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　The union treats waste from two cities and a town (Oyama City, Shimotsuke City, and Nogi Town) in Tochigi Prefecture, and the SPC (Special Purpose Company) in which Ebara invested has been managing and operating the facility for 20 years and six months since the facility started operation on October 1, 2016.

AbstractWe delivered the municipal solid waste treatment plant Central Waste Management Center 70 t/d Incinerator to the Oyama Wide-Area Hygiene Union, and completed its construction work at the end of September 2016. In the municipal solid waste treatment plant, our latest incineration system, the Ebara model HPCC21 Grate-type Incinerator, operates at a low air ratio of 1.3 or below, generates up to 1 300 kW of electricity with boiler steam, feeds this electricity to existing facilities, and sells the excess electricity. Construction of this facility was a distinctive task, requiring work in a limited area while operating existing facilities.

Keywords: Municipal solid waste, Grate-type incinerator, Incineration plant, Environment, Low air ratio combustion, Renewable

energy

[Delivered Products & Systems]

Construction of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant “Central Waste Management Center 70 t/d Incinerator”

Teruyasu OKAMOTO*, Tomohisa OISHI*, Junichi SHIRATORI*,Kazuhisa KATAYAMA*, Yuki NITA*, and Tomokazu TAKAHASHI*

* Ebara Environmental Plant Co., Ltd.

1. Introduction

This construction work was the first-term work (construction, management, and operation of an incineration plant with a treatment capacity of 70 t/d) of the Basic Project for the Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant etc. for renewing an existing waste incineration plant (160 t/d). This project consisted of the aforementioned first term as well as a second term (addit ion , management , and operat ion of two incinerators with a treatment capacity of 70 t/d), and it was contracted in the form of a DBO package. 　The facility was designed, procured, and constructed in a joint venture between Ebara Environmental Plant Co., Ltd., the representing company, and two construction companies (Sato Kogyo Co., Ltd., Itabashigumi Co., Ltd.) and was delivered to the Oyama Wide-Area Hygiene Union at the end of September 2016 (Figure 1).

Fig. 1　Central Waste Management Center 70 t/d Incinerator

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2. Overview of the Facility

2.1 Waste receiving system

The existing facilities of the Central Waste Management Center used a weighing scale (track scale) in two-way traffic. In addition, many vehicles carried municipal solid waste into the center, and during peak periods, the sites were surrounded by lines of vehicles waiting. Two weighing scales were added and integrated into the system with the existing weighing scale to reduce the time required for weighing when carrying in waste and carrying out ash and to relieve traffic of waste collection vehicles and vehicles carrying waste by citizen.

2.2 Solid Waste Treatment Plant

Figure 2 and Table 1 show a flow sheet of the Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant and an overview of the main systems, respectively.

3. Construction Work Processes

Since the construction work was to be carried out with the existing facilities in operation, we constructed a temporary rampway to secure a new route for carrying waste into the existing facilities, and removed the existing rampway. The main milestones of the construction work are shown in Table 2, and the

Table 1 System overview of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant

Receiving and feeding facilityWaste pit Capacity: 2450 m3 (γ=0.143 t/m3, for 5 days)Waste crane Automatic crane×2 unitsCombustion facility

Incinerator Continuous combustion type grate-type incinerator (Ebara model HPCC21)Treatment capacity: 70 t/d (1 incinerator)

Combustion gas cooling facility

Boiler Natural circulation type water tube boiler with superheater Amount of evaporation: Up to 12.2 t/h×1 canSteam condition: 3.0 MPa×320 ℃ (outlet of superheater)

Flue gas treatment facilityFlue gas cooler Water injection typeDust collection system Bag filter

Denitration system Selective non-catalytic reduction by ammonia water and denitration reaction tower

HCl/SOx removing system Dry type (slaked lime)

Measure against dioxins and mercury Dry type (Activated carbon)

Waste heat utilization facility

Steam turbine Extraction condensate type with 8-step impulse reducer

Generator 3-phase AC synchronous generator: 1300 kWAsh treatment facilityBurned ash Carried out by pit and crane

Fly ash Humidified (chelated in case of emergency), carried out by pit and crane

Effluent treatment facility

Industrial effluentNot discharged in principle by reuse inside the center after coagulation sedimentation and sand filtration

Domestic effluent Discharged after treatment in combined private sewage private tank

Waste foul water Waste pit return system

Flow of wasteFlow of flue gasFlow of airFlow of ashFlow of wet ashFlow of steamFlow of chemicalsFlow of condensate

