Thermal Drying Facility Operations

Specialized operating expertise

Thermal biosolids drying facilities require experienced operators, disciplined maintenance programs and specialized technical knowledge. The skills required to operate and maintain these facilities differ greatly from those required to efficiently operate a WWTP.

Griffin Residuals provides operations and management services for existing municipal and industrial thermal drying facilities. Our business focus is on biosolids management. We develop software management tools, processes and proprietary air and side-stream treatment options to streamline thermal drying operations.

Our services include facility staffing, operations, preventive maintenance, process optimization, troubleshooting, shutdown planning, remote technical support and capital improvement assistance.

For asset owners, GR provides the specialized expertise required to operate complex thermal infrastructure safely, reliably and efficiently.

Built on operating experience

Thermal drying infrastructure performs only when engineering, operations and maintenance work together. Each site has different characteristics and biology. Aerobically digested biosolids, WAS, primary/secondary blends, and anaerobically digested biosolids all require different handling, drying and energy recovery technologies.

Griffin Residuals combines infrastructure development with direct operating experience across municipal thermal drying systems to design the most resilient receiving, processing and air/side-stream treatment facilities. That operating perspective influences how we design facilities, evaluate equipment, structure maintenance programs and assume long-term performance responsibility.

Adjacent processes to the thermal drying solutions, such as THP, anaerobic digestion, or post-process gasification and heat recovery offer long-term sustainability and maximize the recovery of energy and nutrients from biosolids.

Purpose-built operations management tools

GR develops software management tools, processes and proprietary air and side-stream treatment options to streamline thermal drying operations.