21 Articles found
Hofstetter BV Articles
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Why high temperature combustion of landfill gas?
Due to the accumulation of knowledge and the tightening of environmental law, the landfill technology has increasingly become concerned with the management of trace compounds in landfill gas. With landfill gas, contamination is through sulphur, ...
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Performance of the low-emission flare
Job report / Elbisgraben (Bale / Switzerland) The summer of 1992 had finally arrived. The 5MW low emission furnace in the district heating station Liestal was ignited, supplied with landfill gas from Elbisgraben landfill. Since then the plant has ...
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The landfill gas collection, utilisation and surplus gas combustion acting in unison
In landfill gas utilisation the basic task of the control system is to harmonise three completely independent processes. On the one hand, there is the gas production of the landfill which is inconstant. (From a price point of view, hardly ...
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Hofstetter’s response to low CER prices
Over the course of 2012 CER prices have decreased even further and are now at a very low level. There are several factors underlying this development, however the main concern for Hofstetter is the effect this has on our existing and potential new ...
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Australia – breaking records
The Australian Carbon Tax system came into force on July 1st 2012. The race against the clock to design, build, install and start-up the first systems prior to this date began just before Christmas 2011; however, the successful installation and ...
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Solution concepts for the production of biogas
With its products that go to form part of biogas plants, it is not only a significant pioneering role that Hofstetter Umwelttechnik AG in Switzerland deserves. The company in Berne also adopts a leading position on the worldwide market for utilizing ...
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5000Nm3/h HT Flares in Sao João, Brazil
Type HOFGAS®-Efficiency 5000 Performance 3x 5,000 Nm3/h, 75,000 KW Location Sao João (BR) Technical requirements Surplus combustion of 15,000 Nm3/h landfill gasCompliance with the ...
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Hofstetter high temperature flares in Brazil (CO2 certificates)
Type HOFGAS®- Efficiency 2500 (2x) Commissioning 2003 Site Bandeirantes(Saõ Paulo, BR) Situation The landfill of Saõ Paulo, the largest city ...
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Large-scale application
Type HOFGAS®- Ready 2500 (2x) Commissioning 2002 Client Cleanaway (Pitsea, GB) Situation The 2.8km2 big Pitsea landfill is located 50km east of London. It ...
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Gas-to-Energy plant; production of electricity with landfill gas
Type Degassing installation HOFGAS®-C7/1000 + HOFGAS®-Ready 600 Commissioning May 2002 Site Landfill of Iles Les Meldeuses Situation The landfill is being degassed by a ...
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Secure handling of landfill gas
Type HOFGAS®- Sparky S Commissioning 2002 Site Marley (GB) Situation The Marley landfill site in England is systematically degassed in order to meet the stringent local ...
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High temperature combustion of landfill gas
Type Compact plant HOFGAS® - Efficiency 250 Commissioning December 2001 Site Storkohmo landfill, Kokkola (FIN) Situation Storkohmo landfill is located 400km north of Helsinki ...
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Low emissions from large plants too
Type HOFGAS®- LPM 3000 Performance 3’000 Nm³/h, 15’000 kW Location Scotland (GB) SituationEvery year, 150’000 tonnes of waste from Edinburgh, Lothian and the Borders Region ...
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1:60 Control Range with Flare
Type HOFGAS®- LPM 3000/2500 Performance 2,500 Nm³/h, 12,500 kW Location Central England (GB) Initial Situation The landfill site is situated in the middle of the ...
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Power generation from maize in Germany does justice to climate
Type HOFGAS®- IFL1c 360 Performance 360 Nm3/h / 2700 kW / 40mbar Customer Schmack Biogas AG (DE) Situation Actually, it`s all quite ...
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Power generated from methane gas in disused mines in England
Type HOFGAS®-IPM/C 2500 Performance 2’500 Nm³/h / 520mbar dP Location England (GB) Situation Mine gas is released when coal is extracted. This gas is sourced not only from ...
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High Temperature Combustion of Biogas
High Temperature Combustion of Biogas Efficient combustion of biogas Controlled and concealed combustion Combustion temperature > 900°C Residence time more than 0.3 s Insulated combustion chamber High safety standard The HOFGAS® - IFL4c ...
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Biomass gassing as an effective source of energy
Type HOFGAS®- IFM4c 4000/2100 Performance 2100 Nm3/h / 3500 kW Location Limoges (FR) Situation A prestigious gassing ...
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Redundant combustion plant for Novartis
Type HOFGAS®- IFM4c/2200/1500/60/180 Commissioning 2004 Site Novartis (Basel, CH) Situation In order to prevent production failure due to missing redundancy in the flue gas ...
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Removal of ecologically harmful pyrolysis gas and vapours
Type HOFGAS®- IFM4c/1000 Commissioning August 2002 Site Waste water treatment plants Situation As a result of new authority requirements, Romag AG set up operation of a plant for the drying and gasification of wastewater sludge. Drying ...