CleanRiverSolutions

Separation of impurities for segmentation of organic material

Aspired goal: Purification of the rivers and energetic use of the organic and
inorganic materials obtained through targeted separation and segmentation
into usable individual components.

• Within the framework of the project, a corresponding process chain is

to be developed which enables the separation and thus the
utilization of individual components of the organic and inorganic
components.

• Organic substances are decomposed into their individual components

by various stages and are thus used as material components or as
feed and energy suppliers.

• Substances that cannot be used directly are returned to the water

body as discharge fermentation residues or are also used as liquid
fertilisers.

• Furthermore, the possibility of reusing separated water hyacinths for

the purification of water bodies should also be examined.

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 CleanRiverSolutions - project approach

1. Step: Separation of organic

and inorganic material
The inorganic material is sent
for recycling or other recovery.

2. Step: Segmentation of the

organic material by mechanical
devices

3. Step: Fermentation
Liquid phase as substrate for a
fixed-bed fermenter

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 CleanRiverSolutions

research collaboration

research partner 1
research partner 2
(Germany)
(Vietnam)
industry partner 1 N.N.
(Germany) (plant engineering) industry partner 3
(Vietnam)
industry partner 2
(Germany)

project duration: 04/2020 – 03/2023 (3 years)

Test operation
Conception and Plant shipment
Prototyping and and plant
development phase and installation in
Design and validation phase optimization
Vietnam
experimental phase

2020 project launch 2021 2022 2023 project end

04/2020 03/2023

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research collaboration
research partner 1 (Germany)
• Scientific support as well as design of research partner 2 (Vietnam)
the separation technology and • Partner for the research of different
support through simulation biomaterials on site
• Conceptual design of an experimental plant for the separation of organic • Investigation of the pollution of the plants
and inorganic components (depending on age, growing water etc.)

N.N. (SME)
industry partner 1 (Germany)
• Development of the pyrolysis process for
the separation of solid, liquid and
gaseous components
• Design and construction of the prototype
industry partner 3 (Vietnam)
plant
• Development of a mini-biogas plant
with the aim of regenerative energy
generation for domestic use
industry partner 2 (Germany)
• Development of the fermentation process for
the separation of solid, liquid and gaseous
components, among other things
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Possible work plan (industry partner GER)

N.N. (SME)
WP - Nr.
WP - Nr. Designation
Development of an integrative plant concept for a 20-foot standard
1 of organic fibres from liquid components
sea container
2 Auswahl von Komponenten für die pneumatische Sortieranlage
3 Selection of components for the pneumatic sorting system
Design of the modular experimental facility (I) based on the simulation
4
model
Development and construction of the individual modules for the
5 prototype plant, taking into account the later integration of the
Vietnamese segmentation module.
6 Construction of the prototype plant
7 Validation of the prototype plant by tests with the pollution equivalent
8 Integration into the 20-foot standard sea container
System documentation as basis for a technical maintenance and
9
operating manual in cooperation with KMU (Vietnam)
Designation
Design and manufacture of a mobile separation module for the separation
1
Conceptual design of a fixed-bed fermenter with a reactor chamber size
2
between 1 and 5 m³ (in coordination with Vietnamese partners)
Simulation of the reaction process in the grease board fermenter and
3
derivation of process parameters and material parameters for the design
4 Design and manufacture of the prototype fixed-bed fermenter
Experiments with the separation module and the downstream fermenter
5
using the organic components of the pollution equivalent
Adaptation and optimization of the plant technology on the basis of the
6 previous experiments and the findings of the project partners on the
respective experimental plants.
7 Integration of the plant technology into a 20-foot standard sea container
System documentation as basis for a technical maintenance and
8
operating manual in cooperation with KMU (Vietnam)

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Possible work plan (research partner GER)

WP - Nr. Designation
Preparation of a pollution equivalent for carrying out experiments on the experimental facility with special regard to the discharge into
1
running waters in the Asian region.
2 Conceptual design of a modular separation plant
Construction of a computer model based on a coupled DEM-FEM multi-body simulation for the single modules material handling,
3
comminution and separation of the experimental plant (I)
4 Construction of an experimental facility (I)
5 Verification of the simulation model by practical experiments at the experimental facility (I)
6 Validation of the experimental facility (I) by tests with the pollution equivalent
7 Development of a simulation model for the prototype plant
8 Support of prototype construction and optimization of the overall system
9 Validation of the prototype plant by tests with the pollution equivalent
10 Scientific monitoring of the tests at the prototype plant in Vietnam
11 System documentation and scientific documentation of the results

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Possible work plan (partner Vietnam)

WP - Nr. Designation
WP - Nr. Designation
Scientific-technical requirements analysis about the separation of organic
1
and inorganic inputs into flowing waters
1 Inspection and selection of suitable locations for the prototype plant
2 Investigation of water hyacinths about chemical pollution
Design of a separation plant for pure organic material into solid and liquid
2 Formal and structural preparation of the site 3
components
Fabrication of the experimental plant (II) for comminution and Construction of the experimental plant (II) for comminution and separation
3 4
separation of the organic input of organic substances
Monitoring and evaluation of experiments with the experimental Implementation of an experimental series for the phase separation of
4 5
system (II) biomass
Conception of the segmentation module for the prototype plant based 5a Comminution
5
on experimental findings 5b Separation of liquid and solid phase
6 Support development and construction of the segmentation module
Design and manufacture of the segmentation module (separation of
6 Scientific support of the test operation of the module as well as process
solid and liquid phase) 7
optimization
7 Test operation of the segmentation module and process optimization Creation of site restrictions for the construction and operation of the
8
prototype plant
Construction of the prototype plant at the selected location and 9 Selection of a location and preparation of the test operation
8
integration of the segmentation module Support of test operation and optimization of the overall system based on
10
Test operation of the prototype plant and optimization of the overall the available findings
9
system System documentation and verification of results in comparison with
11
System documentation as a basis for a technical maintenance and conventional methods
10
operating manual in cooperation with KMU (Germany)
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