Biosolids & Sludge Solutions

Process Overview
Sludge reception Sludge silo Thermal oil Separation hopper Coater Pellet cooler

HARDPELLETISER - the Pearl Process

Condensor

Sludge pump

Baghouse filter

Pellet silo

Keppel Seghers' HARDPELLETISER allows you to turn sludge into a useful, environmental-friendly product. Hazardous products such as waste sludge are turned into a valuable pathogen-free dried biosolids (>90%DS). These biosolids are easy to handle, transport and store for long periods of time. The dried pellets can be used in a flexible way for different endpurposes, as soil improver or as green energy (CO2-neutral fuel). Principle The HARDPELLETISER uses heat convection to evaporate water through a vertical, multi-stage, indirect drying unit. This unit produces dried, hard, round and dust-free pellets in a single and safe operation. Similar to the pearl formation process in an oyster, biosolids particles grow layer by layer and become hard pellets. Application This drying/pelletising technology is installed into major water reclamation stations, large wastewater treatment plants worldwide. The Keppel Seghers pellets can be used for many applications, ranging from soil improver and fertiliser to green fuel.
Baltimore, USA - Capacity 3 x 6.000kg H2O/h BOO project Deurne, Belgium - Capacity 3.700 kg H2O/h

Soil improver and fertiliser: Pellets produced by Keppel Seghers' Pearl Process are ClassA according to the US EPA 503 rules section "hygienisation of sludge". Land application of Keppel Seghers pellets results in improved soil properties: the minerals contained in the dried sludge provide a natural source of nitrogen, phosphorus and other valuable plant nutrients and the organic matter contributes to well-structured soil with greater erosion resistance and higher water retention capability. Keppel Seghers pellets can be profitably used as a slow release fertiliser and soil improver on agriculture and grassland or in forestry and soil reclamation pro-jects (e.g. former mining sites and areas destroyed by fire). They have been successfully applied for various crops such as lawns, field flower production, nursery stock planting, golf greens and citrus fruit. Keppel Seghers pellets are also used as a potting soil ingredient and a commercial fertilising bulking agent where it acts as a superior substitute for granular limestone.

Green fuel: The high heating value of Keppel Seghers pellets (8 to 18 MJ/kg LHV thereby approaching the heating value of brown coal) makes them an excellent fuel for co-incineration in coal power stations and cement kilns. Thermal beneficial re-use of sludge Use of Keppel Seghers pellets and other biosolids also allows the saving of fossil fuels and results in a global emission reduction. Process Description The HARDPELLETISER is based on the proprietary Pearl Process . It is a complete thermal sludge drying technology that transforms biosolids into valuable and pathogen-free dried pellets (> 90 % DS) in a single & safe operation. This gentle process with efficient heat exchange and gravitationaided biosolids movements results in low electricity consumption and reduction in operation and maintenance costs. Keppel Seghers' HARDPELLETISER units are available for all kinds of sludge and other biosolids with variable composition and for an evaporation capacity ranging from 50 to 15,000 kg H20/hour. Thanks to its high environmental and safety standards as well as to its economic assets, this techno-logy has been elected for major sludge processing projects worldwide. Zero-emission solutions are easily implemented, which also makes the HARDPELLETISER particularly suitable in densely populated areas. Features . Inherently safe design (no oxygen allowed into the system) . Better quality pellets are naturally round, hard and dust-free. . Zero-emission plant . Higher flexibility . Minimal footprint through vertical and compact design. . Higher return on investment by integrating water evaporation and granulation into one installation.

Keppel Seghers' pellets as high quality soil improver and fertiliser

On golf courses

For soil improvement

In a power plant or cement kilm

As fertiliser

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