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Growing a Renewable Energy Crop with Biosolids
BCWWA May 2006
Paul O’Callaghan R.P.Bio
O2 ENVIRONMENTAL
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Need for Alternative Biosolids Disposal Routes?
• More Biosolids
• More Regulations
• Pressure on Existing Outlets O2
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Existing Disposal Routes
Europe (14 countries)
Application toland
Landfilling
IncinerationOther
United States
Application toland
Landfilling
Incineration
Other
USA Europe
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Short Rotation Energy Forestry
• Trees are grown as an energy crop
• Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
• Alternative crop for farmers
• Sustainable alternative to fossil fuels
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Biosolids already being used successfully in forestry
Advantages• Outside Food Chain• Increases Yield of
Wood
Challenges• Spreading sludge
during growing cycle• Build up of metals
Poplar Plantation in Lower Fraser Valley
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Forestry for lumber, pulp & paper
These trees are on a 10-15 year cycle
Then they are harvested.
Then you need to replant.
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Forestry for Energy
• Tree regenerates after harvesting:• No need to replant• Shorter cycle (3 – 4 years)• Easier and more frequent application of sludge
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Why no need to replant?
Coppicing:• It is the art of cutting of trees and shrubs to ground
level allowing vigorous re-growth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations.
• Trees regenerate – no need to replant
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What species are being used?
• Willow• Poplar• Eucalyptus• Any fast growing species
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History of Forestry for Energy
• Pioneered in Sweden in 1980’s
• 15,000 ha established in Sweden(area of Salt Spring Island)
• Utilise 10% of national biosolids production(100,000 tonnes of sewage sludge @ 20% dsapplied. GVRD currently produce 70,000 tonnes)
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Sweden’s Experience• Special Cultivars Developed
• 15,000 plants per ha
• Biomass production : 10–15 t DM/ha/y
• Special planting & harvesting machinery developed.
• Energy Produced : $0.03 / kwhr
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Nutrient Requirements
• Similar to conventional crops:– 15 kg P / ha– 50-75 kg N / ha– 25-40 kg K / ha
• Higher water demand than conventional crops
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Short Rotation Energy Forestry- a natural treatment reactor
Soil Chemistry
Micro-organisms in
soil
Vegetation
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Metals Build up?
• Problem encountered in early years– Embarked upon source control initiatives– Extensive research on distribution pattern of
metals in willow plant– Uptake rate of metals can be higher than
amount applied when application rate balanced with P requirements
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Pathogens!
• Risk of spreading infectious diseases to man via animals?
• Three full scale wastewater irrigation facilities investigated in Sweden– No increase of pathogens in animal droppings – No increase of pathogens in animal organs
(rabbit, hare, pheasant, roe deer, fallow deer, mink, fox and badger, shrew mouse, wood mouse & house mouse).
– Parasites found could be referred to natural parasite burden
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Summary
• Energy Forestry : A crop on a 4 year cycle
• Produces a carbon neutral energy crop
• Sustainable outlet for biosolids outside food chain
• Useful part of an overall Biosolids Strategy
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The future?• Resource Efficient Agricultural Production
(REAP) Canada – research on Switch grass
• Reported that Southern BC has the highest potential productivity (10-15 t DM/ha) in Canada
• Growing Interest in Bioenergy crops due to rising energy costs
• Good potential synergy between Biosolids Management and Energy Crops.
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Growing a Renewable Energy Crop with Biosolids
BCWWA May 2006
Paul O’Callaghan R.P.Bio
O2 ENVIRONMENTAL
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