Waste to Energy Plants C.G.E. Engineering s.r.l.- Via G. De Castillia 8 20124 Milano Italia Tel. +39.02.9310623 Fax +39.02.9316562 www.compagniagenerale.com
Waste management gold rules Best solution Minimization: reducing the amount of packaging Re-use: packaging and products re-utilization Recycling: throwaway packaging and discarded materials used as raw materials again Energy recovery: production of electricity and thermal energy from waste that cannot be recycled Landfill: waste burying (in a safe place) The integrated waste management system is set up by: 1. Differential collection: aim is maximizing the recyclable materials recovery 2. Waste to Energy: combustion of un-recyclable materials, retrieving from them as much energy as possible 3. Minimum environmental impact from waste collecting and energy recovery activities, reducing to the least the use of landfills 2
WASTE DISPOSAL modalities in main European cities 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Berlin Zurich Copenhagen Vienna Milan Helsinki Barcelona London Paris Budapest Recycling Incineration/WTE Landfill The BEST TECHNOLOGY for energy and environment pollution control catalyst bag filter addictives electrofilter condensate steam dusts ashes ashes smoke fan chimney heat exchanger grid heat waste slag air fan electric power G generator turbine waste storage WTE plant is roughly subdivided in the following sections: 1. Waste delivery and storage 2. Combustion chamber and steam generation 3. Electric power and heat production 4. Solid residual collection (slag, ashes, dusts) 5. Smoke abatement and pollution control 3
No need of landfills No illegal waste disposal Environmental improvement Main advantages and problems solved by WTE plants Energy recovery Know-how improvement Pay investment High-tech employment development 4
WTE plant fuels, products and by-products Steam for industrial purposes Thermal energy for district heating Products Electric energy Controlled emissions What can be burnt Municipal solid solid waste Sewage sludge Wood waste Hospital waste Industrial waste Waste To Energy Plant Solid residuals Dusts Ashes Slag Energetic and mass balance 1 kg waste generates: 0,75 kwh electric power 1,30 kwh heat 0,025 kg ashes 0,010 kg dusts 0,156 kg slag (to recovery) 0,00 m 3 sewage waste 5
How much electric power can be recovered? 1 kg waste How much heat? 1 kg waste 8 warm showers (3 min, 32 C) 6
Gas emissions (average 2010 values related to the Milan-Silla2 WTE plant compared with limit values from Directive 2000/76/CE) Macro-pollutants [mg/nm 3 ] 200 50 10 50 10 10 NO X SO 2 HCl CO Dust NH 3 Limit value Milan-Silla2 WTE plant 39 0,16 2,2 5,9 0,1 0,8 Parameters Micro-pollutants [mg/nm 3 ] Milan-Silla2 WTE plant Limit value Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons < 0,00003 0,01 Dioxins and furans (PCDD+PCDF) 0,0009 x 10-6 0,1 x 10-6 Cadmium + Thallium < 0,0013 0,05 Mercury < 0,006 0,05 Nickel < 0,001 0,1 Metals (Sb+As+Pb+Cr+Co+Cu+ Mn+Ni+V+Sn) < 0,0115 0,5 7
Best Available Technologies emissions comparison Parameters Limit value [mg/nm 3 ] BAT plant (IPPC 2006) [mg/nm 3 ] Milan-Silla2 WTE plant (year 2010) [mg/nm 3 ] SO 2 50 1-40 0,16 NO X (determined by measuring NO 2) 200 40-100 39,3 Dusts 10 1-5 < 0,1 CO 50 5-30 5,9 HCl 10 1-8 2,2 NH 3 10 < 10 0,8 TOC (Total Organic Carbon) 10 1-10 0,44 HF 1 < 0,001 < 0,0001 Cd+Tl 0,05 0,005-0,05 < 0,00013 Hg 0,05 0,001-0,02 < 0,006 As+Co+Cr+Cu+Mn+Ni+Pb+Sb 0,5 0,005-0,5 < 0,0115 Dioxins and furans (PCDD+PCDF) 0,1 x 10-6 0,01-0,1 x 10-6 0,0009 x 10-6 Ultra-thin particles < 0,1 μm [number of particles / cm 3 ] Wood domestic fireplace 81 000 Diesel fuel heater 67 000 Wood pellet heater 52 000 Milan-Silla2 WTE plant 18 Milan downtown air 32 8
Views of existing and under construction Italian WTE plants MILAN 9
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