PHOS4green – Our Partners
Technology Partnership for Fertilizer From Sewage Sludge Ash
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” (Henry Ford)
Glatt, the plant manufacturer and process developer, is also a sought-after technology partner for customer-specific processes and products, for example in the development of powders and granulates for products with the highest quality requirements.
The following partners, among others, accompany us on our path of continuous further development and optimization of the PHOS4green process for the recovery and recycling of phosphorus from sewage sludge ash and also from other secondary raw material sources:
SERAPLANT
SERAPLANT is building an industrial production facility for phosphate fertilizers based on an innovative phosphorous recycling technology. A production facility is built in the southern harbor of Haldensleben. Each year 60,000 tons of phosphate fertilizer will be produced.
SERAPLANT and Glatt Ingenieurtechnik have developed PHOS4green, a highly efficient manufacturing process with a patent pending, which is suitable for closing the gap in the phosphorus cycle by combining phosphorus recycling with the manufacturing process for new fertilizer and leading to products that can be marketed directly. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik’s scope of services in this project includes process development, overall planning, supply of all process equipment and ancillary systems, installation and commissioning.
Industrial-scale PHOS4green plant at SERAPLANT in Haldensleben, Germany.
AVLEE
Abwasserverband Langen / Egelsbach / Erzhausen
The Wastewater Association of Langen/Egelsbach/Erzhausen AVLEE operates a wastewater treatment plant in Langen for the treatment of the wastewater of the communities Langen, Egelsbach and Erzhausen with a capacity of 75,000 PE. AVLEE deals with current, operator-relevant issues such as a process combination for the elimination of trace substances and phosphorus from the waste water on a pilot scale.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
BBH
Becker Büttner Held Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater PartGmbB
Becker Büttner Held (BBH) as a member of the BBH Group sees itself as a leading provider of consulting services for energy and infrastructure companies and their customers. The core of the client base consists of numerous energy and utility companies, especially municipal utilities, water management, municipalities and local authorities, industrial companies and international corporations. BBH supports these and many companies and institutions from other areas in all legal matters as well as in business, tax and strategic matters.
With regard to sewage sludge, BBH provides legal advice to the Klärschlamm Kooperation Mecklenburg Vorpommern GmbH and the Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln AöR. The annually taking place sewage sludge conference is for several years fixed date in the calendar of all sewage sludge interested and institutionalized meeting place for a current technical exchange in the industry.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
ENTEGA
Abwasserreinigung GmbH & Co. KG
Entega Abwasserreinigung GmbH & Co.KG is a 100% subsidiary of Entega AG and has been operating the central sewage treatment plant (approx. 240,000 p.e.), the sewage treatment plant Darmstadt-Süd (approx. 50,000 p.e.) as well as pumping stations and storm water overflow basins on behalf of the Science City of Darmstadt since 1989. Long-term research cooperations exist with the TU Darmstadt, among others through the BMBF project ESiTI.
The parent company Entega AG is also responsible for the business and technical management of the waste-to-energy plant in Darmstadt on behalf of the Zweckverband Abfallverwertung Hessen (ZAS) and is entrusted with the commercial processing. At present, the ZAS is having the realization of a mono-sludge incineration for thermal sewage sludge utilization and at the same time also possibilities for phosphorus recycling investigated and examined within the scope of a feasibility study.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
HGoTECH
HGoTECH Forschungs-GmbH is a spin-off of the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the University of Bonn and conducts research on plant nutrition, fertilization and plant health, based on decades of experience. This includes many project and contract work on nutrient physiology, plant-environment interactions, nutrient recycling, modern IT expertise, online data analysis of shoot and root growth.
The cooperation with Glatt is focused on plant / pot trials to test the fertilizing effect of PHOS4green products with regard to their phosphorus plant availability. HGoTECH uses a standardizable methodology to determine the plant availability of phosphate from novel fertilizers in vascular tests.
More about the plant / pot trials
HTCycle AG, Murchin
The Institute for Urban Water Management at RWTH Aachen University HTCycle is an innovative company for the technology of hydrothermal carbonization for waste management in pilot plant as well as industrial scale.
HTCycle offers turnkey solutions for the engineering and construction of HTC plants for the carbonization of sludge and other waste fractions from the wastewater treatment cycle. Modules for the recovery of phosphate and other nutrients as well as heavy metals are part of the offer. The production of activated carbon from screenings from wastewater treatment plants opens up a new market segment for HTC technology.
The cooperation with Glatt is taking place within the framework of the BMBF joint research project on resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for the elimination of trace substances RIAS.
