Food & Beverage
Who We Serve
We provide food and beverage manufacturers with the tools to get onboard.
Creative financial structures to enable immediate action.
Processes to unleash the hidden value in circular solutions.
Circular processes use the byproducts of a process as raw materials at the front end of that process. Rather than disposing of byproducts as waste, they get reintroduced to keep the process going, reducing or eliminating disposable waste. Anaerobic digestion diverts organic waste from landfills for use in the production of renewable natural gas and other consumable products. After energy is extracted, water and nutrient-rich byproducts are re-applied to the land, fortifying the soil in support of the agriculture from which future crops will provide new organic material from which new energy can be harvested. With ongoing research and practice, the NLC Energy team is engaged in building the infrastructure of whole circular economies, preserving energy and resources, increasing productivity and revenue, reducing waste, and advancing true carbon neutrality in our world.
Computational Modeling and Operations Control
Advanced design and operations control strategies are a crucial part of developing successful anaerobic digestion projects and are the attributes most universally transferrable from site to site.
Nearly 25 percent of failed anaerobic digestion projects trace the root cause of project failure to inadequate system control and operation. Another 17 percent fail due to engineering deficiencies and an additional 16 percent due to biogas utilization problems. In total, over half of anaerobic digestion failures trace the ultimate cause of their failure to the areas where NLC Energy has applied relentless focus.
The NLC Energy team has studied and learned from the failure of others. Our team understands the underlying complexity surrounding anaerobic digestion technology and has developed countermeasures that directly address and mitigate these complexities as a key competitive advantage.
A multi-tiered operational control strategy to manage the complexity of anaerobic digestion operations, especially where high-strength waste substrates (HSW) are processed alongside dairy manure in parallel anaerobic digestion systems. This three-tiered system includes:
- Computational Modeling of the entire anaerobic digestion system (based on the ADM1da model)
- A monitoring & control platform that manages feeds and flows data in a quasi-real-time, web-based application
- Data acquisition and data analytics capability that enables rationalization of all incoming data and accurate prediction of operational outcomes
With increased understanding of the chemical processes in the anaerobic digestion process, we have enhanced the precision, safety and productivity of our process
The world’s top manufacturers are committed to offsetting their environmental impact on our planet. If you’re interested in becoming a leader in sustainability, we can help you use renewable natural gas to reduce your organization’s carbon footprint.
HOW IT WORKS
Methane and beverage-grade liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) are produced when organic matter biodegrades under anaerobic conditions.
The resulting products, renewable natural gas, carbon dioxide (liquid CO2 and dry ice), organic nutrients, and water, can be sold or consumed on site, replacing fossil based products and lowering carbon footprint.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
In response to growing public demand, industry increasingly seeks affordable ways of reducing carbon scores. Food and beverage companies can reduce carbon footprint both by providing energy-rich waste as feedstock for anaerobic digestion, and by using the products of anaerobic digestion in production processes, building a circular economy and a more sustainable future.
BENEFITS TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCERS
- Organic waste from production plants can be efficiently disposed of.
- Exceeding food-grade purity levels, our dry ice is used in the storage and transport of perishable foods, as well as in other commercial applications. (For more on dry ice produced by carbon negative processes, go to NLCEnergydryice.com.)
- Food and beverage producers reduce carbon scores by using green energy to power production.