Food Waste Depackager Separator by Twister is a Breakthrough in Vortex Technology

When compared to competitors, the Twister Food Waste Depackager and Separator is breaking into new markets thanks to its low microplastics output and low energy consumption.

Twister announced today that their innovative Food Waste Depackager and Separator has been purchased by new customers in Europe and Asia. In the increasing EU and Asian markets, the small-footprint, low-energy-use plastic waste reprocessing facility has established itself.

Since 2016, it has been in the works. It's a decentralised organic processing system with exceptional separation performance that was recently introduced in Canada.

Each opened, empty, and full box is ejected. The "Twister" effect produces clean food waste that is free of microplastics and suitable for anaerobic digestion.

"We wanted something distinctive for Drycake's Twister," explains Mark Vanderbeken, Chairman and Founder of Drycake®.

"Anyone familiar with the food waste depackaging industry will have noticed that everyone else looks to start their depackaging and separation of source-separated organics by reducing particle size." This is how most competing depackagers avoid congestion. They mill, macerate, cut, or shred the plastic to make it into little pieces. Larger pieces, on the other hand, are easier to separate than tiny ones, so why not combine the depackaging and separation processes?"

Food Waste Depackager Separator from Twister (TM)

So DryCake went back to the drawing board and came up with a method that doesn't require any cutting and isn't dependant on reducing particle size by processing plastic. In actuality, they use shear forces and vibration to open and remove biological matter in a high-speed vortex, causing as little injury as possible while making as little microplastics as possible.

As a result, it has established itself as a market leader in terms of sustainability by reducing the risk of environmental damage caused by plastic pollution. Due to rising evidence of "ocean microplastic ingestion," which is hurting ocean plankton and the food chain that sustains all marine life, Drycake adopted this course of action.

Slicing, bashing, and crushing these materials likewise consumes a lot of energy. Hammer mills, blades, and knife openers all have moving components that wear out and need to be replaced. As a result, the Twister only has a few moving parts.

"It must be preferred to avoid breaking up plastic wrapping wherever possible."

Mark continued, "Then you won't manufacture those microplastic particles in the first place."

As a result, Drycake predicted that this invention would be in high demand right away. This company has strong prospects to disrupt the market and become the industry-standard depackager provider in Europe and Asia, with considerable environmental benefits.

On the one hand, they want to provide their clients the option of running sustainable plastic recycling businesses, reprocessing garbage into resin for use in new packaging as part of the "circular economy," which is vital to averting runaway climate change. While also providing biogas facilities with a high-quality organic paste.

They may offer this mixture, or "organic soup," as feedstock to anaerobic digestion plant operators, allowing them to create renewable energy in the form of biogas refined to biomethane. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is compressed biomethane that may be injected into town and city gas mains to heat our homes.

It's also ideal for use as a low-emission transportation fuel throughout the transition to hydrogen technology.

Twister is also a novel concept, as its target market is larger than city/regional MRFs and ERFs (Energy Recovery Facilities/ Incinerators). The small size is ideal for several locations around a city, reducing RCV travel distances, lowering collecting costs and emissions, and improving food waste collection efficiency.

Waste collection employees will spend more time on the street collecting rubbish and less time sat in the cabs of their RCVs en route to the MRF ERF or transfer station as a result of the Twister unit distribution. Drycake will also design the entire process, as well as the facility, if necessary.

Twister's low energy use, low carbon footprint, simple maintenance, and high uptime are all features they wish to impress their clients with. It's a sound long-term investment that's also environmentally friendly.

In fact, supermarkets, organisations, and institutions that run catering facilities, as well as clients in the food and beverage industry, may discover that purchasing just one Twister unit will help them achieve their sustainability goals. As a consequence, their company's carbon footprint is reduced, and they may proudly showcase their really green achievements for years to come.

It's always a risk to try anything new, but they feel it's one worth taking. In this circumstance, not least to contribute to the global environment's preservation and to develop a product that would help in the attainment of Net-Zero Carbon 2050 emission targets.

How Twister, a vortex-based food waste depackager, Outperforms Rivals

Twister Food Waste Depackager technology accomplishes this in four different ways:

1. Combining two operations into a single unit to save energy and water.

2. Reducing dependency on fossil fuels (e.g., oil), which produce much more "greenhouse gas" carbon when things are made from virgin plastic resins instead of recycled.

3. By transforming food waste into a plastic-free paste or slurry that may be used to power a biogas plant, which provides sustainable energy while emitting very little net carbon dioxide. This eliminates the need to develop oil or gas geological deposits once more.

4. When organic slurry is digested and applied to agricultural land, it decreases carbon emissions by reducing the requirement for chemical fertilisers on the part of the farmer. Traditional fertilisers are derived from geological deposits. They need a lot of fossil fuel to extract and transport them, therefore this notion contributes even more to environmental preservation.

