On-site Solutions
Anaerobic Digestion Solutions
To many, organic waste is seen as an environmental problem. At CCI we also see it as an economic loss. With close to 40% of our farm-to-fork supply chain being lost, there is an un-tapped opportunity to reclaim these assets for economic gain.
Create your own energy on-site
Our goal is to deliver a solution for businesses and other organizations like schools and hospitals, to use a robust, micro-scale anaerobic digestion solution to produce energy on-site from their recovered organic materials.
Your Capitalization
Food processors, grocery, food services, retail developments, farms, universities, hospitals – that generate or have access to pre-consumer, post consumer, or agricultural organics, including in combination, can benefit. The annual capacity ranges from 500 to 2,000 metric tonnes.
The business case includes revenue from energy sales, the elimination of current practice costs, and internal energy consumption off-sets. Transportation fuels, or an electricity and heat combination can be produced.
Climate Change Value
The added value on a climate change basis is reducing your carbon footprint. Methane GHG’s produced by decaying organics is now understood to be 84 times greater impact than carbon in the first 20 years. Further reductions are achieved through the displacement of fossil fuels and other methods.
This value is accrued from a shift in process, thinking and understanding that your organics are resources that can be transformed on-site into energy. This is where CCI can help you greatly.
Fuel Switching Option
The trend towards alternative fuel switching to wean us from fossil fuel use delivers a unique option to use the biogas as an alternative to fossil fuel energy. The GHG emission reductions can generate potential revenue from programs such as voluntary carbon credits and renewable fuel standards.
Compressed renewable natural gas (CRNG)
The biogas can be purified to create a “compressed renewable natural gas” that can be used to fuel vehicles. A small scale biogas cleaning system can be integrated with a cylinder storage array to provide fuel for an internal fleet or for external sale. Depending on the feedstock profile and daily volume, enough fuel can be produced to drive a sprint van between 450,000 – 1,450,000 kilometres annually.
Off-set internal energy consumption
The first portion of biogas is used to fuel a combined heat & power (CHP) engine to satisfy any system heating needs such as the digestion process. If the remaining biogas is used in a CHP there will be a net gain of electricity to off-set internal consumption.
Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
The CHP option offers the capability to make efficient and effective use of a valuable energy source. The biogas is combusted to turn a generator that creates electricity and the engine heat is captured. Both forms can be used internally, and the electircity can be exported to the grid where feed-in-tariff programs exist.
Self-sufficient energy
The QUBE system requires electrical and thermal energy to support its operation. Approximately 10% of the biogas will be utilized for system self-sufficiency. The excess heat can also be used to create hot water for internal needs.
bioQUBE
A Re-Purposed Shipping Container
The bioQUBE is built in a re-purposed shipping container to provide a compact solution to process smaller volumes of organics. Multiple modules are configured to provide a capacity range of 500 to 950 metric tonnes annually (1.5 to 2.5 tonnes daily).
Innovative Designs
The digester contents are continuously mixed using compressed biogas that is delivered through a patented gas “bell” system installed on the digester floor. The digestive-state is discharged to a liquids loop to balance demand and minimize freshwater use.
quickQUBE
A Flexible Fabric with an Exo-Skeleton
The quickQUBE digester option is a rapidly deployed version of the bioQUBE and is designed within a strong, multi-layered, and flexible PVC container with an exo-skeleton. It can be fed any organics stream, including human sewage, and is designed in sizes from 5m3 to 300m3 (to 2,000 tonnes annually). The quickQUBE is a fit in industrial, agricultural and humanitarian applications, and in combination with the bioQUBE(s) when it fits.
Optimized Performance
The digester is a continuously stirred, mesophilic process (35 to 38°C) with a 20-35 day retention time, depending on the feedstock profile. The digestion process is heated to maintain the required temperature by passing hot water through an internal heat exchanger.
lagoonQUBE
A Floating Fabric With A Frame
The lagoonQUBE is a flexible fabric structure designed to float on a lagoon or tank, The lightweight modules are assembled on land and then easily pulled onto the surface where they are floated into place and tethered. A suspended heating and mixing system can enhance the natural biogas production processes.
Adaptable To Level Changes
The lightweight structures move with the natural level changes and are removable to allow for normal maintenance and the local climatic conditions.
Who Can Use It?
The QUBE solution family can be deployed on-site to convert a broad range of organic assets into energy. From farmers, to food processors, and right through the food supply chain. High density populations such as universities / colleges, retail malls, and office complexes have the opportunity to develop diversion programs that support sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals.
The QUBE systems allow you to convert your pre-consumer and post consumer food scraps. The degree of sorting required at the generation point will be a function of it being a pre or post- consumer source. The key is to keep the organics segregated and free of contamination such as plastics, metals, and glass.
Pre-Consumer Sources
These sources are are found mid-stream in the food supply chain. They include highly liquid organics, in daily volumes of up to 2.5 metric tonnes. Generators where there is a potential fit include:
- Grocery Stores
- Food Processors
- Beverages / Breweries
- Cheese Makers
- Prepared Food / Catering
- Food Wholesale / Distribution
Post-Consumer Sources
These sources, where soiled paper is considered organic, are at greater risk of contamination and require a higher level of diligence to separate out the acceptable elements. Generators where there is a potential fit include:
- Restaurants
- Quick Service Clusters
- Retail Developments
- University / Colleges
- Hospitals / Nursing
- Hotels / Hospitality
Agricultural Sources
These sources include clean animal and poultry manures. The small scale offers opportunities to small farms that can supplement the feedstock with off-farm materials. Generators where there is a potential fit include:
- Small Dairy Farms
- Horse Farms
- Greenhouses
- Poultry Farms
- Off Farm Material
- Specialty Energy Crops
Feeding & Monitoring The System
The clean food scrap feedstocks are loaded into a macerator with a hopper to mix a homogenous suspension for digestion. Integrated load cells weigh the load before it is reduced to a 12mm (3/8 inch) size. The system will accommodate a variety of organic profiles to provide user flexibility.
