MaxWest Gasification System to Turn Sludge into Renewable Energy in Sanford, Florida

March 26, 2008 – Vol. 13 No.1

MaxWest Gasification System to Turn Sludge into Renewable Energy in Sanford, Florida.

Sanford will be the first municipality in North America to adopt the MaxWest gasification system as an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to dispose of biosolids from its municipal wastewater treatment system into renewable, green energy.

With the MaxWest system wastewater sludge, also called “biosolids”, will be gasified in the enclosed primary gasifier to produce syngas. In a continuous integrated process, the syngas will be oxidized in an enclosed thermal oxidizer to produce renewable thermal energy. For Sanford, the thermal energy will replace natural gas to power a new dryer.

In larger MaxWest systems, sufficient thermal energy may be produced to generate renewable, or “green” electric power.

“Compared to the projected cost of natural gas, a fossil fuel, Sanford will save $9,000,000 over the 20-year life of our contract,” said Paul Moore, Sanford Utility Director.

“Traditional disposal methods for biosolids are becoming more expensive, publicly unacceptable and potentially harmful to the environment,” said Richard Heien, president of MaxWest. “Leading municipal utilities are searching for low-cost environmentally friendly solutions for biosolids disposal. Our system eliminates costly transportation and potential air and water pollution related to the current disposal practices.

The MaxWest system works well with animal, wood, and crop wastes and other carbon-based waste like plastic, making renewable “green” energy from disposal problems. MaxWest systems are presently operating at facilities converting wood, chicken and mixed wastes.

The MaxWest system will be entitled to credits for using an alternative to fossil fuels in states with a Renewable Energy Credit program in place,

MaxWest Environmental Systems is based in Houston, Texas. (3/26/08)

Links:

MaxWest Environmental Systems
http://www.maxwestenergy.com

Request for Proposal – The City of Tallahassee (Florida) Water Utility has issued a Letter of Interest (LOI) seeking proposals for a plant, or plants, that uses in whole all of the biosolids produced by its wastewater treatment operations for beneficial reuse.

Disclaimer, Forward-Looking or Safe Harbor Statement on original press release: Yes