter unit and the Concentrated Liquid RO Reject effluent as a feed for said Biomethanation Reactor / Anaerobic second Digester in said Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module.
55.A self-sustainable integrated solid and liquid waste management, treatment, and energy generation method, said method comprising the steps of:
- feed preparation method adapted to receive waste feed and further adapted to segregate said received waste feed, said feed preparation method further comprising the steps of:
- receiving and processing waste oil to obtain a first portion of refined oil and to obtain a remainder second portion of residue oil and also to obtain hot condensate water using a Waste Oil Treatment Process Module; receiving and treating sewage and liquid organic effluent to obtain concentrated organic liquid effluent and dilute organic liquid effluent using a Sewage and Liquid Organic Effluent Treatment Module;
- receiving and treating solid waste, agro waste, and biomass to obtain a first portion of organic feed and to obtain a remainder second portion of inorganic wastes using a Solid Organic Waste Treatment Module;
- energy production method adapted to receive prepared feed from said feed
preparation module and further adapted to generate biogas, electrical power,
and fertiliser, said energy production method further comprising the steps of:
- receiving and processing said organic feed, said oil residue, said concentrated organic liquid effluent, concentrated liquid reverse osmosis effluent in order to obtain biogas and organic fertiliser digestate using a Biomethanation and Anaerobic Digestion Module;
- receiving and filtering said biogas in order to obtain hydrogen and moisture-free dry biogas for use as fuel and to obtain sulphur to be mixed with said organic fertiliser digestate using a Biogas Cleanup Module;
- receiving and processing said refined oil and said clean biogas in order to obtain electrical power and hot exhaust gas using a Pilot Fuel / Duel Fuel Biogas Engine Generator Module;
- auxiliary processing method adapted to receive hot exhaust gas, organic
digestate, hot condensate water in order to obtain gas for green house,
organic fertiliser, cold storage propelling refrigerant, processed water and
residue feeds, said auxiliary processing method further comprising the steps
of:
- receiving said hot exhaust gas to obtain high temperature and high pressure steam which is further processed to obtain gas for green house with high carbon-dioxide content using a Biogas Engine Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery Module;
- receiving and processing said organic digestate consisting of solid and liquid components in order to obtain hot condensate water and a liquid component using a Organic Fertiliser Module;
- receiving hot condensate water for conversion into refrigerant chilled water to propel a cold storage and to obtain warm water as a by-product using a Vapour Absorption Chiller and Cold Storage Module; and
- receiving and processing said diluted liquid effluent and said liquid component by a reverse osmosis unit in order to obtain a first portion of processed water, a remainder first portion of recycled water, and a remainder second portion of residue feeds using a Reverse Osmosis Waste Water Treatment Module.
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| 2 | 2857-MUM-2011-CLAIMS.pdf | 2018-08-10 |
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| 10 | 2857-MUM-2011-DRAWING.pdf | 2018-08-10 |
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| 14 | 2857-MUM-2011-ABSTRACT.pdf | 2018-08-10 |