We are independent advisors, with a vast experience in environmental, biogas and biomass solutions. This slideshare shows a bit of our company and a lot of the projects of our clients. You'll also find some innovation projects that we are doing. Feel free to contact us to know more about what we can do for you!

1. 2013

2. DLV in Belgium?

3. DLV?
• Founded in 1996, by Dirk Coucke (current CEO)
• 2013: 130 employees including 16 shareholders
• Sales volume 2011: 6,16 mio EUR
• Added value 2011: 0,683 mio EUR
• 7 offices in Belgium, 1 in Croatia

4. Our goal
• To make companies better and enterprising, by
being enterprising and creative ourselves
• We achieve this through our independent
position in the market. We are full-time
consultants, we don’t construct or sell
products, we only sell knowledge and common
sense

5. Our focus
• Environmental and waste management
• Market advisory services
• Construction concepts and follow up
• Soil studies and remediation follow up
• Management systems (ISO, HACCP, …)
• Business strategies and accountancy
• Technical crop advise
• Energy management

6. DLV?
• Joint venture with 12 accountancy companies
in Flanders
• Several joint ventures with other companies in
Belgium and neighboring countries, to achieve
a win-win situation for the client, the partner
and DLV
• Active in
Switzerland, Poland, France, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, …

7. DLV international
• www.dlv.be
• Dlv.world@dlv.be
• Stationsstraat 100, 3360 Bierbeek
• Hilde De Wachter hdw@dlv.be
• +32 495 29 25 31

8. DLV BU ENERGY

9. DLV ENERGY
• Focus on biogas, biomass, waste(water)
solutions
• Feasibility studies
• Business Concepts
• Waste management
• Energy management
• In Belgium, we also take care of all licensing,
permits, attestation and administration

10. DLV ENERGY
Output: specific waste &energy plan

11. Some projects
• Biogasplant (industrial)
• Biogasplant (agricultural)
• Biogasplant (agricultural)
• Biogasplant (agricultural)
• Biogasplant (agricultural)

12. Biogasplant

13. Biogasplant

14. Biogasplant
• 60 000 ton/year
• 4 digesters of 3 500 ton
• Co-digestion with animal waste products
• 3*1064 kW
• 1*2000 kW PPO engine
• Heat valorization: evaporation and drying of
the digestate
• Air scrubber

15. The process
• Storage of different feedstock
• 50 ton bulk bin and 60 ton mixing feeder
• Pretreatement and shredding of solids
• Pumping solid biomass to 20 ton mixing tanks
• Pumping liquid organic biologic waste to mixing
tanks

16. The process
• Mixing of biomass in mixing tanks.
• AD of the biomass
• Aerobic desulfurization of the biogas
• Use of the biogas in CHP
• Pasteurization (1h 70°C) in tanks
• Processing of the digestate

17. The process
• Drying unit with engine on PPO
• Water scrubber (dust and ammonia)
• Biological scrubber (smell and sulfur)

19. Drying unit

20. Drying unit

21. Biogasplant pigs
http://www.molenheide.be/en/press/green-energie

22. Biogasplant in Houthalen

23. Biogasplant pigs

25. Numbers and facts
• 60,000 ton biomass / year
• Electricity: 22,400 MWh/year (+/- 5,000
families)
• Heat: 25,600 MWh/year (+/- 1,000 families)
• CO2 reduction: 28,000 ton (+/- 20,000 family
cars)

26. Biogasplant dairy

30. Biogasplant pigs

31. Separating and thickening

32. Airscrubbers

35. Biogasplant pigs
Will be built in 2014

36. Location

37. The process
• Co-digestion 60,000 ton/year
• 60% agro related feedstcock (manure, energy
crops, agricultural organic waste)
• 40% non-agro related feedstock (organic
biological waste)
• Electricity: 22,400 MWh/year (6,400 families)
• Heat: 25,600 MWh/year (1,000 families)
• CO2-reduction: 28,000 ton (equivalent 20,000
family cars)

38. The process
• Mixing biomass
• Pasteurization (1 h 70°C)
• AD
• Desulfurization
• CHP
• Separating the digestate in thin and thick
fraction

