TEACH AD Webinars
Organic Waste Management Through Anaerobic Digestion: Lessons Learned from Denmarkf and Opportunities for Local Communities in the U.S.
February 22, 2023
Denmark is well known as a world leader in its endeavors to create a circular and green economy. Currently, Denmark’s national gas grid contains around 40% biomethane (renewable natural gas, RNG), making Denmark a world leader when it comes to biogas production. The Trade Council of Denmark’s Waste & Biogas Advisory is working with fostering partnerships among Danish and American stakeholders working in the field of organic waste management mainly through anaerobic digestion. During this webinar we will discuss how local communities in the U.S. can benefit from this partnership through green jobs creation and green investments, we will hear from a company that provides a food waste pre-treatment & de-packaging system that handles contaminated residential, commercial and industrial food waste sources, creating a bio-pulp suitable for co-digestion systems, and we will discuss available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6896918011999668396\
Slides (pdf): https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2023/07/ERC-TEACH-AD-10th-Webinar-1.pdf
Lessons in biosolids management: Successful biosolids programs at the City of St. Cloud Nutrient, Energy and Water (NEW) Recovery Facility and at the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
July 28, 2022
The material coming out of the digesters at wastewater plants is generally referred to as biosolids. Biosolids have historically been considered a waste stream to be discarded, which equates to significant cost and liability. Maximizing nutrient recovery from biosolids means extracting as much value as possible at every single stage. During this webinar we will discuss two successful biosolids programs at the City of St. Cloud Nutrient, Energy and Water (NEW) Recovery Facility and at the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and we will learn how these facilities managed to reduce biosolids' volume, improve product's quality, generate renewable power, and save millions of dollars annually.
During this presentation, we will also cover available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5172375800188783373
Webinar PDF https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2023/02/Lessons_in_biosolidsmanagement.pdf
Biogas Upgrading: Technology and Case Studies
October 18, 2022
Biogas conditioning and upgrading is an important part of many anaerobic digestion facilities. Biogas is a source of energy that can be used to produce heat and electricity (such as in a CHP plant), Renewable Natural Gas for pipeline injection, or Compressed Natural Gas for vehicles fuel. Depending on the final use of the gas, a different level of cleaning an treatment may be required. During this webinar we will discuss systems that upgrade the raw biogas from a digester into a final product and we will cover some example of installations of such systems in anaerobic digestion facilities.
During this presentation, we will also cover available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago
Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7016329369375098383
Webinar PDF https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2023/02/Biogas-Upgrading.pdf
Anaerobic Digesters and Combined Heat and Power: a winning match
November 30, 2022
The most common use for biogas as a fuel is in a CHP system. CHP systems generate electricity and recover heat from the engine cooling system and exhaust that would otherwise be wasted. By recovering this wasted heat, CHP systems typically achieve total system efficiencies of 60 to 80 percent for producing electricity and useful thermal energy. Join this webinar to understand the various benefits of a biogas CHP system in terms of efficiency gain, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, operational costs reduction, increased resiliency and much more.
During this presentation, we will also discuss some existing Anaerobic Digestion/CHP installations and we will cover available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/176539113168463372
Webinar PDF: https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2023/02/IEPAPWIP-ComEd-EE-Program.pdf
Universities go green! A case study from the Michigan State University South Campus Anaerobic Digester
May 31, 2022
Food for thought! Anaerobic digester systems provide a means for universities to recycle campus waste while satisfying multiple goals of reducing their carbon footprint, lowering their energy costs, reducing the use of fossil fuels, producing renewable energy, diverting waste from landfills and wastewater plants, and creating campus laboratories for educating students on socially responsible behavior. Join this webinar to learn how Michigan State University is going green with the use of anaerobic digestion technologies.
During this presentation, we will also cover available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7048417514261610508
Webinar PDF: https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2022/06/ERC-TEACH-AD-5th-Webinar-002.pdf
Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Plants
February 23, 2022
Anaerobic digestion of a small amount of organic and food waste was considered unprofitable a few years ago. When talking about anaerobic digestion projects, large digesters are common but what does it take to scale down to community and campus-scale? Join this webinar to find out more about small-scale digestion plants (or micro-scale digestion) and see how universities, small towns and communities, farmers, and others are using this technology to reduce their carbon emissions, waste generation, and consumption of unhealthy food while creating new local jobs. The presentation will feature an existing facility at the University of California San Diego and one at Tusten, NY.
Recording:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6059424395118573327
Webinar PDF:
https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2022/03/ERC-TEACH-AD-4th-Webinar_Final.pdf
Developing Environmental Offsets from Anaerobic Digestion Projects & Case Study Des Moines MWRA Renewable Natural Gas
December 8, 2021
Description:
Anaerobic Digestion of organic waste such as food waste is an alternative to landfilling that results in environmental benefits such as emissions reduction (carbon offsets) that can create an enormous financial opportunity for municipal governments. Join this presentation to learn more about carbon offsets markets, project financing, available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago and to see how Des Moines Metropolitan WRA got into renewable natural gas business, to turn waste into millions annually.
Recording:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6760084879680791819
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The Multiple Aspects of a (Food) Waste to Biogas Project
September 30, 2021
Two case studies from UW Oshkosh Biogas Systems - One case study from a new anaerobic digester-urban farm project in Chicago
Description:
Anaerobic Digestion of organic waste such as food waste is an alternative to landfilling that results in environmental benefits such as improved air quality, biogas recovery, and nutrients recovery. Anaerobic digestion projects are multifaceted ventures, and each has its own peculiarity. During this webinar we will discuss some of the many aspects of a waste to biogas project, featuring two existing facilities owned by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and one new digester-urban farm project in Chicago and we will talk about available technical and educational assistance from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Recording:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1172617474447228939
Webinar PDF:
https://erc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/633/2022/02/FinalTeach-AD2ndWebinar.pdf
Diverting Food Waste from Landfills - US EPA's New Technical Education & Analysis for Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters
June 16, 2021
Description:
When food goes to the landfill, the nutrients in the food never return to the soil, and the wasted food rots and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Anaerobic Digestion is an alternative to landfilling that results in environmental benefits such as improved air quality, biogas recovery, and nutrients recovery. The University of Illinois Chicago’s Energy Resources Center (UIC-ERC) was awarded funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) to help divert food waste from landfills by expanding the use of anaerobic digesters. This newly awarded grant will enable team members from the UIC-ERC to advance energy sustainability and improve the environment by supporting the development of new anaerobic digester infrastructure in the U.S. Join this presentation to learn more about the UIC-ERC newly Technical Education and Analysis for Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters (TEACH AD) Program. The program’s goal is to help communities and water resource recovery facilities in the Midwest region divert food waste from landfills by providing education and no-cost technical assistance to explore the increased adoption of anaerobic digestion and renewable energy biogas technologies. We will partner with state agencies, industry experts, water resource recovery facilities, and communities while leveraging other outreach programs we have ran for years. The program is expected to provide at least 20 Anaerobic Digestion Technical Assessments utilizing EPA’s Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool (CoEAT) along with other tools and will provide technical support to facilities and communities evaluating the use of new and existing anaerobic digesters to divert food waste from landfills. Educational assistance will be provided through workshops, training webinars, and several anaerobic digestion project profiles.
Recording:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/367774960570625803
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