scholarly journals A Two-Stage ORC Integration to an Existing Fluidized Bed Sewage Sludge Incineration Plant for Power Production in the Scope of Waste-to-Energy

Author(s):  
Ayşegül ABUŞOĞLU ◽  
Alperen TOZLU ◽  
Amjad ANVARİ-MOGHADDAM
1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. van der Vlies ◽  
J. H. B. te Marvelde

Recycling of sewage sludge will soon no longer be possible in The Netherlands, or will be possible only to a very limited degree. For that reason, part of the sewage sludge will have to be incinerated. This will happen particularly in those areas where tipping space is very limited. A sludge incineration plant is planned to be built in the town of Dordrecht, with a capacity of 45,000 tonnes dry solids per year. The plant will be subject to the very strict flue gas emission requirements of the Dutch Guideline on Incineration. The Guideline demands a sophisticated flue gas purification procedure.


1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-466
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Imoto ◽  
Tadao Kasakura

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014.89 (0) ◽  
pp. _10-11_
Author(s):  
Hiroshi MIYAMOTO ◽  
Yoshihiro SAKAI ◽  
Kazuya IZUMI ◽  
Yukihiko YABE

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Brechtel ◽  
Hartmut Eipper

Normally, mechanical dewatering of sewage sludges is not sufficient for a self-supporting combustion, even if combustion is ensured in the fluidized bed furnace. The heat balance can be compensated by firing additional fuels of higher calorific value and a preceding sludge drying using the heat, which is generated during combustion. The most favoured solution is an indirect drying in special equipment adapted to the state of the sewage sludge to be burnt. Heating surfaces and the steam transfer the thermal energy of the flue gases to the mechanically dewatered sludge. The development of malodours and pollutants in the vapours is controlled by an appropriate process flow. The process entails not only an economy of primary energy but also an increase in the furnace throughput. In Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, the fluidized bed fired sludge incineration plant has been operating for 12 years.In the near future it will be brought up to date by retrofitting such a drying system. The foreseeable effects have already been investigated and operational experience gained with other plants has been taken into account. The technical modifications, which are being considered, the operational influences expected, as well as all consequences with regard to investment and operating costs, have been outlined.


Author(s):  
O. Malerius ◽  
J. Werther ◽  
M. Mineur

The fluidized bed sewage sludge incineration plant of the city of Hamburg started its operation in May, 1997. An acid scrubber was designed as the main sink of mercury. A first modification of the mercury removal concept was presented on the 16th Fluidized Bed Combustion Conference in 2001 [1]. Mercury compounds are now dissolved in the acid scrubber and precipitated with a solution of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate. In the year 2002 the operation of the acid scrubber has been investigated to optimize the scrubber performance. Suspension pH, amount of precipitant and density of the scrubber suspension were varied to find the optimum operation parameters for the capture of mercury at minimum cost. It was found that with an increase of the density of the scrubber suspension the mercury removal efficiency was enhanced such that the dosage of the precipitant could be decreased significantly. After this optimization process the pollutant streams into the environment were minimized. The paper presents the influence of the scrubber operation parameters on the mercury capture using continuous mercury measurements in the flue gas upstream and downstream of the scrubber. The results of this investigation led to both a minimization of the pollutant streams into the atmosphere and a reduction of the operation cost.


Author(s):  
Paul Ludwig ◽  
Gerhard Gross

Oxygen is required in every combustion process, including the incineration of sewage sludge. When air is used to provide oxygen the nitrogen it contains is only ballast which has to be heated up in the furnace and which further increases the volume of flue gas to be purified. The process for partial oxygen combustion (POC) jointly developed and patented by Messer Griesheim and Infraserv Ho¨chst avoids this problem. In this process, oxygen is blown directly and transversally into the fluidized bed at supersonic speed. The first promising test results were already presented at the 16th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion 2001 in Reno. In the meantime we have three years of experience with detailed operating results. Up to 2000 m3/h of pure oxygen is blasted into the two furnaces transversally via the supersonic nozzles built into the walling. This results in a highly turbulent flow which considerably improves the mixing and the combustion in the fluidized bed. Using the POC method it has been possible to increase the combustion capacity of the systems from 130,000 to currently 160,000 t/a. The hourly throughput of waste material suitable for fluidized bed combustion has been increased by up to 40%. At the same time the combustion air volume has been reduced by 15% and the specific natural gas consumption by 35%. This considerably reduces the specific incineration costs (€ / t waste material). Alongside industrial and residential sewage sludges with calorific values of 500 to 11,000 KJ/kg (depending on the original substance) and dry-substance contents between 22 and 60%, other solid and liquid waste material suitable for fluidized bed combustion can also be processed, including bone meal, screenings, plastics granulate, spent active carbon, building timber, contaminated packaging material, organic solvents and urea waste. Calorific values can here fluctuate between 1,500 and 42,000 KJ/kg (depending on the original substance) and the dry-substance content between 5 and 100%. The specific emissions, e.g. carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides per ton of incinerated waste material are reduced. Thus the POC process gives Infraserv a third virtual furnace at low investment cost, enabling it to respond to the demands of the market. With this technology, the status of “Best Available Technology” (BAT) was conferred upon the sewage sludge incineration plant operated by Infraserv Ho¨chst by the German Ministry for the Environment.


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