Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition May 10, 2012 SATS Organic Waste - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SATS Organic Waste Recycling Center SATS Organic Waste Recycling Center Presentation to Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition

Advancing Applications. Partnering for Success.

May 10, 2012

Presentation Outline

• Overview on Organic Waste
• Atlas Disposal Services
• Clean World Partners
• SATS Project Overview
• Goals and Objectives
• Timelines

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Food Waste in US (EPA, 2006)

• Amount of food scraps

– 44 million tons per year – 25% food prepared

• Cost of disposal

– $1.1 billion per year – $25 per ton

• Current method of management

– 97% disposed in landfill – 3% recovered for composting or combustion

Crop Residue Green Waste Food Processing By- Product Food Leftovers

Organic Waste Examples

Organic Waste

• Nature breaks it down

– Grass on the street – Creates CH4 (methane) in absence of air

• Emissions 23 times more harmful that auto

– Lighter than air, hotter & burns more quickly – Landfill organics characterization 15% food, 13% green and 11% non-recyclable paper

• Government increasing regulation “push”
• Private sector sustainability plans “pull”
• Customers making buying decisions based on

environmental compliance

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Regulators Know the Effect of Organics

• Moving material away from landfills

– CA AB 939 (1989 50% diversion law) – CA AB 341 (2011 75% diversion goal) – CA considering organics ban – CA AB32 GHG reduction law

• Connecticut food diversion (104 tpy) mandate
• Massachusetts ban likely in 2012
• CARB LCFS pathway for food and green waste

digestion waste likely soon

– may be a negative carbon intensity number

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Who is Atlas Disposal Services

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Since 1998, we deliver technology, innovation and service to efficiently and cost effectively process waste materials into renewable resources.

Atlas Firsts

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• Construction and Demolition Facility in Sacramento
• Fleet Powered by Clean Fuel
• Began replacement in 2008
• 14 CNG Powered Trucks operated today
• Commitment for 100% by 2016
• Partnership for AD Technology to Create Transportation Fuel

Who is Clean World Partners?

• Provider of waste technology solutions that

– divert waste from landfills – capture harmful GHG emissions – create renewable energy, soil amendments, and other useful byproducts

• Systems Integrator- Best of Breed partner technologies that

maximize AD performance and provide a complete solution

• Commercializing proprietary anaerobic digestion technologies

– Technology inventor, Dr. Zhang, is a world-renowned scientist from UC Davis

• A subsidiary of Synergex International Corporation, an

industry leader at the forefront of technology for over 35 years

Anaerobic Digester Technology

• Series of processes in which natural microorganisms break

down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen and produce gaseous products, including methane, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide.

• The basic AD technology is used in thousands of locations

throughout the world. In the US, it is primarily used for dairy and livestock waste, which are predominantly liquid wastes.

• Building on the base AD technology, our technology advisor,
• Dr. Ruihong Zhang of UC Davis, patented solutions to some of

AD’s remaining limitations relating to processing and handling

• f high-solid material. CWP has the license to commercialize

the technologies.

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The Clean World Partners Advantages

• Products built affordably and efficiently at a

scale that allows AD facilities to be located on site

• Proven success with operating facilities
• Experienced leadership team with extensive

technical and business expertise

– Experienced technically with years of experience

developing new technologies, productizing them, and introducing them to broad international markets

– Experienced in developing companies from start up phases

and leading them through to high performance companies solving customer problems

CWP Technology Differentiators

• Two- and three-stage digestion systems that offer first stage

sequential batch loading and continuous gas production

– Allows for high system stability regardless of fluctuations in loading and waste composition – Provides even gas production and rapid waste digestion

• Mesophilic and thermophilic temperature options
• Built for treating high-solid (10 - 50% total solids) waste

streams (MSW, Food, Agricultural and processing)

• Advanced instrumentation and control systems allow remote

monitoring and operations

• Material separation technology allows for contaminants
• Material doesn’t need to be liquefied (goes directly in vessels)
• Smaller tanks, less water = lower capital and operating costs

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CWP Current Facilities

American River Packaging: Packaging manufacturer with corrugated waste

• 8 tons per day (.5 cardboard and 7.5 tons food waste)
• System size 10 tpd (accounting for paper absorption)
• Producing 1300 kWh per day of electricity with micro-

turbines for use on site

• Food waste coming from local food processors

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American River Packaging

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ARP Organic Waste Recycling Center

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CWP Current Projects – Atlas SATS

Atlas Disposal: Waste hauler who operates a food collection program in Sacramento County

• 25 tons per day food waste – Pre- and post-consumer

food waste collection program

• Producing CNG to fuel Atlas’ fleet of 14 CNG trucks
• Sophisticated preprocessing system

– Separating 8 tpd of Campbell’s Soup packaged waste – Other contaminants

• Opening July 2012

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SATS Sacramento Bio Refinery

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South Area Transfer Station

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Atlas SATS Process Flow Diagram

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Goals and Objectives

• Develop organics infrastructure in Sacramento
• Scale CWP’s technologies
• Grow Atlas’ food collection program
• Build CNG station for public use
• Create clean RCNG to fuel Atlas’ & other fleets
• Create valuable soil enhancement products

that can replace crude-based fertilizers

• Scale system up to 100 tpd and higher
• Set an environmental standard

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SATS Project Timeline

• Start construction (April ‘12)
• Complete 25 tpd project (July’12)
• Begin processing waste (July ‘12)
• Full gas production (November ‘12)
• Work with Sac County & Partners to scale up

to 100 tpd (2nd Qtr. ‘13)

• Complete 100 tpd facility. (2013?)
• Begin fueling community RCNG (Late 2013?)

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