​​​IF WE RECYCLE WASTE ON SITE, CAN WE TURN IT INTO RESSOURCE?

WHAT CHALLENGE DOES AUTONOME ENERGIESYSTEME ADDRESS?

The world is pivoting away from fossil fuels and is increasingly aware of the amount of waste generated and, sadly, not yet feasibly recycled. Mixed waste streams are burned or landfilled. In some parts in SEA, waste is still burned in open fires. AES wants to be a part of the solution. 

Plastic and mixed wastes are mostly landfilled or burned. Only about 30 % of plastics inside the EU are truly recycled. The old concept of collecting waste and processing it centrally seems outdated. With developing countries catching up to the plastic production of first world countries and the need for improved recycling, new strategies have to be generated.

DISCOVER AUTONOME ENERGIESYSTEME'S BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION

The AES FLUKS is the first plant generation of new waste processing systems. At temperatures of 500-550°C, the organic structures get decomposed into gas, oil and ashes. The oil will be used for heat and electricity generation, while the gases are burned for the energy consumption of the plant.

While the first plant series will be burning the oil for electricity and heat, our overall goal is to form an infrastructure for oil recycling. That is being accomplished by recovering the produced oil instead of burning it. Once the change from electricity generation to oil recovery becomes feasible for our customers, we can dismantle the generator, acquire the oil and get to an improved circular economy. 

The AES FLUKS is made for very small waste stream quantities (100-350 kg/day), will be fully automated and controlled via the internet. While the waste is processed directly when it is put into the AES FLUKS, the oil can be stored and saved. Through the usage of local heat and electricity, the AES FLUKS reaches levels of efficiency far higher than normal waste processing systems.

The AES FLUKS comes in three different sizes - small, medium and large - catering for waste streams between 100-350kg/day. Starting at a price of 119.000 €, the AES FLUKS will be payed of with the savings in 3-6 years, depending on the customers waste stream. 

A retirement home for example saves up to 50 % of the waste disposal costs, 15 % of electricity and 10 % of heating costs. 

THE TEAM

AES'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 3DEXPERIENCE LAB

AgreenCulture have been involved in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab program since 2021.

The easy collaboration, the simple assignment of roles and apps to team members and the marketplace with many standard parts makes the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform a very powerful tool for them

AES AND ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

They want to address these challenges by a new waste processing design that recycles the waste, where it is produced.

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