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BrianPaganiniVicePresidentQuantumBiopower,LLC

AnaerobicDiges;onofFoodWasteProject

NEWEA/NYWEASpringMee;ng

The Supreme Group

Time’s Are Changing

Waste Management Material Recovery

500,000 TPY Food Waste Recovery Goal

22% of our MSW is food waste CT Manages 2.3 M tons of MSW yearly

60% SW Recovery mandate

Food waste is a (the) leading contributor of landfill leachate pollution

Quantum Biopower Proprietary Information 2016

Anaerobic Digestion is the answer to managing food waste

Actualprocessofsourcesepara.on–MaybesomeFWRAResources…

hGp://ar;cles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/news/8801220609_1_incinerator-garbage-burning-garbage-burnersConnec&cut:

•  104tons/year,2tons/week•  Separateorganicsoutofthegarbage•  Getsmoreaggressivein2018,52tons/year

HarAord

Waterbury

QuantumSouthington

Food Waste Recycling Mandates are Here

CT & MA have both adopted food recycling mandates that call for separating food out of the waste

stream for recycling

Massachuse/s:•  52tons/year,1tons/week•  Separateorganicsoutofthegarbage• MAEPAhiring“enforcementagents”




hGp://ar;cles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/news/8801220609_1_incinerator-garbage-burning-garbage-burners

•  DigesLoniswidelyusedacrosstheworldasarecyclingtechnology.

•  2,000digesterinstallaLonsintheUnitedStatesandgrowingrapidly.

•  7,000digesterinstallaLonsinGermanyandgrowing

Orlando,Fl SanJose,CA Sacramento,CA

DigestersInstalledintheU.S.

Digesters in the United States





Digesters- Quantum BioPower – 2016 Planning

QuantumBiopowerisdevelopinga40,000tonperyear,1.2MWDigester–CoGenfacilityinSouthingtonCT-Online4Q2016

PlanstoiniLatenew3-5projectsin2016





Primary Operations of the Digester Project

DecontaminaLon/Depackaging–ContaminantRemoval-Pulp&emulsifyfoodwaste(8-12%solid)DigesLon/BiogasCreaLon-2-stagedigester,biogascollecLonsphere





Primary Operations of the Digester Project

BiogasCondiLoning&CombinedHeatandPower-Drying&H2Sremoval&energycreaLon

WastewaterTreatment-NutrientRecovery&Removal–digestateholdingwbiogascollecLonsphere

Food Waste! Pre/Post Consumer Packaged Waste

Fats/Oils/Greases Dairy/Beverage Food Processor Waste

Our Facility in Photos





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1.FoodWasteProcessing

•  40,000Tons/Year• Fats/Oils/Greases• Meats• Produce• Packagedproducts• BakeryItems

3.SustainableEnergy•  1.2MWofelectricity•  1MMBTU’sofheat•  Southington,CT

2.MethaneProducLon•  Naturalprocess•  HeatandMixing•  Methanecreated

4.Compost•  10,000tons/year•  Organiccompost•  Farms&GrowersinCT




hGp://ar;cles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/news/8801220609_1_incinerator-garbage-burning-garbage-burnersDigestate Holding Tank

Compost

To Clean Water

Holding Tank

30 KGPD to

POTW

Centrifuge Struvite Recovery Anoxic Zone Aeration Zone Membrane Filtration

Digester

Wastewater Treatment – Nutrient Recovery

Parameter AverageDailyLimit MaximumBOD 185mg/l 370mg/lTSS 185mg/l 370mg/lNitrogen 50mg/l 50mg/lPhosphorus 5mg/l 10mg/l

Digester Facility Effluent Quality





WWTF•  BNRPackagePlant•  Oxic-AnoxicZones•  P-RecoveryStruviteSystem•  N-Removal• MembraneFiltra&onasPolishingStep

Wastewater Treatment





WaterRe-Use

•  FoodWasteDigesLonclassifiedasanIndustrialProcess•  Treated/ClassifiedasanSIU(SignificantIndustrialUser)byCTDEEP.•  Precludesbeneficialre-useofwaterwithoutextensiveO&MrestricLons.•  N&Pinwastewaterhavevalue–Expensivetoremove.•  AtSouthingtonSite–haveanidealrecycleopportunity(forestproduct/soilamendment/shipoff-sitetoaddtotopsoil).

•  Othersites?

Influent: Effluent: RemovalEfficiency22,300mg/lCOD <100mg/lCOD >99%640mg/lN <15mg/lN >97%112mg/lP <2mg/lP >98%

The Wish List





Enablingco-diges&onatmunicipalwastewatertreatmentfacili&es

•  CertainStatesdonotallowforbeneficialre-useofco-digestedwastewatersludge–otherstatesdo.

•  RegulatorystanceofwanLngdigesterdevelopmentssuchasthis–but??•  Regulatory–drivenchangescouldallowgreaterflexibilityofinputstosystem

•  SocialposiLonofofferingasustainablesoluLontonumerouswasteproducts.

The Wish List

Crea&onofadvancednet-meteringenergyprograms•  EnergydistribuLonfromClass1producers,tomunicipaliLesandpartnerswhodivertwaste

•  NeedMWHorMWH/MW-driven(versusMW)incenLvesforpowerproduced





Par&cipants–Collaborators•  PerformanceContractGroups

•  ProjectMightFitVERYwellintoadiversemuniPerfomancecontract•  Large-scaleWasteGenerators–HaulerswhoseeOpportunitybutneedaDeveloper

•  SBIRCollaboratorsre:co-digestedgastreatment,fuelcelltri-generaLon

The Wish List

EnergyThoughtLeaders•  RegulatorySaLsfacLonofRPSthroughNGpipelineintro/creaLon•  InterconnecLonExperLse–thoughtstominimizecostandrisk





NewSites•  3-5NewProjectstobeini&atedin2016•  Popula&oncenters•  GridTie-InComplica&ons(MuniU&li&esadvantage)

•  WWTFCo-Loca&onallowing‘BehindtheMeter’•  OneStopShopping–needbuyinatExecTownmanagementlevelatonset.

The Wish List

Thank You

BrianPaganini203.565.6045

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