Members’ News & Views


SYSTEM MIX IS CREAM OF THE CROP System Mix has supplied mixing equipment for a number of projects undertaken by Clearfleau in the UK over recent years. The latest of these has seen the installation of a Vaughan Rotamix Dual Zone Mixing System as part of a new plant at First Milk’s Aspatria creamery in the Lake District. The creamery in rural Cumbria produces award winning cheddar cheese under the Lake District brand and is Europe’s first dairy processing site to feed biomethane generated entirely from cheese process residues to the gas grid. Early in 2015, Clearfleau was contracted to upgrade an existing anaerobic treatment plant at the Aspatria site, prior to starting work on the new AD plant, which is operated by Lake District Biogas. Andy Parr, Director of System Mix, explains: “The Vaughan pump prevents reaccumulation of fibrous and fatty material in the digester and this means that material continues to pass through the nozzles. This in turn ensures that the digestate is adequately conditioned and actually benefits all post-digestion equipment.” www.pumpmix.co.uk www.clearfleau.com


The Vaughan pump from System Mix is an integral part of the AD plant at First Milk’s Aspatria creamery


NEW LIFE FOR OLD COLLIERY


A new AcrEnergy AD plant has been launched in Nottinghamshire, marking the first steps to redevelop an old colliery site into an employment park. The plant at the old Welbeck Colliery runs on agricultural waste and break crops from the thousands of acres of surrounding farmland. The biogas produced provides local energy generation and is fed into the national grid. www.acrenergy.com


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SPRING 2017 | AD & BIORESOURCES NEWS www.xergi.com


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