Biogrinder for biomass treatment plant

May 2019

The reference at a glance

Project

Maximizing the biogas yield in new biowaste treatment plant

Technology

Biogrinder of type RBG 08 with 90 kW

Operating site

Biogrinder of type RBG 08 with 90 kW

Industry

Recycling

Application

Organic waste processing at the Association for Waste Management Kempten (ZAK)

Solution

Biogrinder for processing and shredding

The Association for Waste Management Kempten put a biomass treatment plant into operation in 2019. Technology worth about €2.8 million in total ensures that foreign matter is optimally removed from organic waste and green waste to prepare it for fermentation. A BHS-Sonthofen Biogrinder is now used to process and shred this material. Its low power consumption and exceptional shredding results, even for challenging input material, are what make it stand out.

The Association for Waste Management Kempten (ZAK) is a consortium made up of waste management bodies in the city of Kempten and the districts of Lindau and Oberallgäu in southern Germany. The waste of 312,000 residents is collected, recycled and disposed of in ZAK’s waste management plants. About 25,000 tons of green waste and organic waste are processed in the fermentation plant each year. This is used to produce natural gas, with a biogas yield of three million standard cubic meters in total per year. In order to achieve this, Komptech GmbH based in Frohnleiten, Austria, constructed a new biomass treatment plant.