A portable pilot version of the MicroSludge System from Paradigm Environmental Technologies, designed to produce more biogas from anaerobic digesters in less time, enables treatment plant operators to test the technology in-house before deciding if it’s right for them. “Operators need to minimize the risk of adoption of any new technology,” says Filipe Figueira, director of marketing. “The truth is that all plants are different and all sludge is different. A pretreatment technology that may work at full scale in one part of the country may not work economically or technically at a given plant. This system lets prospective
