Delivering Operational Excellence
By Azura Associates
Uncover why your digester has challenges. With more than 30 years of hands-on experience in anaerobic digestion and industrial wastewater treatment, Azura Associates knows the right questions to ask to give you confidence in your project.
At Azura, we’re not your typical consulting firm. We blend science with strategy to align engineering processes with your business activity.
Educating clients is fundamental to everything we do. Throughout every engagement, we provide coaching and training to help our clients build their internal capacity and deliver long-term success. Our independent technical experts help project developers, financiers, and legal counsel with due diligence, risk mitigation, and project green lights.
Whatever your feedstocks: food waste, FOG, SSO, and OFMSW, we can match your RNG process and organization goals. And for operating plants? If you’re looking for stability—biogas production, consistent revenues, and navigating the regulatory landscape, Azura’s got your back.
Top 3 Services
1. Technical Due Diligence
Looking to develop or invest in a new or distressed RNG project? We provide:
– Risk registry management across all project stages including design, construction, and long-term operations that encompasses feedstock, operational, and digestate risk;
– Validation of biogas production estimates, including evaluation of SLAC losses;
– Independent technology selection review.
2. Bio-Process Optimization
Is your digester or RNG project underperforming? Wondering why you can’t maintain nameplate production? We can help you:
– Clearly articulate the main causes of low gas production or biological upsets
– Maintain digester and business health, including:
– Residual methane potential assessments;
– Operator training, coaching, and mentoring;
– Regular monitoring plan;
– Independently assess opportunities for new feedstocks and process optimization.
3. Forensic Review of Digester Performance
Need help to close out or complete a project or is a commercial dispute brewing on your AD site? We provide:
– Third-party technical review & contribution to root cause evaluations;
– Independent assessment of acceptance criteria and standard of care;
– Forensic analysis of underperforming or non-compliant systems;
– Opinion expert services for anaerobic digester, biogas, and RNG disputes.
Recent work
Our client was unable to export their RNG to the grid for over 6 months due to nagging gas quality issues despite having a fully operational RNG upgrader. Unable to identify and resolve the root cause themselves, they reached out to Azura for a fresh set of eyes on the situation. Here’s what they had to say:
“The Azura team was focused and easy to work with. They were very thorough and approached our problem in a way we hadn’t thought of, which got us back to exporting gas. II would definitely recommend Azura for anyone facing similar challenges.”
Get clear, actionable, and independent advice from the bioprocess experts at Azura Associates.
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