All equipment, subsystems, and processing routines are centrally controlled. Collected data can be linked to a smartphone app to allow for remote control and monitoring. A robust data capture and reporting system supports the daily operations and regularly scheduled maintenance routines.
- + Create Your Own Energy
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Fuel Switching Option
The trend towards alternative fuel switching to wean us from fossil fuel use delivers a unique option to use the biogas as an alternative to fossil fuel energy. The GHG emission reductions can generate potential revenue from programs such as voluntary carbon credits and renewable fuel standards.
Compressed renewable natural gas (CRNG)
The biogas can be purified to create a “compressed renewable natural gas” that can be used to fuel vehicles. A small scale biogas cleaning system can be integrated with a cylinder storage array to provide fuel for an internal fleet or for external sale. Depending on the feedstock profile and daily volume, enough fuel can be produced to drive a sprint van between 450,000 – 1,450,000 kilometres annually.
Off-set internal energy consumption
The first portion of biogas is used to fuel a combined heat & power (CHP) engine to satisfy any system heating needs such as the digestion process. If the remaining biogas is used in a CHP there will be a net gain of electricity to off-set internal consumption.
Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
The CHP option offers the capability to make efficient and effective use of a valuable energy source. The biogas is combusted to turn a generator that creates electricity and the engine heat is captured. Both forms can be used internally, and the electircity can be exported to the grid where feed-in-tariff programs exist.
Self-sufficient energy
The QUBE system requires electrical and thermal energy to support its operation. Approximately 10% of the biogas will be utilized for system self-sufficiency. The excess heat can also be used to create hot water for internal needs.
- + Innovative Designs
-
bioQUBE
A Re-Purposed Shipping Container
The bioQUBE is built in a re-purposed shipping container to provide a compact solution to process smaller volumes of organics. Multiple modules are configured to provide a capacity range of 500 to 950 metric tonnes annually (1.5 to 2.5 tonnes daily).
Innovative Designs
The digester contents are continuously mixed using compressed biogas that is delivered through a patented gas “bell” system installed on the digester floor. The digestive-state is discharged to a liquids loop to balance demand and minimize freshwater use.
quickQUBE
A Flexible Fabric with an Exo-Skeleton
The quickQUBE digester option is a rapidly deployed version of the bioQUBE and is designed within a strong, multi-layered, and flexible PVC container with an exo-skeleton. It can be fed any organics stream, including human sewage, and is designed in sizes from 5m3 to 300m3 (to 2,000 tonnes annually). The quickQUBE is a fit in industrial, agricultural and humanitarian applications, and in combination with the bioQUBE(s) when it fits.
Optimized Performance
The digester is a continuously stirred, mesophilic process (35 to 38°C) with a 20-35 day retention time, depending on the feedstock profile. The digestion process is heated to maintain the required temperature by passing hot water through an internal heat exchanger.
lagoonQUBE
A Floating Fabric With A Frame
The lagoonQUBE is a flexible fabric structure designed to float on a lagoon or tank, The lightweight modules are assembled on land and then easily pulled onto the surface where they are floated into place and tethered. A suspended heating and mixing system can enhance the natural biogas production processes.
Adaptable To Level Changes
The lightweight structures move with the natural level changes and are removable to allow for normal maintenance and the local climatic conditions.
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Who Can Use It?
The QUBE solution family can be deployed on-site to convert a broad range of organic assets into energy. From farmers, to food processors, and right through the food supply chain. High density populations such as universities / colleges, retail malls, and office complexes have the opportunity to develop diversion programs that support sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals.The QUBE systems allow you to convert your pre-consumer and post consumer food scraps. The degree of sorting required at the generation point will be a function of it being a pre or post- consumer source. The key is to keep the organics segregated and free of contamination such as plastics, metals, and glass.Pre-Consumer Sources
These sources are are found mid-stream in the food supply chain. They include highly liquid organics, in daily volumes of up to 2.5 metric tonnes. Generators where there is a potential fit include:- Grocery Stores
- Food Processors
- Beverages / Breweries
- Cheese Makers
- Prepared Food / Catering
- Food Wholesale / Distribution
Post-Consumer Sources
These sources, where soiled paper is considered organic, are at greater risk of contamination and require a higher level of diligence to separate out the acceptable elements. Generators where there is a potential fit include:- Restaurants
- Quick Service Clusters
- Retail Developments
- University / Colleges
- Hospitals / Nursing
- Hotels / Hospitality
Agricultural Sources
These sources include clean animal and poultry manures. The small scale offers opportunities to small farms that can supplement the feedstock with off-farm materials. Generators where there is a potential fit include:- Small Dairy Farms
- Horse Farms
- Greenhouses
- Poultry Farms
- Off Farm Material
- Specialty Energy Crops
Feeding & Monitoring The System
The clean food scrap feedstocks are loaded into a macerator with a hopper to mix a homogenous suspension for digestion. Integrated load cells weigh the load before it is reduced to a 12mm (3/8 inch) size. The system will accommodate a variety of organic profiles to provide user flexibility.
All equipment, subsystems, and processing routines are centrally controlled. Collected data can be linked to a smartphone app to allow for remote control and monitoring. A robust data capture and reporting system supports the daily operations and regularly scheduled maintenance routines.