Biothane

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Leading Anaerobic Technologies
OUR MISSION RESOURCING THE WORLD

We contribute to increasing access to resources as well as
preserving and renewing them
DEVELOPING
ACCESS TO RESOURCES:
Veolia offers operational
solutions that consume fewer
environmental resources and
are more economically
efficient, so as to expand both
the potential and the accessibility
of the resources available.
PRESERVING
RESOURCES:
Veolia develops solutions
to conserve resources and
optimize their use, while
protecting their quality and
efficiency throughout the
usage cycle.
REPLENISHING
RESOURCES:
Veolia provides solutions
for creating new
secondary resources
that will gradually offset
the increasing scarcity
of natural primary resources,
generating new opportunities for
social and economic development
that protect the environment.
OUR EXPERIENCE:
160 YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
1853
FOUNDING
of Compagnie
Gnrale des Eaux
2003
THE GROUP
is renamed
Veolia
Environnement
2014
THE NEW
VEOLIA
Resourcing the world
1853 1900
1900 1939
1945 1992
1992 2013
2014 -
Drinking water is delivered

to cities to meet the
challenge of urbanization.
Wastewater services,
waste treatment and
access to energy
expand on a large scale.
Environmental services
provide support for
reconstruction and the
industrial growth.
A concern for sustainable

development gradually
emerges as a global
priority.
In the face of growing

scarcity, resource
management must be
reinvented to create a new
economic and social
dynamic.
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ABOUT US
OUR ACTIVITY AND KEY FIGURES FOR 2014
VEOLIA DESIGNS AND DEPLOYS CIRCULAR ECONOMY SOLUTIONS FOR WATER, WASTE
AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY FOR CITIES, INDUSTRY AND CITIZENS.
WATER
ENERGY
WASTE
23,880
179,000
6.8 M
39.3 M
million revenue
employees
on 5 continents
tons equiv. CO2

avoided and
MWh of renewable or
alternative energy
consumed
15.3 M
34%
tons equiv. CO2

reduced
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of the companys total

consumption
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DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION
SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS
EUROPE
7,680 million revenue
65,300 employees
NORTH AMERICA
9,000 employees
FRANCE
ASIA / OCEANIA

53,000 employees

25,600 employees
LATIN AMERICA
895 million revenue
14,100 employees
AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST
12,000 employees
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23,880
179,000
million revenue
employees on 5 continents
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OUR ACTIVITIES
42.8
3,338
million people provided

with collection services on
behalf of municipalities
wastewater treatment plants

managed
4,455
water production plants
managed
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
31.3
million tons of waste
recovered as materials
or energy
AND CUSTOMERS
COMPETITIVENESS
59.6
WATER
730,000
million people connected to

wastewater systems
business customers
96
million people
supplied with water
WASTE
655
52
million MWh produced
waste-processing
facilities operated
2.4
million collective housing
units managed
529
ENERGY
heating and cooling

netwoks managed
1,802
Industrial sites managed
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About Us Veolia Water Technologies
Veolia Water Technologies provides the complete range of services

required to design, build, maintain and upgrade water and wastewater
treatment facilities and systems for industrial clients and public
authorities.
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2013 Key Figures
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Global network
Local expertise
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Our Expertise
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Municipal & Industrial Clients
Serving municipal and industrial clients worldwide, our business units:

deliver engineering and turnkey design & build projects
provide client-tailored water treatment solutions and associated services
Municipal
market revenue
Industrial market
revenue
60%
40%
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State-of-the-art technologies
Actiflo
High rate clarification
Multiflo
Enhanced clarification
and lamella settling
Exelys
Continuous thermal hydrolysis
ROSS
Treatment of oilfield produced
water
AnoxKaldnes MBBR
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor
Memthane
Anaerobic Membrane
Bio-Reactor
Hydrotech
Discfilters
Kaldnes RAS
Recirculating Aquaculture
Systems
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Biothane
Biothane: the Veolia anaerobic brand

Market leader with 35 years experience with over 570 references
Strong focus on R&D and technology development
Design and Build plants across the globe
Link to Biothane website address
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Drivers Anaerobic Technology

Biogas
CH4 28 Nm3
CO2 9 Nm3
304 kWh
Heat loss
BOD
Aerobic
Air (O )
100 kg COD
Carbon Dioxide
BOD
Anaerobic
(25 C 35 C)
100 kg COD
O
Biomass
2-10 kg COD
80% Biogas
(75% Methane)
5% Biomass
15 kg COD
Aeration
100 kwh
Sludge, 30-60 kg
COD
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Sludge 5 kg COD
1 kg COD removed 0.35 Nm3 CH4 3.8 kWh
Challenges facing industry

