6. Application examples
6.1 Methanization of household waste using dry technology: AMÉTYST unit
The AMÉTYST methanization unit, inaugurated in July 2008, was installed to treat the household and similar waste of the 430,000 inhabitants of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. It is currently operated by the Suez group. It was designed for a technical treatment capacity of 173,000 t of waste per year, made up of 140,000 t of residual waste and 33,000 t of bio-waste collected from households. As shown in the plant diagram (figure 7 ), two separate treatment lines are used to process and recover these two types of waste. Targeted pre-treatments on each line extract unwanted compounds before...
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Bibliography
Events
Expo Biogaz, the national exhibition for the biogas industry: http://www.expo-biogaz.com/
Biogaz Europe, the European exhibition : http://www.biogaz-europe.com/
Regulations
Loi n° 2010-788 du 12 juillet 2010 portant engagement national pour l'environnement (version consolidée au 06 février 2017) JO du 13/07/2010 : JORFTEXT000022470434.
Standards
- Soil improvers and growing media – Determination of organic matter and ash - AFNOR. NF EN 13039 - Décembre 2011
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Ametyst methanization unit http://www.montpellier3m.fr/equipement/unit%C3%A9-de-m%C3%A9thanisation-am%C3%A9tyst
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