US Company Has Exclusive Rights to Kompoferm® Anaerobic Digestion System

EUGENE, OR--Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), one of the leading and most innovative manufacturers of recycling processing equipment in the world, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the European company Eggersmann Anlagenbau to design and build high solids biogas facilities in North America. The Kompoferm® system utilizes a unique anaerobic digestion system that creates energy from organic waste.

The Kompoferm® system uses a dry fermentation process that is highly efficient, with low investment costs and high biogas yields. The system meets the growing demand for more economy and ecology in the burgeoning waste-to-energy industry, says BHS President Steve Miller, adding that the agreement is a perfect complement to BHS’ lineup of leading-edge recovery systems.

“As we continue to move forward in our efforts to extract more value out of the waste stream, we could not ignore the renewable energy potential available from the organic portion of solid waste,” Miller says. “The Kompoferm® system is the leading technology of its type in the world and enables BHS to provide its customers with systems that extract high-value recyclable materials from the waste stream, to make these systems energy neutral, and to provide additional renewable power to the communities where the waste is generated.”

Utilizing a well-controlled, biologically-stable, and proven design, the Kompoferm® percolate cycle ensures the production of biogas at a uniformly high level with low operating costs and energy requirements. The unique layout shortens the percolate path to a minimum and significantly reduces the area required for the system. Production is continuous, simple, reliable, safe and highly-automated.

Several biogas plants in Europe have used the process with excellent success, Miller says, adding that although there are biogas plants operating in North America, the standard technology currently used is not as advanced or efficient as the Kompoferm® system.

The Kompoferm® system can be used in a stand-alone biogas plant or coupled with the patented BHS Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) processing system that separates recyclables from the waste stream. This system provides the feedstock for the biogas system while the digestate makes an excellent feedstock for the compost process.

Several projects using the Kompoferm® design are already in the planning stages in the United States, Miller says.

BHS, headquartered in Eugene, Oregon USA, is a leading supplier of processing systems for the solid waste, recycling, wood products/compost and waste to energy industries and continues to develop new generation products and systems, while adding to an extensive list of patented technologies. BHS partners with several companies worldwide, providing its customers with custom-designed projects utilizing the best technology and equipment available.