Mixers and pumps made by Whitchurch-based Landia are playing a vital role in the success of the Bygrave Lodge AD plant in Hertfordshire, designed built and run by industry leaders, Biogen.
Processing 45,000 tonnes of food waste each year from supermarkets, food processors, households and the hospitality industry, Bygrave Lodge benefits from a total of four highly durable, energy-efficient Landia mixers.
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A fully stainless steel 4.0kW DGR submersible chopper pump is utilised in the acidic environment of the food waste reception sump – whilst two 18.5kW POPTR-I side-entry Landia mixers are employed in the primary digester to maintain a homogenous mix. There is also a 7.5kW 1500 rpm Landia MPTK chopper pump, which is used for discharging the AD plant’s pasteuriser.
Keith Knight, Design Manager at Biogen, said: “The mixers are living up to the Landia reputation for top quality, efficiency and reliability. This is a process that can’t be handled with standard equipment, especially with the acidity in food waste, but we are confident of the longevity with Landia’s equipment, which has been proven on other Biogen sites”.
Landia’s pumps and mixers are also installed at Biogen’s food waste to green energy GwyriAD AD plant near Caernarfon in North Wales – and at Biogen’s Milton Ernest plant in Bedfordshire, where renewable energy is generated from pig slurry and food waste.
Producing 2MW, generating renewable electricity for up to 4,500 homes in Hertfordshire, Biogen’s Bygrave Lodge AD plant takes in food waste from ASDA, Ocado, Simmons Bakeries, KP Waste and The Grove Hotel. In addition to the renewable energy, the process also produces a nutrient-rich agricultural fertiliser for use on local farmland.
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About us
Landia's headquarters are located in Lem, which is how it has been since 1933. Today, Landia has subsidiaries in England, Germany, Norway and the US, and a sales office in China. In addition, Landia products are sold in 45 countries worldwide. Landia supplies pumping and mixing solutions to many different industries, with the most important ones being agriculture, wastewater, biogas plants and the fish industry. In general, you will find Landia's products wherever there is a difficult medium to be pumped or mixed. Landia survives by selling quality solutions in close partnership with the customers.
Landia is not a supermarket where customers select products from the shelves. Our technical sales people are always in close discussions with customers, which ensures solutions that work. For Landia, quality in every phase a matter of course, and we have been ISO9001 certified since 1994. Quality also means that many of Landia's products have been in operation for 20-25 years even though the operating conditions may be extreme. In that way, Landia's customers achieve the lowest lifespan costs, while resource consumption is minimised, which further results in a positive impact on the environment.
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Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
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