Biogas & RNG Tour

The 2024 Value of Biogas West Conference provides you with the opportunity to visit Dicklands Biogas in Chilliwack. CBA is offering tours on Monday, October 7. Please note that space is limited.

Tour 1: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm, October 7, 2024

Tour 2: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, October 7, 2024

This registration is ONLY for the tour (registration for the Conference is separate).

Buses will leave and return to the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver at the allotted times. Spaces on the tour will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration for the tour is $150 + tax, and includes lunch and bus transportation to and from the facility.

Attendees are asked to dress appropriately for the tour, and must wear closed-toed shoes. PPE will be provided.

About Dicklands Biogas
Dicklands Biogas, co-digests 42,000 tonnes/year of manure and 40,000 tonnes/year of food waste to produce 205,000 GJ/year of RNG. It also produces over 4,500 tonnes/year of organic fertilizer pellets, and approximately 60,000 tonnes/year of clean water.

Manure is supplied from the farm and neighbouring farms. Food waste is pumped directly into storage tanks if clean, or pre-cleaned if mixed with packaging material. Dicklands Biogas accepts a wide range of food waste, including food processing, supermarket and restaurant waste, spoiled food, green bin and residential waste, fats, oil and grease, animal feed, etc.

Overview of Dicklands Biogas property. There are two building sized Digesters that appear larger than the farmhouse in the background.

Biogas is upgraded to RNG and injected into the local gas pipeline. Digestate is pumped to sloped screens and sieves to remove as much suspended solids as possible. The liquid fraction then goes to a falling film evaporator, where it is heated to produce steam. Once cooled, the steam is cleaned using reverse osmosis, and is then used as drinking water for the cows, process and cleaning water for the plant, and to irrigate surrounding fields.

Fibre from the sloped screens and sieves is mixed with the sludge left-over from the falling film evaporator. This mixture is then dried and pelletized. These pellets are sold as organic fertilizer.

Dicklands Biogas Process Flow Diagram