Ashdischarger

Flue gasrecirculation fan

Auxiliary burner

Boiler/flue gascooler ash conveyor

Silencer

Weighingscale

Platform

Waste crane

Wastehopper/chute

Waste pit

Ash pit Fly ash pit

Ash crane

Curing conveyor

Fly ash conveyor

Ash conveyor No. 1

Falling ash conveyor

Ash conveyor No. 2

NOx removal reactorNOx removal reactor

BoilerBoiler EconomizerEconomizer Bag house

Induced draft fan

Fly ash bunker

Kneading machine

Stack

Activatedcarbon silo

Slaked lime packer

Activated carbon packerSlakedlime siloHigh-pressure steam header

Steam turbine generator

CondenserCondensatetank

Steam type airpreheater

Facility using excessheat outside center

Facility using excessheat inside center

Deaerator

Steam type air preheater

Forced draft fanForced draft fan

Gratecoolingfan

Gratecoolingfan

IncineratorIncineratorReheating burnerReheating burner

Super heaterSuper heater

DryingstokerDryingstoker

Air-cooledwall

Air-cooledwallCombustionstoker

Combustionstoker

Post-combustionstoker

Post-combustionstoker

Fluegascooler

Fig. 2　Flow sheet of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant

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situation of the site during the construction work in Figure 3. The area marked with solid red lines is the construction site of this facility.

4. Features of the Facility

4.1 Comparison with the existing incinerator

The existing waste incineration plant Central Waste Management Center 160 t/d Incinerator was constructed by Ebara-Infilco Co., Ltd. (note: merged with Ebara Corporation in 1994) and completed in March 1986 . Table 3 shows the o ld and new specifications of the facility for comparison. The design value of the calorific value of waste of the new facility is significantly increased compared to the old facility. The old incinerator operated for more than 30 years after it was completed, and the design values of that time (quality of waste, etc.) were not in keeping with the current situation.

4.2 Realization of high-efficiency energy recovery

To achieve satisfactory, stable combustion at a low air ratio and improve energy recovery efficiency, we adopted a flue gas recirculation system. In general, the bag filter outlet gas is used for flue gas recirculation in

many cases, but this facility recirculates the economizer outlet flue gas by suction with a secondary fan. Thus, the flue gas treatment equipment was downsized and adapted to the site conditions, and the stirring and mixing of the gas inside the incinerator was accelerated and the generation of CO was prevented by increasing the amount of circulated gas by 20 to 30 % from the conventional level while maintaining the inside temperature of the incinerator, resulting in a reduction of the consumption of ammonia water used for denitration. The ratio of the flow rate of ammonia water with the design value assumed to be 1 is shown in Figure 4.

4.3 Adoption of renewable energy

The facility actively adopts renewable energy.　(1) Concentrator photovoltaic system (Figure 5 and

Figure 6)　The facility was the first waste treatment facility to install a concentrator photovoltaic system, which collects sunlight with a special condenser lens and

Table 3 Comparison of old and new design specifications

ItemExisting (160 t/d

incinerator)

New (70 t/d

incinerator)

Completion March 1986 September 2016

Calorific value of waste (design value) [kJ/kg] Low quality: Standard quality: High quality:

334962798372

59609300

12630Flue gas control value (design value)　Dust g/m3 (NTP)* 0.05 or less 0.01 or less

　 Sulfur oxides － K value: 7 or less

30 ppm* or less(K value =

equivalent to 0.166)

　 Nitrogen oxides ppm* 250 or less 50 or less　 Hydrochloric acid ppm* 246 or less 50 or less

　 Carbon monoxide ppm* －

1-hour average: 100 or less

4-hour average: 30 or less

　Dioxins ng-TEQ/m3 (NTP)* － 0.05 or less

Use of excess heat　 Heat supply

outside center GJ/h － 3

　 Power generation kW － 1300

* All of the values shown above are based on dry gas; O2 = 12 % converted value.

Existing rampway Temporary rampway

Temporary carry-inpassage switchingConstruction work area divided

Recyclingplant

Removal of existing structures

Temporary pipe layingEntrance/exit forconstructionwork vehicles

Entrance/exit forconstructionwork vehiclesConstruction work vehicle traffic lineTemporary fence/barricadeWaste packer/truck traffic line

Installation of guide sign 160 t/dincinerator

Fig. 3　Situation of site during construction work

Table 2 Construction work processes

Contract April 2013Start of temporary construction work November 2013Start of use of weighing scale April 2014Start of facility construction work April 2014Start of plant construction work May 2015Start of receipt of electricity and commissioning March 2016

Performance test August 2016Completion End of September 2016

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generates electricity while tracking the movement of the sun, instead of ordinary solar panels.　The concentrator photovoltaic system can generate electricity with high efficiency in sunshine, but unlike ordinary solar panels, it does not output any electricity at all (0 kW) in cloudy weather.　The system, in general, is used in regions with a large quantity of direct solar radiation, such as desert areas close to the equator, but was installed with the aim of raising the awareness of elementary school students who visit the facility on field trips.　(2) Lighting ducts (Figure 7 and Figure 8)　The lighting ducts guide light into the room without converting sunlight into electricity. Unlike top lights, these lighting ducts look like ordinary lighting equipment in appearance and do not impair the indoor atmosphere. They can also secure some light even in cloudy or rainy weather. They are installed in the passage for visitors.

