Conference

3. International VDI Conference - Sewage Sludge Treatment

Name: 3. International VDI Conference - Sewage Sludge Treatment
Start: 2019-04-09
End: 2019-04-10
Location: Crowne Plaza Antwerpen

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Get to know Best-Practice examples of renowned industry companies, such as Huber, Suez, Küttner Martin or Remondis Aqua.
Listen to presentations on experiences with various sewage sludge treatment methods
Learn more about news in the recovery of phosphorus and other resources from sludge
Benefit from the experience of the conference chair Prof. Dr. Peter Quicker.

The conference "Sewage Sludge Treatment" provides you with an overview of the current methods as well as future strategies and markets. Learn about innovative methods of sewage sludge treatment as well as the recovery of phosphorus and other resources. The conference also addresses the role of sewage sludge treatment in a Circular Economy.

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Experiences in very high end mercury capture from sewage sludge incineration
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Sewage sludge - recycling instead of expensive disposal

In light of increasing disposal and transport costs as well as the demand for resource preservation, the treatment of sewage sludge is becoming increasingly important. Next to thermal and agricultural sewage sludge treatment, innovative methods for the recovery of phosphorus are becoming major topics. This development is driven by political decisions which include a foreseeable prohibition of sewage sludge application on EU fields and the classification of phosphorus as limited raw material by the European Commission.

The international conference "Sewage Sludge Treatment" therefore focuses on the following topics:

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge
Phosphorus recovery with sewage sludge treatment
Political developments and the current EU legislation
Methods for the (energetic) recovery of sewage sludge
Developments of the international markets

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Program of the Conference

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

08:30	Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00	Chairs‘ Welcome and opening address Prof. Peter Quicker, Chairholder, RWTH Aachen - Unit of Technologies of Fuels; Dr.-Ing. Ragnar Warnecke, Managing Director, GKS - Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt GmbH, both: Germany
	I. Legislation, Policy and Legal Implications for international Projects
09:15	EU Legislation on Energy and Materials from Waste Recycling: Quantity vs. quality? How to achieve a non-toxic environment? Diversion from landfills Boosting recovery from bottom ash Dr. Ella Stengler, Managing Director, CEWEP, Belgium
09:45	Implementing EU Waste Rules and Recycling Goals Sources of EU waste legislation, control and procedure by the EU Main targets, time horizon 2020 and 2030 Current implementation in member countries Investments and markets Mark Döing, General Manager, ecoprog GmbH, Germany
10:15	Pursuing Energy from Waste Projects: Structures and recent Developments in the Middle Eastern and North African Region Market overview and driver Regulatory framework on selected countries Case studies: Kuwait, Dubai and Oman Legal pitfalls and considerations Dr. Tobias Faber, Lawyer/Partner, Hogan Lovell, Germany
10:45	Networking & Coffee Break
	II. Perspectives on Emerging and Established Markets
11:15	The future Role of WtE in the Circular Economy Sustainability and value creation through CE Residual waste produced within CE and how to deal with it throught WtE Double role of WtE: Use of residual waste & keeping circles safe and clean WtE as an enabler to make CE happen The need of further investments to achieve CE package goals Paul De Bruycker, CEO, Indaver NV, Belgium
11:45	Emerging Countries and Markets for Waste-to-Energy Global waste development, EfW market overview Importance of value chain Alternative waste management strategies Dynamic of selected „Waste-to-Energy“ emerging markets Amedeo Vaccani, Managing Director, A.Vaccani&Partner, Switzerland
12:15	The Role of Product Regulations and Standards in the Circular Economy Revisiting the concept of end-of-waste and its function in a circular economy How “circular” are existing product regulations and standards? How to deal with the absence of (circular) product regulations and standards? Contribution of product regulations and standards to secondary products and raw materials movement in the internal market Emiel de Bruijne, Consultant, co-author: Ferdinand Zotz, both: Resource and Waste Management Department, Ramboll, Germany
12:45	What‘s happening on both Sides of the Channel for Waste-to-Energy? What‘s the WtE market status in France? What‘s the story of WtE success in UK? What‘s the evolution of alternative thermal treatment in UK? Some case studies of projects and realization in both countries Christophe Cord‘homme, Business & Products Development Director, CNIM Group, France
13:15	Lunch
	III. Status Quo of Sewage Sludge Treatment
14:30	Treatment of Sewage Sludge – Introduction and Overview Disposal structures, quantities and capacities Treatment and disposal options for sewage sludge Thermal treatment technologies Prof. Peter Quicker, Chairholder, RWTH Aachen - Unit of Technologies of Fuels, Germany
15:00	Alternative Techniques for thermal Treatment of Sewage Sludge from medium sized Sewage Treatment Plants Technical framework of pyrolysis and gasification processes for the treatment of municipal sewage sludge First experiences from two projects with alternative treatment techniques in Linz-Unkel and Renningen Outlook on alternative thermal processes considering the recovery of phosphorus or the use of treatment residues as fertilizer Markus Gleis, Scientific Staff, German Environment Agency, Germany
15:45	Excursion to INDAVER and SLECO:Waste-to-Energy Plant ECLUSE The visit is included in the registration fee. Due to organizational reasons we kindly ask our participants to register for the tour in advance. Please see the registration form on the last page. Limited Places!
19:00	Get-together At the end of the first conference day we kindly invite you to use the relaxed and informal atmosphere for in-depth conversations with other participants and speakers.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