Some of the key challenges facing the water industry in the coming
century are:
Global warming: due to emissions of greenhouse gasses from fossil fuel consumption
and other anthropogenic activities
Depletion of phosphorus rock: phosphorus reserves are finite with many sources
predicting their depletion within the next 60 - 100 years
Water scarcity: the 2030 Water Resources Group have predicted, in their 2009 report
Charting Our Water Future, that by 2030 water demand will be 6,900 billion m3, but that
there will only be 4,200 billion m3 of available in existing water reserves
6,900 billion m3
900
4,500 billion m3
1500
600
800
- 40%
700
4500
3100
Domestic
Industries
Agriculture
3500
Surface water
Ground water
Current Demand
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Demand 2030
Available resources
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Global warming: limiting fossil fuel consumption?
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Phosphorus: a limiting nutrient
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Clean water: a limiting resource
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What are the market implications?
2010
Effect of climate changes on clothes designs since early 20th century.

Source : Petit Bateau, Playtex, Aubade,
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What are the market implications?

Direct cost risk:
Across sub-Saharan Africa shortages of electricity
are holding back economic growth by as much as
4% a year, reckons the World Bank.
Businesses are forced to buy generators,
Paying 50 cents or more per kilowatt-hour
Physical risk:
Water shortages - High tech industry
Use of 2.8 billion gallons of water during 3 months
Cost related to water use = $22,400,000
Value as a shortage risk = $200,000,000
Reputational risk:
Jewellery retailers across the UK and US with
combined sales of more than 3.5 billion have
pledged to reject any gold from an Anglo
American mine that threatens Alaska's wild
salmon industry.
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Paradigm
shift
from End
of PipeWWTP
Wastewater
Treatment
Mindset
End of Pipe?
An End to a Means
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To Biorefinery and resource recovery
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A Means to and End
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The AnMBR can be at the heart of the biorefinery
The AnMBR combines anaerobic digestion with cross-flow ultrafiltration

Facilitates maximum renewable energy production
Ideally suited to medium strength wastewater containing high FOG and/or TSS
Solubilizes nitrogen and phosphorus - facilitating their recovery

Struvite precipitation possible
Produces an excellent effluent in terms of COD without any TSS

Direct application of RO possible
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AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy
Parameter
Arla UK
One billion liter fresh milk production / year

Flow
Aim to be Worlds first zero-carbon milk processing facility TCOD
SCOD
Key considerations
Maximizing biogas production essential
Separation of high and low COD streams
Design COD concentration 10 g/l with high TSS and FOG
Discharge to sewer
Very stringent COD limits but lenient nitrogen limits
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TSS
VSS
TKN
TP
Value UoM
498
10,956
9,875
1,376
1,239
277
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m3/d
mg/l
mg/l
mg/l
mg/l
mg/l
mg/l
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AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy Arla

PFD
Flare
High
Strength
Gas engine
Electricity
Buffer tank
To
sewer
Waste
water
Buffer tank
Divert tank
Digester
Centrifuge
UF Membranes
Flash aeration
Land application
Low
strength
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RO
feed tank
RO
Treated water tank
Reuse
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30.000
3000
25.000
2500
20.000
2000
15.000
1500
10.000
1000
5.000
500
0
aug/ 2013
mrt/ 2014
sep/ 2014
Influent TCOD
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apr/ 2015
Eff. COD conc. (mg/l)
Inf. COD conc. (mg/l)

Performance
0
okt/ 2015
Effluent TCOD
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Performance
Flow
Influent
Permeate
TCOD
8,473
70
99.2%
mg/l
SCOD
4,120
70
98.3%
mg/l
TSS
1,083
16
98.6%
mg/l
VSS
1,379
55
96.0%
mg/l
VFA
16
1.2
92.6%
meq/l
TKN
245
239
2.2%
mg N/l
NH4-N
46
239
SO4
224
100.0%
mg/l
TP
44
38
13.0%
mg P/l
PO4-P
27
37
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Removal UoM
mg N/l
mg P/l
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AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Nutrients
Nutrients are hardly removed in an AnMBR

COD removal is almost complete
Conventional nitrification / denitrification will require dosing of an external electron donor
In AnMBR permeate nitrogen and phosphorus will be in the form of NH4

and PO4
Opportunity for alternative technologies - struvite precipitation
Advantages of struvite precipitation:
80% to 90% PO4P
10% to 40% NH4N
Fertilizer income
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AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Nutrients
Struvite precipitation limitation:

Due to solubility limitation not possible to have PO4 -P concentrations below 15 mg/l
To be economically viable struvite production should be at least 300 kg/d
Only limited removal of nitrogen ((MgNH4PO4.6H2O)
Alternative for nitrogen removal required