5. Status of Operation of the Facility

The Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant started receiving waste on June 1, 2016, and actual load incineration commissioning on June 10. It completed a pre-use self-inspection as a power generation plant by the end of July 2016 and performed a preliminary performance test in July 2016 and a delivery performance test in August 2016.　Table 4 shows the measurement results of flue gas and

Fig. 5　Photovoltaic system (in the morning)

Fig. 7　Lighting ducts (daylighting units)

Fig. 8　Lighting ducts (indoor illumination)

Fig. 6　Photovoltaic system (in the afternoon)

Table 4 Results of performance tests

Item CriteriaResults

JudgmentDay 1 Day 2

Incineration capacity

70 t/d or over(100 % or over)

100% or over

100% or over Passed

Dust concentration

0.01 g/m3

(NTP) or lessLess than

0.001Less than

0.001 Passed

Sulfur oxides 30 ppm or less 7 11 PassedNitrogen oxides 50 ppm or less 37 35 PassedHydrochloric acid 50 ppm or less 30 31 Passed

Carbon monoxide (4 hours) 30 ppm or less 10 11 Passed

Dioxins 0.05 ng-TEQ/m3 (NTP) or less 0.00041 0.00019 Passed

Ratio of flow rate of ammonia water [－]1.4

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.0

Time [h]0 10 20 30 40 50

Increase of flow rate of flue gas recirculation

Fig. 4　Consumption of ammonia water when the amount of flue gas recirculation increases

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other data obtained in the delivery performance test.　The oxygen concentration at the outlet of the boiler was 3.4 % on average (wet basis), and the facility achieved stable operation at an air ratio of 1.3 or less. Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides were 11 ppm and 36 ppm, respectively, on average, which were far below the judgment criteria. Note that all of the judgment criteria were met satisfactorily under other pollution control conditions concerning dioxins, etc.

6. Supply of Electricity by New Power Generation Facility

The electricity generated by this facility covers the power required on the premises and is supplied to existing facilities. During the daytime on weekdays, when the existing facilities are in full operation and the recycling plant, in particular, is operating, this facility needs to purchase electricity, but it sells excess electricity when only the 70 t/d incinerator is operating.　This facility sells electricity to our new power producer and supplier (PPS), Oyama E-Service Co., Ltd., to realize local generation and local consumption of electricity (Figure 9).

7. Conclusion

This facility was completed on September 30, 2016 and is operating in good condition. We are determined to ensure that the facilities are managed and operated smoothly for a long period of the next 20 years and six months, and long into the future, and to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable society.　In conclusion, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the staff members of the Oyama Wide-Area Hygiene Union and to all those who offered a great deal of advice and cooperation to us in the construction of this facility.

References

1) Waste Incineration Plant – Delivered to the Oyama Wide-Area Hygiene Union, Ebara-Infilco Engineering Review No. 94, pp. 63-64 (March 1986).

2) Teruaki TSUKAMOTO, Masamitsu SASE and Minoru SASAKI, “Operation of the HPCC21 Stoker System at Kawasaki City Ozenji Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Center”, Ebara Engineering Review No. 236, pp. 30-36 (July 2012).

3) Naoto AKIBA and Tetsuji IGUCHI, “Stoker-Type Waste Incineration Plant for Iwamizawa, Hokkaido Construction and Delivery of Iwamizawa Environment Clean Plaza”, Ebara Engineering Review No. 249, pp. 14-20 (October 2015).

4) Keisuke TSUKAMOTO, Kenichi NISHIYAMA, et al. Construction of Municipal Waste Treatment Plant “Clean Plaza Yokote”, Ebara Engineering Review No. 252, pp. 69-74 (October 2016).

Green PPSGreen PPSSupply of electricitySupply of electricity

Purchase ofelectricity

Purchase ofelectricity

New facilityNew facilityPurchasePurchase

Supply of low-CO2 electricity

Supply of low-CO2 electricity

Low CO2 electricityLow CO2 electricity

Su

pply o

f low-CO2 electricity to local communitySu

pply o

f low-CO2 electricity to local community

City hallPublic facilityPrivate enterprise

Electricity generated from waste from another community

Fig. 9　Supply of electricity by power producer and supplier