PHG Energy and City of Lebanon, Tennessee, Prepare for Waste-to-Energy Project Start-Up

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--PHG Energy LLC (Nashville, Tennessee) and the city of Lebanon, Tennessee, with Wilson County, Tennessee, are preparing for the startup and operation of a new waste-to-energy facility aimed at reducing landfill usage and providing green electrical power.

The plant was constructed at the city's wastewater treatment facility and will gasify approximately 64 tons per day of landfill material into clean synthetic fuel to drive an internal combustion engine to produce 300 kilowatts of green electricity. In September 2012, PHG Energy purchased exclusive intellectual property rights to the downdraft gasification technology from Associated Physics of America (Greenwood, Mississippi).

The company also has formed a partnership with Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation (Nashville), which provided the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) generator for the project.

Up to 60 tons per day of a mixed blend of waste wood, scrap tires and sewer sludge will be converted into a fuel gas that will generate power. It will provide enough electricity to run the waste-to-energy plant, as well as the wastewater treatment facility.

Capital costs to construct the plant are in the $3.5 million range, and construction started in November 2015. The plant is expected to begin generating power by mid-October this year.

PHG Energy is also working on another Tennessee project that will be located at a landfill in Pigeon Forge in Sevier County. The facility will process more than 30 tons per day of compost material and turn it into biochar, which will be sold locally as a renewable fuel source and displace the use of coal. Permitting issues have delayed the start of construction on the $4 million project. Construction is expected to begin by the end of the year, and the plant is expected to be fully operational by the fourth quarter of 2017.

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