Anammox type technologies are ideal
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Selection of References
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Unilever
Lesaffre
SembCorp
SAB Miller
Fritolay
BP
Amoco
Cargill
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o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Heineken
Imbev
Anheuser-Busch
GE
DSM
Tate & Lyle
SaSa
Shell
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
DuPont
CSM
Solvay
Lurgi
Abengoa
Terreos
Minute Maid
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Careers
Pangeo Program
An international internship
assignment with one or
more Veolia Water
Technologies business units:
60 graduates hired per year
1-2 year assignments
Single or multiple country
opportunities
Often a pathway to a permanent job
ELIGIBILITY:
Our program is open to all Masters
and PhD graduates.
A medical examination is required
before you leave on assignment.
You must be aged between 18 and
28.
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Careers
OUR PROGRAMME IN FIGURES:

About 60 graduates employed every year
Strong international awareness
of our candidates: 76% of
PANGEOs speak at least three
languages
Rate of employment at the end
of the program: 70%
560 employees have
participated in the PANGEO
program since 2004.
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Geographical distribution :
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Internship
Internship with Biothane:

Typically working in our lab
Short internships
3 6 months
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THE VEOLIA FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHED IN 2004, THE VEOLIA FOUNDATION

SUPPORTS NON-PROFIT GENERAL INTEREST
ACTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIGHT
AGAINST EXCLUSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION:
Types of action: financial and skills-based sponsorship.
WWW.FONDATION.VEOLIA.COM/EN
Three priority areas: development assistance and humanitarian

emergency, employment support and social cohesion,
environmental protection and biodiversity.
Employees involved:
Each project that is financially supported by the Foundation is
sponsored by one of the Company's employees.
1,350
150
PROJECTS backed
since its creation
HUMANITARIAN
emergency or
development
assistance
missions
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The Foundation offers its partners as well as international

associations and institutions the skills of 600 volunteer
employees who belong to the "Veoliaforce" network for
humanitarian missions.
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An example of career within Biothane
Mathilde Baudry
Chemical Engineering graduate (2013)
Master degree obtained in France one year exchange in Denmark
Joined Biothane in September 2013

4 months internship (master thesis) in the lab
10 months working as a Junior Process Engineer
Joined the Pangeo program in November 2014 as a Process engineer
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From an internship in Biothane
What is an internship at Biothane ?

Most of the time working in the lab
Running reactors
Working with other interns
Reporting results to the process team
Working with very experienced people

A really good opportunity to learn
A good team spirit !
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To the Pangeo program
What is it ?
6-24 months mission for a Veolia business unit
Only for 18-28 years old graduate
Originally a contract with French government
No taxes, Veolia can pay your rent
Great (French) social care
How to join the program ?

Interview with HR department (Paris)
Consult the offers available:
https://www.civiweb.com/FR/index.aspx
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The life of a Pangeo
What do you do ?
Basic Design Description
Functional Control Description
Review P&ID
Supervising lab tests
Starting-up new plants
Consulting
Travel a lot!
England, France, Poland, Turkey, Brazil!
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Leading Anaerobic Technologies

OUR MISSION RESOURCING THE WORLD

Drinking water is delivered

A concern for sustainable

In the face of growing

tons equiv. CO2

tons equiv. CO2

of the companys total

9,305 million revenue

2,170 million revenue

million people provided

wastewater treatment plants

million people connected to

heating and cooling

About Us Veolia Water Technologies

Veolia Water Technologies provides the complete range of services

2013 Key Figures

Municipal & Industrial Clients

Serving municipal and industrial clients worldwide, our business units:

Biothane: the Veolia anaerobic brand

Drivers Anaerobic Technology

Challenges facing industry

Global warming: limiting fossil fuel consumption?

Phosphorus: a limiting nutrient

Clean water: a limiting resource

What are the market implications?

Effect of climate changes on clothes designs since early 20th century.

What are the market implications?

To Biorefinery and resource recovery

A Means to and End

The AnMBR can be at the heart of the biorefinery

The AnMBR combines anaerobic digestion with cross-flow ultrafiltration

Solubilizes nitrogen and phosphorus - facilitating their recovery

Produces an excellent effluent in terms of COD without any TSS

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy

One billion liter fresh milk production / year

Very stringent COD limits but lenient nitrogen limits

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy Arla

Treated water tank

Eff. COD conc. (mg/l)

Inf. COD conc. (mg/l)

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy Arla

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Energy Arla

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Nutrients

Nutrients are hardly removed in an AnMBR

In AnMBR permeate nitrogen and phosphorus will be in the form of NH4

AnMBR at heart of the bio-refinery Nutrients

Struvite precipitation limitation:

Alternative for nitrogen removal required

OUR PROGRAMME IN FIGURES:

Internship with Biothane:

THE VEOLIA FOUNDATION

ESTABLISHED IN 2004, THE VEOLIA FOUNDATION

Three priority areas: development assistance and humanitarian

The Foundation offers its partners as well as international

An example of career within Biothane

Joined Biothane in September 2013

From an internship in Biothane

What is an internship at Biothane ?

Working with very experienced people

To the Pangeo program

How to join the program ?