39. The process
• Purifying liquids: dischargable effluent
• Drying solids: pellets
• Air scrubber: acid scrubber, multistage scrubber

40. Drying unit

42. Digester

43. DLV InnoVision
A clear VISION on INNOVATION

44. Partners

45. 45
Innovation Inspires
Innovation Improves
Innovation Sells
Value through innovation

46. Businesses Inno Vision
Knowledge centers &
spin-offs
Innova & DLV Business Units
Business partners
Governement &
administration
Platforms
1. company
2. Consortium, funding, coordination
3. project consortium
Inno Vision as an innovation center

47. DLV InnoVision
PROJECTS

49. ARBOR - Interreg
Main partners Flanders Cofinancing Flanders
• Mission : to stimulate innovative and sustainable conversion of biomass to energy
• 2011-2015

50. ARBOR - Interreg
focus Vlaams-Brabant
- Running projects
• Feasibility study pocket digestion – Nationale Proeftuin Witloof
• Synergy parc Ecowerf
• Social economy integration – Pro Natura
- Elaboration of provincial action program for biomass and energy
- Projectdevelopment (LT)
focus West-Vlaanderen
- Running project
• Feasibility study small-scale digestion Verduyn (together with POM W-Vl)

51. FP7 - INEMAD

52. INEMAD – FP7
Partners Vlaanderen
• INEMAD = Improved Nutrient and Energy Management through Anaerobic Digestion
• 2012-2016

53. INEMAD – FP7

54. INEMAD – FP7
Ugent
WP6: Dissemination
WP7: Management
Ugent
Innova Energy
DLV Belgium
Ugent
Ugent

55. Hooibeekhoeve

56. Hooibeekhoeve
• Study and purchase of digester Hooibeekhoeve (regional dairy farm)
• Tender  project-consortium Innolab (proces technical related)
DLV Belgium (regulatory)
DLV InnoVision (feasibility study, COPEX/CAPEX)
Done :
• WP1 defining synergies
• WP2 evaluation micro digester
- 1 micro digester (10kWe) : feasible ++
- 2 micro digesters (20kWe) & current capacity (100cows)+
- 2 micro digesters (20kWe) & potential full capacity (135 cows) +++
• WP3 evaluation pocket digester
- based on own electricity consumption ---
- maximum 5000t input ---
TO DO :
• WP4 request invoices and counselling
• WP5 consultation actual project

57. VEA – Pocket digester

58. VEA Pocket digester
UPDATE :
- Past 6 months :
- Final technical concept
- Finalisation of negotiations with suppliers (BioDynamics, CEE)
- Construction
- Foreseen start- up: January 2013
- After start-up :
- Follow up on the nutrient and organic balance
- Reporting to VEA

59. MIP - Nutricycle

60. MIP - Nutricycle
Onderzoekspartner
Onderaannemers
DLV Belgium as projectmanager
= coordination project consortium

61. C2C – H2O

62. C2C – H2O
Year : 2013

63. Interreg COMBINE

64. EU-INTERREG-COMBINE
• Follow-up of EU-LIFE-PROGRASS
• IFBB: Integrated generation of Solid Fuel and Biogas from Biomass
• Decentralized approach to harvest/collect, process
and market biomass from landscape management:
- Permanent grassland residues
- Roadside mowing residues
- Bracken
- Mixed garden waste
• Mobile system travels through partner regions
- Test local input materials
- Evaluate environmental impacts
- Evaluate socio-economic framework
- Demonstrate and promote the concept
• Sedentary pilot plant in Germany (Baden-Baden)
- Pellet quality and combustion tests
• Prepare investments in IFBB technology

65. • University of Kassel, Faculty of Grassland Science
• BUPNET (training and project network)
• City of Baden-Baden
• Vogelsberg County
• Severn Wye Energy Agency
• National Trust (nature conservancy)
• Burdens (utilities, infrastructure, construction)
• University of Ghent (EcoChem)
• Inagro
• Pro Natura
• AILE (energy agency)
• Cotes d’Armor County
EU-INTERREG-COMBINE
Consortium

