From a Waste Water Treatment Plant to a Resources Factory or a Bio-Refinery

Date: 06 March 2018

Author: Xavier Mathieu

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Who we are

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Extensive Wastewater Collection Network

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Waste water Treatment Plant (WWTP)

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State of Art Customer Services

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Our Vision of the Future

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Today, a Waste Water Treatment Plant

Waste Water

Sludge

Treated Effluent reused

Treated Effluent dischargedto the sea

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Tomorrow, a Resources Factory or a Bio-Refinery

REFINERY

BIO-REFINERY

FACTORY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory

A factory plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

RECLAMATION PLANT

RECYCLING PLANT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refinery

A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.

Proposed definition:

A bio-refinery is a production facility composed of a group of biological unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.

RESOURCING PLANT

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Concept of a Bio-Refinery

Waste Water

Fertilizer

Treated Effluent reused

Water for Industries

Potable Water

Digested Sludge

Energy

Grease

Food waste

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A piece in a global approach

Bio-Refinery (HACCP)

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To Learn from the Food Industry

WHAT IS HACCP ?

- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points

- Systemic preventative methodology of ensuring high quality and safe products produced in the food & beverage industry

WHY TO USE HACCP ?

- To secure the final consumer by guaranteeing a high quality product

Risk Assessment

Critical Control Points

Control Limits

Monitoring

Corrective Actions

Records

Performance Evaluation

Where we are ?

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Today

Waste Water Treated Effluent reused

Water for Industries

Sludge

Treated Effluent dischargedto the sea

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Treated Effluent Reused

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Treated Effluent Reused

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Global approach in progress

Bio-Refinery (HACCP)

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Where we go ?

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Ajman Bio-Refinery

Waste Water

Fertilizer

Treated Effluent reused

Water for Industries

Digested Sludge

Energy

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Global approach in progress

Bio-Refinery (HACCP)

Challenges

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CHALLENGES

ACCEPTANCE

FINANCING

STANDARDS

EDUCATING

INTERACTIONS / TRANSBOUNDARY

COMPETITIVE INTERESTS

MARKETING / BRANDING

Thank you for your attention!