North British Distillery: Anaerobic Digestion Plant

North British Distillery: Anaerobic Digestion Plant

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Project Overview

The North British Distillery Company Limited undertook a major sustainability project to install a state of the art Anaerobic Digestion & Water Treatment plant. The project was split into three phases:

Phase1 comprised development of a process to mix process condensate and distillery spent wash to provide a conditioned feed in terms of pH and temperature suitable for treatment in a new Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant.

Phase 2 was to expand the AD process and to install a water treatment plant to clean the AD effluent allowing approximately 40% of the water to be recycled with the remainder being discharged to the local sewer.

Phase 3 was to install a gas engine to produce electricity from the biogas produced by the AD reactors

Challenge

  • Improved effluent quality
  • Lower effluent charges
  • Biogas used for electricity & steam generation
  • Reduction in water usage
  • Reduction in energy costs
  • Remove load from plant

Solution

  • DPS provided full design of the Electrical, Control system
  • Supply and install all instrumentation.
  • Upgrade intelligent motor control systems
  • Installation of control system
  • Full electrical services installation
  • Commissioning and handover of the system
  • Ongoing system support contract

In Detail

Technical details underpinning the project: 

  • ControlLogix® control systems use a common control engine with a common development environment to provide high performance in an easy-to-use environment Leverage the high-availability and extreme environment capabilities to meet your application needs
  • iFIX is the industrial automation system of choice for many applications, ranging from common HMI, as simple as manual data entry and validation, to complex SCADA, such as batch, filtration, and distributed alarm management
  • EtherNet/IP provides a single network for easy integration of the HMI, PAC and drive components
  • Devicenet for legacy devices

Highlights

  • 8 off VSD Controlled Motors, ranging from 0.75KW to 37KW
  • Intellegent MCC Networked Drives and Motor Controls
  • Rockwell Contrologix Controller
  • Rockwell Remote I/O - Flex/IO, distributed around full site
  • GE iFix Multinode SCADA, integrated with existing site SCADA;s (FIX32)
  • Complete installation including ATEX inspections by our CompEx trained engineers.
  • Full Instrumentation supply
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