Anglian Water to develop resources from waste
Anglian Water and partners are embarked on the ALL-Streams HTO (hydrothermal oxidation) project that aims to convert biosolids into renewable resources such as natural gas, biomaterials, and chemicals.
Anglian Water and partners are embarked on the ALL-Streams HTO (hydrothermal oxidation) project that aims to convert biosolids into renewable resources such as natural gas, biomaterials, and chemicals.
The 18-month project involves collaboration with Rotorua, New Zealand-based Cetogenix and Cranfield University. It will explore market opportunities for the products generated from hydrothermal oxidation and develop a pilot site to test its feasibility.
David Inman, innovation project manager at Anglian Water, said, “Our work with Cetogenix is about taking biosolids and turning it into more valuable materials.”
Currently, water companies can produce around 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of waste annually and finding ways to handle this waste safely and efficiently is a challenge for the sector.
To this end, the project will focus on the hydrothermal oxidation process that uses heat and pressure to recover and valorise all resource streams from the HTO effluent at a scale relevant to the water industry.