	IV. Sludge Incineration and Plant Concepts
09:00	P-Recovery from Sludge Current state of P-recovery from sludge Legislation and technology challenges Developments in the Netherlands and Germany M.Sc. Renske Verhulst, Nutrient Platform, Netherlands and Dr. Daniel Frank, Managing Director, Deutsche Phosphor-Plattform e.V., Germany
09:30	Low Temperature Belt Drying: An efficient, safe and environmentallyfriendly Solution when well done! Energy efficiency: Enhanced waste heat recovery Intrinsically safe: Out of ATEX application Odour management: Not only the dryer process air Application field: Examples of a broad range of applications Lynne Bouchy, International Business Development, Suez, Spain
10:00	Electro-Dewatering (EDW) of Sludge: A technological Solution to turn a Problem into an Opportunity Mechanical sludge dewatering achieves maximum dry solid content of 30% EDW: Dry solid content up to 45%, compatible with monoincineration without prior thermal drying EDW: Effective on aerobically stabilized sludge High energy consumption of EDW is counterbalanced by lower costs in transport and disposal MScEng, Simone Visigalli, Research Fellow, co-authors: PhD Andrea Turolla, Post-Doc Fellow Researcher; Prof. Roberto Canziani, Professor, all: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
10:30	Networking & Coffee Break
11:00	Integrated Concepts for thermal Sludge Recycling with Option for phosphorus Recovery Efficiently combined drying and thermal utilisation of sewage sludge in a fluidized bed furnace Sludge drying with the innovative HUBER belt dryer system Production of phosphorus-rich sewage sludge ash & optional phosphorus recovery Harald Plank, Managing Director, sludge2energy GmbH - Team leader Sludge Drying of HUBER SE, co-author: Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Sonja Wiesgickl, Sales Engineer, sludge2energy GmbH, both: Germany
11:30	On Site Thermal Treatment of Sludge using Gasification as Core Technology Evaluation of the sludge used Finding the needs of the wastewater treatment plant How it might look like Dr. Johannes Judex, Development, Kopf SynGas GmbH & Co KG, Germany
12:00	Lunch
	V. Recovery of Phosphorus and other Resources from Sludge
13:00	Ammonia Recovery from Wastewater and Digestate as Nitrogen Fertilizer Closing the nitrogen cycle Recovery of ammonium sulphate or nitrate Proven concept with business case of € 0.5 - 3.0 per kg N recovered, depending on ammonium concentration and local circumstances Wilbert Menkveld, Manager Research, Development & Technology, Nijhuis Water Technology B.V., Belgium
13:30	Proven full scale Struvite Technology for Phosphate Recovery Struvite recovery and Long term full scale experience Dosing only Mg(OH)2 Simultaneous PO4 recovery and BOD removal Downstream nitrogen removal by anammox Dr. Tim Hendrickx, Process Specialist and Product Manager, and Emil Sandstra, Sales Manager Benelux, both: Paques bv, The Netherlands
14:00	Sewage Sludge Utilization with the TetraPhos® Process Legal framework: Challenge and opportunity Sewage sludge recycling: Source of energy and valuable ressources Phosphorus recycling: Findings, possibilities and economic implementation Ralf Czarnecki, CEO, REMONDIS Aqua Stoffstrom GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
14:30	Networking & Coffee Break
15:00	Phosphorus Recovery Actions in Copenhagen The history of investigations in BIOFOS Why not struvite Electrodialysis and Pilot experiments with Ash2Pho Design of a demonstration plant Dines Thornberg, Development Manager, BIOFOS A/S, Denmark
15:30	Sewage Sludge - An alternative Source for Phosphorus and Fuels for the Cement Industry Impact of the new German fertilizer ordinance Potentials of phosphorus recovery Budenheim ExtraPhos® Process Co-processing in the cement manufacturing process Dr. Erwin Schmidl, Consultant, co-author: Dr. Hubert Baier, GM, WhiteLabel-TandemProjects e.U., Germany
16:00	Incineration Technologies for Sewage Sludge Co-combustion and Mono-combustion Overview of P-recovery processes Dipl.-Phys. Edmund Fleck, Managing Director, MARTIN GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik, Germany
16:30	Conference chair‘s closing remarks
16:45	End of conference

Who should participate?

The event addresses:

International experts
Research analysts
Business development managers
Plant engineers and operators in the sewage sludge sector

Supporting program of the "Sewage Sludge Treatment" conference

All participants of the conference are cordially invited to the joint evening event on the first day of the conference. Use the opportunity to maintain and expand your professional network. In addition, you can participate in the technical visit of a sewage treatment plant in the afternoon of the first day of the event. The international conference "Energy and Materials from Waste" is held parallel. As a participant of the conference "Sewage Sludge Treatment", you can visit presentations of both conferences.

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