Organic waste management for EBI in Quebec, feedstock analysis

• Main Author: Sylvestre, Olivier, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Other Authors: E. Eric Adams.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
• Subjects: Civil and Environmental Engineering.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90032

Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108). === EBI is a company located in the province of Quebec in Canada with the mission to integrate waste management. Great challenges in regards to organic waste management are faced and anaerobic digestion is considered by EBI as an innovative alternative to landfilling. The selection of the feedstock is a key success factor for an anaerobic digestion project. Based on an extended literature review, an investigation of organic waste available to EBI and a multi-criteria analysis, it is recommended to use a mix of food waste, dewatered septic systems sludge, poultry manure, wasted activated sludge, grease trap waste and liquid yeast as input for the anaerobic digester. === by Olivier Sylvestre. === M. Eng.