Dr Hugh Bulson, Organic Resource Agency

1. MAKING THE MOST OF
BIORESOURCES
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
CHAIR:
RICHARD GUETERBOCK, CLEARFLEAU
PANEL:
OLLIE MORE, ADBA
DR HUGH BULSON, ORGANIC RESOURCE AGENCY
TONY BRETON, NOVAMONT
SAMANTHA FULLER, M POWER WORLD

2. Thinking beyond
Dr Hugh Bulson
2nd July 2015
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3. From this:
Via this:
To this:
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Cellulose Fructose Starch
Organic acids Sugars Amino acids Ammonia
Methane
Hydrogen sulphide Carbon dioxide Digestate

4. Why not be more ambitious?
• Mixed inputs
• All inputs produce CH4 and digestate
• Known long term demand for outputs
• Bankable
• Plants are working
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5. What now?
• Extracting more value up stream
• Investigating impact on AD down stream
• Cost / benefit
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6. What next?
• How to intervene to extract valuable chemicals
• Understand demand for new products and supply
chain to market
• How to design and optimise plants
• Understand cost/benefit and risk profile
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Thank you!
For more information please contact ORA:
Telephone: 01684 585423
Website: www.o-r-a.co.uk
Email: Hugh Bulson
hbulson@o-r-a.co.uk
Alexander Henderson
ahenderson@o-r-a.co.uk
ADBA UK AD & Biogas 2015, Birmingham

8. MAKING THE MOST OF
BIORESOURCES
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
CHAIR:
RICHARD GUETERBOCK, CLEARFLEAU
PANEL:
OLLIE MORE, ADBA
DR HUGH BULSON, ORGANIC RESOURCE AGENCY
TONY BRETON, NOVAMONT
SAMANTHA FULLER, M POWER WORLD