The 2nd Swedish Conference on Sewage Sludge Biochar

Tuesday 15 Oct - Thursday 17 Oct, 2024

Studio, Malmö

After a successful 1st Swedish Conference on Sewage Sludge Biochar in 2022 in Malmö with 120 participants from 14 countries, we now invite you for a second conference in Malmö in October 2024. The conference brings together researchers, companies and other stakeholders regarding sludge pyrolysis and biochar.

The conference will be held at Studio, very close to Malmö Central Station.

Themes such as full- and pilot-scale installations, sludge biochar characterisation, phosphorus availability, removal of micropollutants, energy and carbon balances, carbon sequestration, different applications for sludge biochars, regulations and business models will be raised during the conference. Read about the first conference in 2022 on this link.

Call for speakers and exhibiting companies

Contact David Gustavsson if you want to present your work at the conference and/or exhibit your company. We have just started with the programme so do not hesitate to contact David.

The venue, 15-17 October

The conference with take place at Studio Meetingpoint, Nordenskiöldsgatan 24 in Malmö, Sweden, October 15-16, 2024, with a study visit on October 17 to the pilot-scale sludge drying and pyrolysis facility in the Testbed Ellinge project.

Pre-conference study trip, 14 October

A study trip to the full-scale sewage sludge drying and pyrolysis plant at Fårevejle Renseanlæg in Denmark will be performed on October 14. A bus trip starts and ends at Malmö Centralstation, Sweden. The bus is leaving Malmö at 12:00 and comes back in Malmö at 18:00.

Speakers´ list (is updated continuously)

  • Testbed Ellinge David Gustavsson, VA SYD/Sweden Water Research, Sweden
  • Understanding the value proposition for thermal processes to mitigate PFAS in biosolids Patrick McNamara, Black & Veatch/Marquette University, USA
  • The first full-scale sewage sludge pyrolysis plant in Sweden Aleksandra Lazic, Roslagsvatten
  • Sludge char project – life cycle assessment and activation of char Linda Röman, Helsinki Region Environmental Services (HSY)
  • Organic micropollutants in sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar from a full-scale pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic. Jaroslav Moško, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, Czech Republic
  • How to CE mark sewage sludge products? Dorottya Lőrincz, CerTrust, Hungary
  • Two pre-studies of implementing sludge pyrolysis at two Swedish sites Ida Sylwan and André Selander, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
  • How to CE mark sewage sludge products? Dorottya Lőrincz, CerTrust, Hungary
  • A holistic approach to solving the sewage sludge issue on an industrial scale Juergen Jelly, L-recycling, Austria
  • N.d. Anna Strandberg, Umeå University
  • N.d. Several speakers, University of Copenhagen
  • N.d. Chris Thornton, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
  • N.d. Marta di Bianca, RE-CORD, Italy
  • N.d. Victoria Klages, Hochschule Nordhausen, Germany

The following technology providers are confirmed to be present at the conference:

  • AquaGreen
  • Beston Group
  • Eliquo Technologies
  • Pyreg

Preliminary conference fee

– 2500 SEK
– 2700 SEK including conference dinner October 15

Speakers do not have to pay the conference fee or dinner.

silverfärgade rör och kemitunnor i metall industriell miljö

Interior from the Ellinge testbed