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To: Casey who wrote (3972)	4/16/1998 2:42:00 PM
From: Tom G	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6467

Here is a little info on the Dillion Report. Well the Dillion report is aout 30 pages long,but is very informative.It is a feasability study of The Thermo Master Process.One of the things I like most about it was that it was in laymans terms.Not to technical.It basically goes over the whole process from beginning to end. The Engineering asessment was intended to provide an independent opinion on the performance of the process with respect to maintenance,environmental impacts,engineering design and generation of marketable product. Dillion found that contracts have been established for raw feed supply to Oshawa and Niagra as well as agreements to market the resulting product at agreed upon prices..They concluded that the economics of the two facilities are favorable. The report also talks of the new Model 4 design.It goes over the new changes in the plant.(very impressive) A 400 ton a day plant,is estimated to produce 64 tons a day of dry end product. The air flow to the slurry tanks will be varied to recieve the optimun amount of air. Grinder type pumps will be replaced by in line grinders,wich are expected to last considerably longer. The air changes for the Tipping Area will be increased threefold.This will decrease potentiel odor intensity in the area and lessen the impact of emissions wich may occur during truck movement in and out of the area,during uncommon weather conditions.Air curtains have also been installed for windy conditions. To make better use of floor space ,the fermentation tanks and end product storage tanks are stacked in two layers. Improvements in the heating system of both tank systems will result in more uniform processing conditions,and more uniform product quality. Centrifuge capacity is increased.This results in improved recovery,wich results in increased production of plant product for a given plant feed intake. The evaporator is the new feature of the process.Before incorporation of this unit,the centrate stream had to be disposed of,resulting in loss of product and in disposal costs.The capture of the centrate in the plant product increases the volume of the product as well as it's quality. A more rugged pellet mill is to be employed. The oxidizer operation will be improved,to efficiencies of at least 99% odor destruction,opposed to the present 95%. The filters in the Thermal Oxidizer will be replaced by a venturi scrubber,wich is expected to be more efficient,removing virtually all particulates. The stack wich follows the Oxidizer is taller,to achieve better dispersion of any small amount of oderous compounds. To avoid the need for a system of bins to contain dry product for loading onto trucks,sufficient trucks will be scheduled and managed to receive product as it is being produced.Only small bins will be used,with enough storage capacity to accomodate truck movement. More to come....... Tom