Converting waste water into biogas

(TBKTSG Online) – Two biogas plants – one kind of biology energy, by converting waste water from processing the starch cassava, had set up by Tay Ninh Biogas Company on 28 April.
These plants will handle 3000 M3 waste water to supply 10000 – 12000 cubic biogas per day. This waste water is from two starch cassava plants in Tay Ninh Town and Tan Bien District. The biogas can offset the fuel oil to process the starch cassava. Beside that, the odd biogas can generate electricity completely to support all the biogas plant’s activities.

Mr. Nguyen Nhut Hung, representative of Biogas Tay Ninh, the subsidiary of Asia Biogas (USA) – main investor, said that the converting waste water into clean energy will reduce 90% environmental pollution level in the starch cassava companies.

According to Mr. Vu Hung Viet, Deputy of the Tay Ninh People Committee, the environmental pollution by processing starch cassava have been the problem. In Tay Ninh province, there are 40.000 ha planting cassava and 119 processing starch cassava workshop and factories.
Tay Ninh is area that has the biggest industrial tapioca in Vietnam, can produce 300.000 starch tons. Every year, the factories have discarded 6 cubic million waste water and 90% of the factories construct waste water system without absorbent method. So, the underground water around the factories within a radius of 500m is polluted.

The Tay Ninh People Committee had forbidden and moved 40 factories in the population area because of environmental population. So, the converting waste water into enery project seems the sample model in area.

In 2008, Asia Biogas expected to continually invest 25 million USD in Vietnam to the other converting waste water into energy projects in the starch, ethanol, cattle-breeding fields.
By Thanh Lê

Press Release
TTXVN Online Date: 29 April 2008

Hà Nội (TTXVN) – 28 April, Asia Biogas (America) set up two biogas plants, worth 3 million USD
These are two companies converting waste water from processing starch cassava into clean energy in the Tay Ninh Tapioca Company and Vietnam Tapioca Company.
Using the anaerobic ABR/CIGAR technology, this companies will handle 3.000 cubic waste water to supply 10.000 to 12.000 cubic biogas per day, which replaces completely fuel oil from the factories.

This companies is expected to run in 2009, will reduce 90% environmental pollution level of the tarch companies’ waste water in Tay Ninh Province.
Press Release
Tuoi tre newspaper and Tuoi tre online Date: 29 April 2008

Setting up two biogas plants worth of 3 million USD - In the morning 28 April, Asia Biogas company (USA) set up two biogas plants in Tay Ninh Province, to convert waste water from processing starch cassava into clean energy.
By Thái Điền

Press Release
Thanh nien online Date: 29 April 2008
Tay Ninh: Setting up two biogas plants
(TNO) In the morning 28 April, in Tay Ninh Town, Tay Ninh Province, there is the Groundbreaking Ceremony of two biogas plants, worth of 3 million USD. These are two first plants converting waste water form processing starch cassava into clean energy in Tay Ninh province.
According to the experts, these two plants can handle 3000 M3 water a day to supply 10.000 to 12.000 M3, replaces all fuel oil demand in the factory. The excessive biogas can generate electricity completely to support all the biogas plant’s activities.
By Viên An – Tuấn Long

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