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Methanation: Discharges of hazardous or polluting materials

Description

In recent years, methanation has been undergoing development in France, particularly in the circular economy. This industrial process is doubly advantageous as it creates value from organic waste material and is a source of energy. It can be used to process greasy or very wet organic waste that is not compostable, and reduces the amount of organic waste to be processed through other channels. The increase in the number of anaerobic digestion plants over the last few years has been accompanied by an increase in accidents from which it is necessary to draw feedback. As illustrated by recent accidents, incidental or accidental events occur at the process level, when incoming material is received, and biogas is recovered

Abstract (French)

La methanisation est en developpement en France ces dernieres annees, notamment dans le cadre de l'economie circulaire. Ce process industriel presente l'avantage d'une double valorisation de la matiere organique et de l'energie. Il permet de traiter des dechets organiques graisseux ou tres humides qui ne pourraient pas etre compostables en l'etat et diminue de fait la quantite de dechets organiques a traiter par d'autres filieres. L'augmentation du nombre d'installations s'accompagne d'une augmentation de l'accidentologie dont il est necessaire de tirer le retour d'experience. Les evenements incidentels ou accidentels se produisent tant au niveau du process, que de la reception des intrants ou de la valorisation du biogaz comme l'illustre l'accidentologie recente

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Original title (French)
Methanisation: Les rejets de matieres dangereuses ou polluantes

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--24-1110

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