Anaerobic Digestion Overview

What is Anaerobic Digestion (AD)?

Anaerobic Digestion is simply the controlled breakdown of organic matter without air, used to manage waste and/or to release energy. It is a biological process that produces an energy-rich biogas, principally composed of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), which can be used as a fuel.

Technology Development

Anaerobic digestion is an ever-evolving technology. The CWP R&D team continuously strives to develop innovative processes and technologies to improve biogas system efficiency, stability, and usability. The following are examples of some of our R&D efforts:

• Improved process modeling
• Dynamic modeling of anaerobic digestion systems
• Prototype development
• Pilot-scale digester operation for feedstock evaluation and process enhancement
• Testing and design of pre and post-processing equipment
• Testing of advanced biogas-energy conversion technologies