66. Interreg BIOREFINE

67. EU INTERREG – Bio-Refine
Recycling inorganic chemicals from bio-industry wastestreams
Flanders: + DLV, Vlakwa, Vlaco, VCM, Biogas-E (subpartners)
Timing : 2013-2015
Budget : 2,7 million
Budget Flanders : 758 k (DLV 43,6k)
Funding : Interreg (50%) + cofunding (in application)

68. EU INTERREG – Bio-Refine

69. EU INTERREG – Bio-Refine
WP1 Transnational collaborative and interactive platform
Action 1. Establishing Regional Nutrient platforms
Action 2. Establishing transnational dialogue and cooperation between the different platforms and other networks
Action 3. Establishing bilateral working groups (e.g. Flanders-Walloon, France-Netherlands) for optimizing interregional traffic of raw materials,
intermediates and products
WP2 Classification matrix of nutrient sources and recovery and reuse processes
Action 1. Identifying quality and quantity nutrient requirements of the market as a basis for selecting appropriate techniques
Action 2. Identifying nutrient recovery techniques from anaerobic digestion derivatives
Action 3. Identifying nutrient recovery techniques from animal manure and agricultural wastes
Action 4. Identifying nutrient recovery techniques from industrial and domestic wastes
WP3 Pilot scale explorations and demonstrations of good practice techniques
Action 1. Pilot scale installation for struvite production from digestate – Nuresys
Action 2. Elemental phosphorus production from ashes from municipal wastewater- Aquafin
WP4 New strategies and synergies in cross-sectoral resource recovery
Action 1. Case 1 - Recovery of specialty chemicals ?
Action 2. Case 2 - Electrochemical nutrient recovery ?
Action 3. Case 3 - Nutrient recuperation and recovery of liquid CO2 ?
WP5 Road Map to Implementation of New Strategies & Policies
Action 1. Examine logistics –identify spatial demand for nutrients relative to source of recovered nutrients
Action 2. Identify life-cycle costs from whole-of-society perspective (including economic, energy, environmental)
Action 3. Identify any synergies & conflicts with other services (sanitation, energy, food)
Action 4. Identify and addressing limitations and constraints in national, regional and European legislative frameworks
Action 5. Identify most appropriate policy instruments (e.g. regulatory, economic, communicative) to facilitate the chosen nutrient recovery and reuse
options
WP6 Project management, coordination and communication
Action 1. Communication Management
Action 2. Project Coordination

70. IEE - GR3
GRass as a GReen Gas Resource

71. GR3
→ Overall goal: Stimulate investments in biogas supply chains for grass residues
• Inventory grass residue availability
• BATs and best practices for collection and valorisation → LCA → CBA
• Webtools:
• Predict biomass quality prior to mowing
• Calculate profitability of AD of grass residues
• Non-tech strategies, such as:
• Use of social economy in sourcing grass residues
• Adapted gate-fee systems
• Land management fees
• Match making between:
• Grass residue producers (municipalities, road authorities, conservancies,…) &
• Biogas producers
→ BP development. Joint declarations of intent. Actual contracts.

72. GR3
• DLV → project management
• Pro Natura
• UGent
• Inagro
• Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg
• University of Verona, Dept of Biotechnology
• Veneto Agricoltura (agricultural research and extension)
• FnBB (Society for Sustainable Biogas and Bioenergy Utilization)
• IZES (Institute for Future Energy Systems), Dept of Material Flow Management
• University of Southern Denmark, Inst. of Chemical Eng., Biotech. and Env. Tech.
• LNEG (National Laboratory for Energy and Geology), Bio-energy Unit

73. GR 3
• Funding : IEE (Intelligent Energy Europe)
• Overall project budget : 1 588 440 €
• Funding rate: 75 %
• Duration : 36 months (start 01/03/2013)

74. GRass as a GReen
Gas Resource
Energy from landscapes
by promoting the use of
grass residues as a
renewable energy source
GR3
IEE/12/046/SI2.645700 From Apr ‘13 to March ‘16
23/04/2013

75. From Grass to Energy
 Matchmaking between grass producers and biogas producers
 Inventory available grass wastes
 Overview BAT’s and best practices
 Design of webtools
 Non-tech strategies
PROJECT SUMMARY
Target regions

