HTC Innovationscampus Rheinmühle - Pilotanlage zur Hydrothermalen Karbonisierung
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Urs Baier, Dr. Beatrice Kulli Honauer
- Deputy of project leader : Gabriel Gerner
- Project team : Jasmin Hümbelin, Martin Kühni, Alexander Treichler, Rahel Wanner
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Energie BFE)
- Project partner : Mehli Landmaschinen AG, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Klima GRischa Klimastiftung Graubünden, GRegio Energie AG
- Contact person : Beatrice Kulli Honauer
Description
The aim of the project is the optimization of a plant utilizing the process hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) for the production of briquette bio-coal as well as the utilization of produced process-water. Each year, approx. 1000 m3 manure of a livestock farm, approx. 100 t sewage sludge from the ARA Chur should be processed. The HTC biocarbon is won as a storable feed fuel for gasification and combustion systems. The separated process water is to be used as a co-substrate in the biogas plant Halbmil. The pilot plant is intended to show a power- and heat-generating processing pathway for manure and sewage sludge in Switzerland, leading to its industrial development. The optimization of the individual process steps is scientifically monitored and documented.
Further information
Publications
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Mehli, Andreas; Gerner, Gabriel; Kulli Honauer, Beatrice; Baier, Urs; Kühni, Martin; Treichler, Alexander; Winkler, Dieter; Griffin, Timothy; Kaiser, Simon; Garcia, Alexander,
2021.
Bundesamt für Energie BFE.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21929