Described as a one-step biogas optimisation resolution, the WANGEN X-UNIT from anaerobic digestion (AD) pump specialist Agrico is alleged to guard AD crops from harm by dangerous contaminants whereas additionally rising feedstock floor space to supercharge the digestion course of.
By stopping overseas objects from getting into the AD system, says the agency, the X-UNIT protects pumps, mixers, pipework and tanks from contaminant harm, whereas its chopping blades cut back AD feedstock to a effective, porridge-like consistency, optimising the AD course of. This easy-to-operate, energy-efficient system extends the lifespan of precious gear, will increase operational uptime and maximises biogas yield, boosting an operator’s backside line.
“Having seen first-hand the appreciable harm brought on to downstream gear by contaminants like bone, metallic, stones and grit, I’m excited to showcase the brand new and improved X-UNIT on the World Biogas Expo when it returns to the NEC this June,” mentioned Agrico’s Basic Supervisor John Tame. “Not solely can it play an necessary position in defending biogas programs, but it surely helps plant operators extract the utmost fuel yield from each tonne of feedstock – important within the present local weather the place competitors for feedstock is fierce and fuel costs are at a document excessive.”
A modular system that may be retrofitted to the suction aspect of all makes of constructive displacement pumps, the X-UNIT includes two components: the X-CUT, a high-performance chopper; and the X-TRACT, which separates contaminants from feedstock. As feedstock passes by means of the X-TRACT on its strategy to the digester tank, a discount in velocity causes overseas objects to fall into the bottom of the unit, the place they’re caught in a settling tank and prevented from getting into the broader AD system and subsequently damaging precious downstream gear.
With out the X-UNIT to display screen out particles, overseas contaminants would finally settle in a single place – the ground of the first digester tank. “A build-up of solids within the digester can have a extreme affect on a plant’s success by lowering tank quantity, leading to lowered fuel output and immediately affecting profitability,” says John. “There may be additionally the price of eradicating the compacted sediment, which might attain a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos. By stopping solids from getting into the AD system within the first place, the X-UNIT protects plant operators from the chance of this costly prevalence.”
That includes a most circulate quantity of 1,250 m3/h, low vitality consumption, low put on prices and accessible elements for ease of upkeep, the X-UNIT is designed for longevity. “UK AD plant operators can now shield their funding and optimise their biogas output with one of the best of German engineering from WANGEN, backed up by on-the-ground, native gross sales and servicing assist from Agrico,” provides John.