76. Ecologic mowing
Purification
Ensilaging
Digestion
Composting
CHP
Biomethane fuel
SUPPLYVALORISATION
BACKGROUND
± 800 000 tons of grass waste generated
Actually 70% disposed, 30% composted
Biogas plants looking for more sustainable
feedstock
MISSINGVALORISATIONCHAIN
Due to :
- Missing logistics
Investments required on both sides
- Legislative framework
- No contact between stakeholders
Possibilities
- Increased renewable energy production
1 ton grass ~ 340 kWel and 400 kWth
- Primary energy savings (in composting)
- Less uncontrolled grass disposal
- Jobcreation (social economy)

77. OBJECTIVES and MAIN STEPS
KEY OBJECTIVE
facilitate the development of value chains for grass
residues between grass generators and biogas producers
 Inventory of grass residue availability
 Mapping Best Available Techniques and best practices for
collection and valorisation
 Evaluation through Life Cycle Analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis
 Evaluate non-tech strategies
 Use of social economy within the valorisation chain
 Adapted gate-fee systems
 Land management fees
 Design of webtools to :
 Predict biomass quality prior to mowing
 Calulate profitability of grass digestion for the biogas producers
 Business plan development for guiding stakeholders to actually sign
supply contracts

78. During the action
 5 grass residue producers make investment decisions for
better grass quality
 5 biogas plants make investment decisions for integration of
grass in the feedstock
 15 Supply contracts are established
 2 composting facilities integrate biogasproduction
 5 endorsements from policy makers for policy proposals
developed during the project
EXPECTED IMPACTS
 7200 renewable energy production triggered (toe/year)
 300 primary energy savings (toe/year)
 Reduction of greenhouse gase emissions : 39 000 t CO2e/year

79. Partners & Contact
Flanders (Belgium)
Portugal Italy
Germany
Denmark
Project coordinator : DLV Belgium cvba
Rijkelstraat 28, B-3550 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
T : +32 11 60 90 60 F: +32 11 60 90 69
Contact person : Lies Bamelis
M: +32 499 14 08 58

80. ESF
CO – 4 - Energy

81. CO – 4 - Energy
• OVERAL GOAL : set-up of a blue-print for cooperation between different kinds of
companies / organisations / SME’s with as a goal the joint digestion of the organic
waste flows
• START CASE : University Ghent – kitchen waste from student restaurants
• Workplan :
• Mapping the possible market and associates
• Draw-up of the organisation model
• Draw-up of the financial model
• Evaluation and guidance (interaction with possible – future – associates)
• Dissemination
• Consortium:
• DLV Belgium (Promotor)
• Subcontracting : Agro Plan Consulting
• Pro Natura
• University Ghent
• Inagro
• Biogas - E

82. Co – 4 - Energy
• Funding : ESF (European Social Fund)
• Overall project budget : 142 770€
• Funding rate: 70 %
• Duration : 12 months (start 01/01/2013)

83. Social Economy

84. • Context: ecological verge management, problem: high processing costs and lack
of capacity. Large amount of digestable biomass (150.000 ton cuttings/year).
• Goal: energy valorization of verge cuttings and other green waste from
landscape management, stimulating ecological verge management.
• Goal: Creating green jobs
• Bottlenecks: biomass quality: solids. litter. freshness. fragmentation.
• To do: Findings solutions for bottlenecks. Legal frame for social economy in verge
management. Formulating recommendations.
Green waste and verge cuttings:
from waste to feedstock through social economy
How?

85. • Scrubbing: adapted scrubbing removes sands < 2% on DM.
• Ecological mowing technique vs traditional: adapted mower: 0,5 -2% sands on DM
Experiments on removing sand and -prevention
Verwijdering
van zand in
wasinstallatie
Ecologische maaier vs Klepelmaaier
Results
• New concept scrubbing and washing installation
• Digester Operational in 2013. Pilot project in COMBINE.
• Other digesters
• Jobcreation social economy.
• Ecological mowing technique: testrun in COMBINE-project.
Implementation

86. Biomassawerf conceptontwikkeling :
Flexibele combinatie van
• inkuiling voor vergisting &
• compostering &
• droging voor verbranding
-> Mee te nemen naar volgende projecten
(ARBOR, COMBINE, GR3)
Waardeketens
Resultaten