Conclusion on the Twister Food Waste Depackager

Drycake has been a global leader in separation solutions since 1995. Since its founding, it has provided market-disrupting process equipment and design for sustainable waste reuse, recycling, and energy recovery on a global scale.

This isn't the first time Drycake has gone against the grain. They previously made a splash with the Plastifloat, a waste reuse and materials recovery system for municipal and industrial wastewater. A straightforward yet effective method for extracting plastic from liquids.

Drycake has grown into Europe and Asia, in addition to previous sales in the Americas, and the Twister Food Waste Depackager is aiming for global recognition. More information may be found in the following article: Vortex Depackager and Separator by Twister

Visit https://www.twisterseparator.com for more details.

Also see https://drycake.com for more information.

 

Methane Mitigation – World Biogas Summit 2021 Will Be “All About Methane”

 “Methane Mitigation” which can be defined as using the anaerobic digestion (i.e. biogas production process) to help humanity in the fight against climate change, is the core subject announced for the World Biogas Summit 6 -8 July 2021.

It will be “All About Methane”!

Find out more by reading the ADBA Press Release reproduced below:

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WBA Press Release 29 June 2021:

International Energy Agency and Climate and Clean Air Coalition to headline the “It's all about the methane” World Biogas Summit 2021

Held online from 6th to 8th July, the World Biogas Summit 2021, organised by the World Biogas Association (WBA), will feature Keisuke Sadamori, Acting Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency and Drew Shindell, Special Representative for Action on Methane, Climate and Clean Air Coalition as keynote speakers – leading an impressive line-up of eminent figures from not only the global biogas sector but also from the worlds of finance, retail and urbanism.

This year's event held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic,  will focus on how, in the build-up to COP26,  AD and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions.  In particular, it will explore the need to capture and recycle the 105bn tonnes of organic wastes generated by human activity every year – and turn these wastes into a valuable resource (1).

Keisuke Sadamori – Keynote presenter.

Entitled “It's all about the methane”, the 2021 Summit programme will review how to efficiently capture organic wastes, recover the gases and nutrients they contain and recycle them in the form of clean energy and natural fertilisers – achieving GHG emissions savings, displacing fossil-based equivalents, restoring soil health and helping reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, agriculture and waste management – thus contributing to countries meeting their Net Zero targets.

Ahead of his address, CCAC's Drew Shindell said: “

Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade. There are cost-effective solutions that can be implemented immediately, and the benefits far outweigh the costs. The world needs to make 2021 a ‘methane moment,’ by committing to implement policies and measures to rapidly reduce methane emissions and working to drive a decade of methane action.”

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There's no Net Zero without Biogas: ending waste, delivering the circular economy, tackling the climate crisis. 

Use of Biomethane Decarbonises Heavy Vehicles Now - Unlike Hydrogen and Battery Power

"Biomethane the key option to decarbonise heavy vehicles immediately";

 says trade body in a new publication     

    

Biomethane: Fuelling a Transport Revolution reviews how the anaerobic digestion and biogas industry can help decarbonise heavier modes of transport, such as trucks and buses, much sooner than electricity or hydrogen.

·         The Policy Briefing report by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) details the GHG emissions issues facing the UK transport sector and explores the solutions available for heavy goods and public transport vehicles, which alone generate 20% of current emissions per year.

·         Rapid deployment of biomethane for HGVs could reduce GHG emissions by 38% over the next 10 years. Current technological barriers to powering heavy vehicles with electricity or hydrogen mean these future fuels could only cut emissions by 6% over the same period.

·         Major fleet operators are already making the transition to biomethane trucks and buses.

·         Fuelling HGVs with biomethane can cut well-to-wheel emissions by 80% per km driven and greatly improve air quality.

·         As well as decarbonising transport, biomethane can boost an entire economic sector, with ROI for hauliers achieved within two years of operation.

Earlier this month, the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) launched a Policy Briefing report demonstrating the crucial role biomethane could play in decarbonising transport in the UK in the short-term.

In the first of a series of Policy Briefing Events, the trade body presented Biomethane: Fuelling a Transport Revolution, which analyses the UK transport sector's issues and explores the options presented by electric vehicles, hydrogen and biomethane. 

The research highlights the value of biomethane in providing a green fuel alternative for heavy good and public transport vehicles - immediately. Trucks and buses currently generate 20% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions from transport, which is itself the highest GHG emitting sector in the UK (27%).

" Transport is the most polluting sector and its GHG emissions levels have not changed over the past decade. "

, explains Charlotte Morton, ADBA's Chief Executive.  

