Location: Nandaime, Granada, Nicaragua
The biogas plant SanMartin is the most advanced industrial biogas plant in Nicaragua and represents the latest state of the art technology. This plant is able to energetically utilize almost all kinds of waste produced from the slaughterhouse, tannery facility and feedlot from the company group Industrial Comercial San Martin S.A.
The first stage of the project was started in 2015 and the commissioning in 2016.
The second stage (expansion phase) was executed in 2017 with commissioning of the second digester in the same year.
Agrinz Technologies GmbH was responsible for the technology, the entire process engineering and project management (detail and execution planning, supervision and coordination, operator training, handing over and commissioning) . Since the plants ‘commissioning Agrinz has been providing after sales service and process consulting.
Input material: (130.000 t/a):
Rumen, DAF, FOG, grease wash water, tannery waste, intestines, cattle waste and manure
Commissioning first stage: 06/2016
Expansion: 12/2017
Output:
8,0 Mio m³ biogas/a
Energy production:
CHP:
2 x 800 kWel -> 1.600 kWel
2 x 850 kWtherm -> 1.700 kWtherm
Replacement of 950.000 l/a of bunker oil via additional Biogas production.
Total power production of app. 2 MWel equivalent.
Emission reduction of 11.000 t/a CO2e.
Plant-Features:
Heat utilization in processing industry
Utilization of the biological fertilizer on agricultural fields in own property.
Energetic on-site consumption at the production facilities from the company group.
Technical data:
2 unit receiving/mixing pit (usable vol. 450 m3 each)
2 units digester (usable vol. 4.950 m3 each)
2 x 6.000 m3 -> 12.000 m3 gas storage volume
Digestate separation and use of the solid phase as litter at the feedlot.
