Sedron Technologies – Advanced Biosolids and Manure Upcycling
A site-agnostic technology platform for turning wastewater biosolids and dairy manure into carbon-negative electricity, water and fertiliser, optimised for rapid deployment across multiple sites
Sedron Technologies, headquartered in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, deploys its Varcor® technology across two sectors: municipal biosolids upcycling and agricultural upcycling. The Varcor system processes wastewater biosolids and dairy manure to produce carbon-negative electricity, purified water, dry organic fertiliser and liquid organic ammonium nitrate fertiliser. Bryden Wood was first engaged to review the site-agnostic Varcor platform and then to explore optimisation and productisation opportunities to enable rapid deployment across multiple facilities.
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Bryden Wood identified capacity bottlenecks that could be unblocked through strategies to improve facility performance and uptime, without new capital investment. Alongside this, greenfield development options were reviewed for phased implementation of new plant, resulting in a reduction in capital expenditure.
Varcor® technology processes diverse waste streams into carbon-negative electricity, purified water and organic fertilisers
Deployed across two sectors: municipal biosolids upcycling and agricultural upcycling
Bryden Wood engaged to review the site-agnostic Varcor platform for optimisation and productisation
Subsequent engagement for additional site deployment and product development studies
Alternative balance-of-plant design proposed, reducing footprint and improving efficiency
Scale-up options evaluated to increase the effective output of the Varcor technology
Process and product design improvements identified to enhance performance
Greenfield development options reviewed for phased implementation of new plant
Design options identified to reduce capital cost for future deployments
Debottlenecking cases investigated to maximise brownfield facility productivity
Optimum strategies determined for capacity expansion
Bryden Wood's process improvement strategies have enhanced the performance of the Varcor technology, for existing facilities already in operation and for the future deployments Sedron is now planning across multiple sites.