"Biomethane is ready to be produced, ready to be used, and can decarbonise heavy vehicles transport here and now. At time when the pollution levels exceed WHO guidelines on 97% of UK roads, we can not afford to wait 15-20 years for electricity or hydrogen solutions to become ready."

A 2020 report by Element Energy shows that rapid deployment of biomethane for HGVs would reduce emissions by 38% over 10 years, whilst waiting for hydrogen/electric HGVs to be manufactured would deliver only 6% over the same period.

Biomethane is particularly appropriate for public transport, long-haul logistics and food distribution vehicles. Household names and cities such as ASDA, Royal Mail, Nottingham City Transport and Liverpool City Council are already making the transition for their delivery fleets and buses.

The report reveals that fuelling HGVs with biomethane can cut well-to-wheel emissions by 80% per km driven, compared to diesel, and that the Return On Investment (ROI) for fleet operators is achieved within two years.

"Using biomethane as a transport fuel is an immediate “no regrets” option that not only contributes to significant cuts in GHG emissions from HGVs, but also stimulates continued growth in the UK biomethane sector." 

says Philip Fjeld, CEO of CNG-Fuels. 

"As the refuelling network expands across the UK, biomethane as a transport fuel will become a win-win solution that is available to all hauliers and that continues to reduce the carbon footprint of a sector that has always been seen as very hard to decarbonise".

With the launch of the CNHi Biomethane tractor and small scale on-site methanation units, agriculture could be the next sector to benefit from the availability of biomethane to reduce its GHG emissions.  The biomethane sector is therefore primed to play an increasingly crucial role in helping the UK achieve its Net Zero targets by 2030.

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World Will Fail Climate Targets Unless Organic-Waste Methane is Cut Now – WBA Report

 

The World will fail to meet promised Paris 2015 Accord Climate Targets unless action is taken now to reduce organic-waste methane emissions. 

Globally all governments must act now to start cutting highly damaging methane emissions from the breakdown of organic waste now, or they will be by default simply abandoning their pledges – is our interpretation of the latest WBA report just published.

All those hard-won ‘Paris Accord' promises will simply go for nothing and the fervent hope of all people, especially the young, that global warming can be defeated will be hit a body blow. 

That's because although carbon dioxide (CO2) is most often talked of as the climate-changing gas most worrying, methane (for a long while quoted to be 32 times worse – but is now known to be 85 times1 worse due to it's longer persistence in the atmosphere. 

Read our full article including the Press Release by the World Biogas Association in full here:

https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/world-will-fail-climate-targets-unless-organic-waste-methane-is-cut/

Biogas Analysis and Gas Quality Monitoring of Anaerobic Digestion Processes

Biogas analysis and maximizing the efficiency of anaerobic digestion plants are gaining more attention as the anaerobic digestion industry matures. If you are seeking to find out more about this topic, read-on because this article is for you!

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With the rapidly increasing global awareness that the world must decarbonize or suffer huge problems and costs as a result of unrestrained global warming, biogas is in rising demand as a valuable energy source. However, the highest prices are only available for top quality biogas with a consistently high calorific value after upgrading (purification). To do that operators need to pay close attention to the quality of the digester off-gas. The way to do that is through biogas analysis

Thankfully, robust and low-cost biogas analysis sensors are available from a number of manufacturers for controlling the various biogas quality upgrading processes. The development of these devices specifically tailored to the biogas industry has been essential. But, there has been great progress, and biogas plants are now able to work much more effectively than before. The challenge for the equipment specifier is to match the available biogas analysis products for the scale, robustness, and accuracy to suit every application.

Many devices combine the functions of biogas flow measurement with quality monitoring systems for a wide variety of needs. There is often a requirement that the biogas analysis device includes, not only a capability to measure the main constituents of biogas, but also the lower concentrations, and even trace-level contaminants.

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The need to continuously measure methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), can be joined with a need for analysis of the low percentages of CO, H2S, N2, O2, which can also be found in the biogas composition depending on the nature of the process it originates from.

There are special requirements for the analysis of biogas which is produced as landfill gas, and the additional contaminants often found in that form of biogas. For that reason, we have devoted a section of this article to landfill gas analysis. Scroll down and read that if you are seeking information about landfill biogas analysis.

In the paragraphs which follow we provide more info on biogas analysers or general use. Biogas plant operators need economical, versatile, and reliable biogas analysis. Whether dealing with biogas plants, landfills, sewage treatment plants, and in some circumstances even composting plants. Some are fixed units, and some are mobile, and products are even available that are a combination of a stationary unit and mobile gas measuring device enables.

Today, like never before there are comprehensive professional biogas process control and optimization devices available for purchase. REad more here: https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-analysis/