AeroThermal Group

Waste Autoclaves

AeroThermal's autoclave is a pressure vessel that steam treats its contents at a constant temperature and pressure, serving to sterilise, clean, break-down lignin structures and reduce waste volume by approximately 60%. Then, by applying a secondary process the true added value of the autoclave can be realised. These qualities can not only serve to increase landfill diversion rates, but if the process by-product, cellulose floc, is used to its full advantage, clean, green energy can be derived from waste.

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Gasification

The EnviroThermal fixed bed gasifier is an innovative design that utilises a revolutionary multidirectional airflow. The system is currently being rigorously tested under University conditions and a small demonstration prototype will soon be available in Poole, Dorset.

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Anaerobic Digestion

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is the preferred stabilisation process for the treatment of wastewater sludge and organic wastes. The process provides volume and mass reduction and delivers valuable renewable energy with biogas production. Anaerobic digestion is a simple process that can greatly reduce the amount of organic matter that might otherwise be destined for landfill or burnt in an incinerator.

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AAD
South West

British engineering company AeroThermal Group Ltd together with 4Recycling Ltd is proposing to develop a sustainable waste and resource treatment facility at the site of Imerys Minerals Ltd at Lee Moor, South Devon. The facility will use autoclave and The AeroThermal Group Ltd's proprietary Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) technology to generate 3MW of renewable (green) electricity. Recyclable materials will also be recovered from the waste stream and the stable digestate, a by-product of the AAD process, will be used to help restore parts of the adjoining Imerys Minerals Ltd Lee Moor China Clay workings.

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South Devon Advanced AD Facility Gets Planning Permission

South Devon Advanced AD Facility Gets Planning Permission

6 December 2011

AAD (South West) Ltd, a subsidiary of British engineering company the AeroThermal Group Ltd has been granted planning permission by Devon County Council to develop a sustainable waste and resource treatment facility

The Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility will be built on a redundant china clay refinery site at Lee Moor in South Devon.

Operating under the trading name AAD (South West) Ltd, the facility will provide an innovative and modern alternative solution to treat mixed waste, which would otherwise be sent to landfill.

AeroThermal's unique combination of industrial autoclave processing and anaerobic digestion technology will separate out materials from mixed waste for recycling, generate 26 gigawatts annually of green electricity, and produce a compost-like material which will be used at the nearby Imerys Minerals Ltd Lee Moor China Clay workings as part of an ongoing restoration programme.

Commenting on the proposal, AAD (SW) Ltd's Managing Director, Tristan Lloyd-Baker, said: "We are delighted to receive the green light by way of planning approval for our proposal and I would like to thank all those involved in supporting us. Our intention is to begin construction in early 2012 with a view to being fully operational from April 2013."

This £15m investment will create 22 long-term skilled jobs for local people and divert up to 75,000 tonnes of waste from landfill every year.

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