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Client Phase I: Ineos Runcorn TPS
Calorific value 11.5 MJ/kg design & 13 MJ/kg @ 11.5 MJ/kg design & 13 MJ/kg @
nominal operation point nominal operation point
GCC06.2015
Waste management Proven technologies for
solution for the future sustainable solutions
Across the globe, growing volumes of waste, EfW plants help Keppel Seghers’ EfW installations and
shortfalls of landfill areas and soaring energy technologies effectively convert waste into
prices are making Energy-from-Waste (EfW) battle climate valuable energy and remove pollutants from
a leading solution for a cleaner future. change by reducing emissions. In-house technologies by Keppel
Seghers that can be found in the Greater
EfW plants not only help in landfill diversion
greenhouse gas Manchester EfW plant include the:
through as much as 90% reduction in the volume emissions by landfills
of waste disposed; using proven technology, the • Keppel Seghers Water-cooled Multi-Stage
plant releases the energy embedded in materials Grate which can withstand high temperature
such as plastics, paper, wood scraps and food abrasion, as well as ensure thorough mixing
scraps, and uses that energy to generate and even burning of the waste Keppel Seghers’ proprietary EfW technologies integrated
electricity and steam, thereby replacing into the plant
substantial amounts of fossil fuel. • Boiler with Keppel Seghers Prism Technology
which provides an optimal secondary air
Compared to landfills, EfW plants are also a decomposition from organic matter in landfills. injection, thereby increasing plant availability
“greener” way of waste disposal, as they reduce With a well-regulated flue gas treatment system, The plant can divert more than 75% of Greater Manchester’s waste from landfill and prolonging operation times between
the production and emission of the greenhouse emissions from EfW plants do not pose a threat planned maintenance
gas, methane, produced during waste to public health and the environment.
• Double Dry Flue Gas Treatment System which
Preferred EPC partner effectively removes harmful and acidic gases,
dust and particulates so that only clean air,
compliant with the EU standards, is emitted
Keppel Seghers, the environmental engineering of the total energy needs of Ineos Chlor’s
Keppel Seghers Water-cooled Multi-Stage Grate with
arm of Keppel Infrastructure, is the preferred Runcorn manufacturing site. Keppel Seghers Prism technology
partner for the Engineering, Procurement and
Construction (EPC) of the Greater Manchester Phase II is built for Viridor EFW (Runcorn) Ltd.
EfW Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant. and will be available for the market generally,
Keppel Seghers secured the contracts for as steeply rising landfill tax drives residual waste
Phase I and Phase II of the integrated EfW disposal away from landfill towards EfW.
project, worth about GBP 390 million in total,
in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The first-of-its-kind combined plant will be one
Stringent air pollution controls
of the largest and most efficient in Europe when
Phase I is built primarily as part of the Greater completed, with a total capacity to treat 750 ktpa Modern EfW plants that are well managed and - A scrubber sprays a mixture of dry hydrated
Manchester Waste Private Finance Initiative (PFI) of solid recovered fuel (SRF) and to produce regulated do not pose any threat to public health. lime and active carbon into the hot exhaust
project to manage 1.3 million tonnes of municipal 83 MW of electricity and 51.2 MW of heat by At the Greater Manchester EfW Plant, special gases to neutralise acidic gases
waste handled by the Greater Manchester Waste steam export per year. The entire project is attention is given to flue gas cleaning through the
Disposal Authority (GMWDA) each year. The plant expected to be completed by 2014/15. application of a dual ‘all dry’ scrubbing system. - A carbon injection system blows powdered
can divert more than 75% of Greater carbon into the exhaust gas to absorb mercury.
Manchester’s waste from landfill. Built to Keppel Seghers’ proprietary EfW Typically, an EfW plant uses the following Carbon injection also reduces emissions of
technology, the plant will use Keppel Seghers’ methods to remove pollutants from its emissions: trace organics such as dioxins
The plant will be built for Ineos Runcorn TPS, Water-Cooled Grates, its horizontal boiler
a special purpose vehicle set up by Viridor Waste design integrated with its Prism technology - A selective non-catalytic reduction process - A baghouse works like a giant vacuum cleaner
Management (Viridor), John Laing and Ineos Chlor for enhanced heat recovery and its double converts nitrogen oxides and water to harmless with hundreds of fabric filter bags that clean
for the procurement, operation and maintenance dry flue gas cleaning system. nitrogen by spraying ammonia or urea into the the air of soot, smoke and metal
Waste is delivered by rail to the Greater Manchester EfW plant and transferred to trucks for tipping of the plant. The plant will produce around 20% hot furnace