More about the RIAS project.
HUBER SE, Berching
HUBER is a globally operating company in the field of water treatment, wastewater treatment and sludge treatment. The company develops and manufactures products, projects and creates system solutions for municipalities and industry. HUBER sees a positive market perspective due to the adoption of the Wastewater Treatment Ordinance (AbfallKlärV) in Germany, the trend towards the introduction of the fourth treatment stage on wastewater treatment plants and worldwide, forced activities to improve wastewater treatment.
The cooperation with Glatt is part of the BMBF joint research project on resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for the elimination of trace substances RIAS.
More about the RIAS project.
Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG
ISH operates its own sewage sludge incineration plant in Industriepark Höchst with a capacity of approx. 50,000 Mg TR/a and, as a service provider, recycles sewage sludge of municipal origin. It is planned to recover phosphorus from these sewage sludge ashes.
Within the scope of own investigations and funded projects, the PHOS4green process for the production of fertilizer from sewage sludge ashes was tested with selected ashes on a laboratory and pilot plant scale and the recyclate was tested with regard to its fertilizing effectiveness.
For an orienting economic efficiency calculation, discussions were held with regional suppliers of raw materials and customers of the fertilizer and preliminary contracts were concluded. The Hessian Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Agriculture supports the subsidy programs:
– “Development of a process for the production of phosphorous fertilizer from sewage sludge ashes as a contribution to the implementation of the Hessian Resource Protection Strategy” (ISH)
– “Effect of phosphorus recycling products from the cascade use of sewage sludge in Central Hesse (KasPEr)”.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
ISA
Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft der RWTH Aachen University
The Institute for Urban Water Management at RWTH Aachen University (ISA) deals with a wide range of issues in the fields of urban drainage, wastewater treatment and waste management. Among other things, the energy and process optimization of wastewater treatment plants, the elimination of trace substances by means of activated carbon and other processes, and the recovery of resources from various matrices are investigated. The ISA has extensive experience in coordinating large, inter- and transdisciplinary collaborative projects.
The cooperation with Glatt takes place within the framework of the BMBF joint research project RIAS “Resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for trace substance elimination”.
More about the RIAS project.
IWKS
Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Werkstoffkreisläufe und Ressourcenstrategie, Alzenau
The IWKS has been conducting research on nutrient recovery for years, especially on phosphorus recovery. As an R&D service provider, the IWKS offers solutions ranging from feasibility studies taking into account regional boundary conditions to concept development. Nationally, the IWKS is well networked, among others, via the Resource Cluster Rhine-Main and the German Phosphorus Platform DPP e.V. as a contact point for actors in the field of P-recovery.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
IWAR
Institut der TU Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Abwassertechnik (AT)
The research activities of the AT department of the IWAR Institute of the TU Darmstadt have been concerned with the investigation of phosphorus dynamics in sludge treatment since the 1990s. Subsequently, the research focus shifted to the recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge and sewage sludge ash. This resulted in the “Sephos” and “Sesal-Phos” phosphorus recovery processes developed at the AT department. Furthermore, the “Darmstadt Seminar – Wastewater Technology”, which is organized by AT, was dedicated to the main topic of phosphorus recycling in 2002 and 2005.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
IWAR
Institut der TU Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Stoffstrommanagement und Ressourenwirtschaft (SuR)
The department SuR of the institute IWAR of the TU Darmstadt investigates questions of the circular economy and the efficiency of resources. System analytical methods for modelling anthropogenic material cycles and product systems (especially Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Material Flow Analysis (MFA)) as well as economic analyses and process-oriented modelling are applied. A large number of research associations of the BMBF and other funding agencies use the sustainability expertise of the department SuR.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
ITES
Institut für Thermische Energietechnik und Sicherheit
The Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety (ITES), formerly the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technology (IKET), works for the program-oriented research of the Helmholtz Association in the research field of energy, and contributes to the programs Nuclear Waste Management, Safety and Radiation Research, Nuclear Fusion, Storage and Networked Infrastructures, Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency, and Materials and Resources.
The collaboration with Glatt takes place within the framework of the BMBF joint research project on resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for the elimination of trace substances RIAS.
Here, ITES is involved in the production and characterization of activated carbon from biogenic residues and carbonisates on a laboratory and pilot plant scale.
More about the RIAS project.
