Case Study
Bruce Foods Digester Cover, Wilson, NC
EFI performed the geomembrane work for a floating digester cover and baffles at Bruce Foods in Wilson, North Carolina. The historical design collected biogas from the anaerobic lagoon for use in a plant boiler.
Historical scope checked against the original EFI Bruce Foods case history and its English Word and Spanish EFM versions. These identify Wilson, North Carolina, but give different project start dates. No completion year or present operating performance is asserted here.
Historical record reviewed .
The Challenge
Problem
The plant was responding to odor complaints associated with its wastewater treatment system. That system included an open anaerobic lagoon, two aerated lagoons and a spray field. The project called for baffles to increase treatment time and an impermeable cover to collect gas from the anaerobic lagoon.
Our Approach
Solution
The case history lists a 58,500-square-foot floating digester cover and baffles, using 40 mil smooth HDPE, with Hubbard Engineering as project engineer. The baffles were fabricated at ThermaFab and installed by EFI's crew while the cover was being constructed. The design used a blower to direct collected biogas to the plant boiler as fuel.
Historical record
Documented Scope
Project Details
- Floating digester cover and baffles installed for the anaerobic lagoon
- 58,500-square-foot project size and 40 mil smooth HDPE documented in the case history
- Biogas collection connected to a plant boiler in the historical design
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