PHG Energy (PHGE) has entered into a contract with authorities of city of Lebanon in Tennessee to provide an environmentally sustainable waste-to-energy technology.
This is a downdraft gasification plant that will convert up to 64 tons per day of blended waste wood, scrap tires and sewer sludge into a fuel gas that will generate up to 300 Kw of electricity.
Funding of the $3.5 million capital cost has been obtained through a federal program that awards bond subsidies to local energy conversation projects.
The plant is expected to go on line by early next year. This Lebanon Model will be the world’s largest downdraft gasifier with upgraded capacity that will process up to 64 tons per day without substantially increasing the footprint of the plant.
The generated power will be used for the plant’s internal needs and for the wastewater treatment plant where it will be located.
During the process, about 95 percent of the feedstock material is broken down at very high temperatures in a sealed vessel.
Moreover, the remaining 5 percent to 10 percent of material exiting in the gasifier will be a high-carbon biochar that can be recycled or sold for agricultural or industrial uses.
This Large Frame gasifier has been vetted through a rigorous testing process for more than two years at PHGE’s research facility.
The plant is projected to keep more than 8,000 tons of material out of landfills each year and the carbon emissions are projected to keep around 2,500 tons out of the atmosphere each year.
The city is viewing this installation as a first stage in a larger plan to convert the city’s household and commercial garbage to energy in the future.
The Lebanon project will mark the 14th gasifier installation for PHGE. The company’s first municipal installation was commissioned in Covington, Tennessee, in 2013.
So far, PHGE has installed 13 commercial gasifiers in both industrial and municipal settings, and logged nearly 45,000 hours in production time.
In addition, it has acquired multiple intellectual property assets and a municipal gasification plant from Florida-based MaxWest Environmental Systems in January of 2015.
Sabeena Wahid
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