PTJ
Projektträger Jülich
As one of Germany’s leading project management organizations, Project Management Jülich is a partner, PTJ, to the public sector in science, industry and politics. With its expertise in research and innovation management, it supports its clients in the federal and state governments as well as the European Commission in realizing their funding policy objectives. PTJ implements research and innovation funding programs for its clients that are precisely tailored to their requirements and socio-political needs. In doing so, it integrates national and European funding – for a competitive research and innovation location Germany in a common European research area.
Project Management Jülich is the sponsor of the projects abonocare 3 for a technology chain for the fermentation of organic residues with integrated nutrient fractionation, and abonocare 4 for the production of fertilizer granulates and special soil mixtures from phosphorus-containing secondary raw materials. Both projects are funded by the “Innovative Regional Growth Cores” program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
More about the projects abonocare 3 and abonocare 4.
RUHRVERBAND
Operating company in the water industry, Essen, Germany
We know what water is worth. With its approximately 1,000 water management facilities, including 13 large lakes and more than 60 wastewater treatment plants, the Ruhrverband ensures that water is available in sufficient quantity and excellent quality to supply 4.6 million people in the Ruhr region and beyond.
The Ruhr and its tributaries are managed as a single entity, irrespective of political administrative boundaries. This is the only way to ensure a fair balance between the various uses and interests in the rivers and lakes. This saves costs and serves the people and the environment.
The cooperation with Glatt takes place within the framework of the BMBF research network project on resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for the elimination of trace substances RIAS.
More about the RIAS project.
SEF
Stadt Frankfurt am Main – Stadtentwässerung Frankfurt am Main
To treat its wastewater the city of Frankfurt am Main operates two wastewater treatment plants – one in Niederrad and the other in Sindlingen. Operating under the name Stadtentwässerung Frankfurt am Main (SEF). Combined they clean the wastewater of 1,14 million people from Frankfurt and the neighbouring communities.
At the Sindlingen site, Frankfurt has an additional plant for the mono-combustion of the sewage sludge produced, which currently results in about 7,000 t/a ashes. The SEF has been involved in projects for phosphor-recycling (p-reccyling) from sewage sludge incineration ash since 2005. This includes support of university research as well as its own initiatives, including laboratory tests and a large-scale trial to recycle the ash in an electrothermal process for phosphor-recovery (“Thermophos Vlissingen”).
Due to the foreseeable need of p-recyling in the future, the SEF expanded its analytical scope of its ash investigations significantly compared to the prescribed legal obligations. For more than 20 years, the SEF examines more than 30 defined sewer nodes in the catchment area for various heavy metals in the wastewater.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM) by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
More about the RePhoRM project.
TLLLR
Thüringer Landesamtes für Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum
The TLLLR is the upper agricultural authority, upper horticultural authority and upper state authority for land development and settlement authority. The TLLLR comprises completely the tasks and authorities of the agricultural and horticultural administration, the paying agency EAGF/ELER, Ref. 460 TLVWA as well as the tasks of rural development.
In parallel to the Federal Research Project Biomass Ash Monitoring (BAM), selected biomass ash fractions were tested for agglomeration with the spray granulation process in a Thuringian pilot and demonstration project. Glatt is the project partner for this spray granulation process for the conversion of biomass ashes into high-performance fertilizer.
TMG
Thermische Verwertung Mainz GmbH
TVM Thermische Verwertung Mainz GmbH was founded in August 2011 with the aim of recycling approx. 35,000 TM/a of sewage sludge, generating electricity to supply the central sewage treatment plant in Mainz and all related tasks. TVM is responsible as an intermunicipal company for the construction and operation of the sewage sludge mono-incineration plant in Mainz Mombach. The shareholders are Mainzer Wirtschaftsbetriebe (66 %), Stadtentwässerung Kaiserslautern (26 %), FWE VerwaltungsgmbH Kaiserslautern, Avus Abwasserzweckverband “Untere Selz” and the City of Wiesbaden with two percent each and WVE GmbH Kaiserslautern and VK Kommunal GmbH with one percent each.
The cooperation with Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH is part of the BMBF research project Regional Phosphorus Recycling in the Rhine-Main area under consideration of industrial and agricultural material cycles (RePhoRM).
More about the RePhoRM project.
UHOH
Division of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources at the University of Hohenheim
The Division of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources at the University of Hohenheim is active in the field of conversion of biogenic residues by means of hydrothermal and pyrolytic technology on a laboratory and pilot plant scale, as well as in physico-chemical analysis with regard to the application of the carbonisates produced.
The cooperation with Glatt takes place within the framework of the BMBF joint research project on resource-saving and integrated activated carbon production at wastewater treatment plants for the elimination of trace substances RIAS.
More about the RIAS project.
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