THE SYNTHESIS

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ECOLOGY & ECONOMY

SYNTROL_en_rev10.ppt
 Nill-Tech GmbH

Founding year: 1992

Activities: Project management & consulting
Planning and design
Engineering
Construction of complex process plants
(several patents and patent applications )
Business areas: Treatment and recycling of industrial sewage
Water treatment (fresh water)
Exhaust air treatment (WENOX®-process)
Energy
Waste-to-energy (SYNTROL®-process)
Nill-Tech GmbH - references

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 SYNTROL®-Technology

What is SYNTROL® ?

SYNTROL has been developed by Nill-Tech.

SYNTROL is a technology to convert

- plastics waste and/or
- waste oil
into a product oil similar to fuel oil.
 SYNTROL® : the loop closes

synthesis,
crude oil, polymerisation
derivatives

„feedstock recycling“ plastics

waste

SYNTROL®

thermolysis
1000 kilograms of plastics yield approx. 800 kilograms of oil
 Properties of the product oil

SYNTROL® fuel oil

Unit
product oil extra light
DIN 51603-1
net calorific value > 42,6 > 42,6 MJ/kg
density at 15°C < 850 < 850 kg/m³
viscosity at 20°C <6 <6 mm²/s
ash content << 0,01 0,01 %
sulphur - standard quality ~0 < 2000 mg/kg
sulphur - low sulphur quality ~0 < 50 mg/kg
heavy metals ~0 not specified

The sulphur content in the product oil is dependent upon the quality of the feeding material
 Typical use for product oil

SYNTROL is the key to decouple the treatment of waste from the

use of energy in time and space.

¾ combined heat and power plants (CHP)

- electricity
- heat
- cooling

¾ heating plants

¾ cement works
 Unique features of the SYNTROL®-Technology

¾ multiple-stage process1) – increased process control

¾ PVC tolerance1)

¾ reactor heating1)

¾ feeding system1)

¾ Quench cooler1) – suppresses re-polymerisation

1) patents pending
Guiding principles of the SYNTROL®-Technology

safety ecology

economy
 Safety

Cooperation with TÜV Süd

(German Technical Control Board)

leakage-free design according to BGR 1041):

¾ tongue and groove flanges
¾ conical threads
¾ pumps with magnetic couplings
¾ etc

pressure surge protected design

1) BGR104: Berufsgenossenschaftliche Regel 104 „Explosionsschutz-Regeln“

 Environmental issues

¾ 60 % less CO2-emissions compared to waste

incineration plants per unit of electricity produced

¾ Local or regional treatment of waste:

less transportation

¾ Local or regional use of energy:

less transportation
 Environment: mass flow
„leakage-free“ design:
3,4 - 10 Mio. m³/a
Æ no diffuse emissions
noise < 70 db(A)
flue gas

pre-treated SYNTROL®
waste plastics product oil
5000 t/a 3600 t/a
of which 4500 t/a (4200 m³/a)
are convertible
to oil residue
860 - 1175 t/a
further thermal use

2 trucks per day collecting basin

(groundwater protection)
 Economy

¾ high energy efficiency

¾ easy service and maintenance

¾ low wear

¾ process safety

¾ Benefit from Nill-Tech‘s solid experience in design

and construction of process plants
Photos
 SYNTROL®: the synthesis of ecology & economy

Turning a cost function into a revenue function !

¾ by selling SYNTROL® - product oil
¾ by generation of electricity and heat for own needs
¾ by selling of (surplus) electricity and heat

Saving resources by substitution of fossil fuels

¾ more than 80% of the chemical energy of the plastics is
recovered as product oil!
 The Pros of SYNTROL® ?

• Highly efficient in terms of energy conversion

ca. 95%

• High yield of product oil:

ca. 80%

• Regional treatrment in compact plants

Short distances
2 to 3 lines for the waste plastics of approx. 1‘000‘000 people

• Product oil substitutes fuel oil

well suited for combined heat and power plant
 Thanks for your attention

Globel-Projekt AG
Kolinplatz 1
CH 6300 Zug
Switzerland

Phone: +41-41 7109255

the synthesis of
Fax: +41-41 7109256 ecology & economy
Email: info@globel-projekt.ch