What is Biogas and what are its benefits?
Biogas from Anaerobic Digestion is approximately 55% Methane, therefore little if any upgrading is required for use in a gas generator.
When comparing the amount of CO2 released in the generation of 1 MW of power, a biogas plant will emit an estimated 4.3 million fewer kilograms than a conventional, fossil fuel generator.
Biogas can be upgraded and sold as vehicle fuel. With no particle emissions, very low NOx emission and virtually no carbon dioxide emissions, Biogas can be viewed as the perfect fuel.
Why Anaerobic Digestion (AD)?
We have chosen AD technology because it is the simplest, most effective and flexible technology for handling diverse organic waste streams. Under anaerobic conditions, anaerobic digestion utilizes naturally occurring bacteria to break down organic waste into methane and an odour & pathogen free, nutrient rich soil additive for agricultural or municipal use.
What kind of waste can be used?
Our anaerobic digester systems can utilize any organic waste stream regardless of contamination. Some sources of these waste streams include:
- Urban Source Separated Organics
- Contaminated Commercial Organics
- Manure & Off-Farm Organics
- Manure & Agricultural Organics
- Waste water sludge
How is Yield’s AD system different from the others?
Yield’s AD system can handle a much more diverse organic waste stream due to its proprietary pre-processing and in-tank decontamination system. This allows AD plant operators to accept a wider variety of organic waste streams that might be contaminated with plastic, glass, bone & metal.
Yield’s AD system is also the most energy efficient. A fully operating Yield system complete with pre-processing and in-tank decontamination will consume less than 15% of the energy it will generate as a result of the biogas production.