Municipal waste (MSW) a problem.   Landfills take up needed space for other expansion and are expensive to build and maintain.    Present landfills leak and present an environmental hazard; so finding a clean method to convert this waste into a renewable energy source will be a major resolution to fossil fuel dependency. What is the conversion process? Is it cost effective?

The term MSW describes the stream of solid waste ("trash" or "garbage") generated by households and apartments, commercial establishments, industries and institutions. MSW consists of everyday items such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint and batteries. It does not include medical, commercial and industrial hazardous or radioactive wastes, which must be treated separately.

The EcoloCap municipal waste to energy is a fantastic way to turn the garbage discarded into a renewable energy source that will help heat and power Ukrainian homes and industry. Municipal solid waste, as a renewable energy source, has other environmental benefits as well. When Ukrainian garbage is turned into municipal waste energy, the benefits are numerous. There is less garbage to clutter and fill the landfills, so that fewer landfills are needed and less trash is thrown out.  This renewable energy program will lessen the demand for oil and other fossil fuels, because the energy converted from the MSW is used instead of oil or other fossil fuels.

EcoloCap Solutions municipal waste to renewable energy programs present a great way to turn discarded trash into a renewable source of energy, that will provide steam for heat and electricity and be beneficial for the environment at the same time burning organic municipal waste which is mostly carbon neutral.    This use of EcoloCap technology may generate carbon credits.

When waste is turned into energy, there is less space is required in landfills, which are already overfilled. The EcoloCap waste to renewable energy program will reduce the demand for Russian natural gas and fossil fuels, as the energy received from these programs can be used instead.

The EcoloCap facilities will burn the waste and use the released energy in order to create steam and heat, which is then converted to electricity. Most waste to energy facilities follows this procedure.   What are unique about the EcoloCap Technology are lower costs of building, operations and especially the extremely low emissions associated with this technology.  This is extremely important when the plants are located within city limits.  All non-combustible products that are introduced are collected and the non-hazardous ash residue from the burning of MSW is typically deposited in landfills or can be mixed with soils for use as land-fill cover, or can be sold (or given away) for such beneficial uses as pavement aggregate. 

The waste is sorted and recyclable materials are excluded. Even plastics and tires can be turned into energy, but ideally the plastic and tires should be used in the EcoloCap Gas and Diesel Pyrolysis System and other items like metal cans are put aside and recycled. The materials chosen for the burning will be pelletized and put into the swirl furnace, and the energy released is captured in the form of steam, which creates electricity.   This technology will immediately remove the need to create any new landfills, negative environmental problems and the associated costs of operations.

 Note:   This technology can be adapted to burn low grade coal in a clean method.

For every converted metric ton of municipal waste will save a barrel of oil, or 156 cubic meters of Gas or 250 kilograms of anthracite coal.  

Municipal waste to renewable energy program will also benefit the local economy directly and indirectly. Construction workers hired from the local area by the waste to energy facilities would receive paychecks.  Various goods and services that are construction-related would also be purchased locally, which would, in turn, boost the economy.

Municipal waste is the alternative energy source that is renewable, sustainable, and eco-friendly, and this renewable energy source will be an answer high Russian energy costs. Ukrainian garbage leaves the home as trash and comes back in the form of electricity, while protecting the environment and eliminating the need for oil and other fossil fuels. 

Processing:

 Metals are removed before municipal waste is converted to energy, and this means mining for metals will be reduced because of recycling and lower demand.

The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)/Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) fired boilers developed by EcoloCap offers a superior alternative to the present, unsustainable practice of making landfills from garbage collected by Ukrainian urban bodies/municipalities; steam generated by the boiler will generate electricity close to major load centers.

Product Features

 

·        Specially designed Swirl © furnace to ensure complete combustion and automated soot removal system

·        No special feeder  system is needed considering fuel size pellet

·        Pelletizing of the MSW handles a wide variation in fuel type, moisture

·        Swirl  ©  movement of fuel eliminates clinkering and blockages

·        No rotating parts in the furnace parts, hence enhanced life and robust construction

The majority of MSW that is not recycled is typically sent to landfills after it is collected. As an alternative, MSW can be directly combusted in waste-to-energy facilities to generate electricity. Because no new fuel sources are used other than the waste that would otherwise be sent to landfills, MSW is often considered a renewable power source. Although MSW consists mainly of renewable resources such as food, paper, and wood products, it also includes nonrenewable materials derived from fossil fuels, such as tires and plastics.

At the power plant, MSW is unloaded from collection trucks.  Recyclable materials are separated out, and the remaining waste is pelletized and fed into a combustion chamber to be burned. The heat released from burning the MSW is used to produce steam, which turns a steam turbine to generate electricity.

What will be required?

The major components of a mass burn facility include:

a.     Refuse receiving, handling, and storage systems

b.    The EcoloCap Swirl © Boiler combustion and steam generation system

c.     The power generation equipment (steam turbine and generator)

d.    A condenser cooling water system

e.     A residue hauling and storage system

Incoming trucks deposit the refuse into pits, where cranes then mix the refuse and remove any bulky or large non-combustible items (such as large appliances). The refuse storage area is maintained under pressure less than atmospheric in order to prevent odors from escaping. The refuse is transferred to the pelletizer and then lower into the combustor charging hopper to feed the boiler.

Heat from the combustion process is used to turn water into steam, with the steam then routed to a steam turbine-generator for power generation. The steam is then condensed via traditional methods (such as wet cooling towers or once-through cooling) and routed back to the boiler. There is no real bottom ash residues (which normally falls to the bottom of the combustion chamber with a typical combustion process), the non-combustible fly ash (which exits the combustion chamber with the flue gas), and residue (including fly ash) from the flue gas cleaning system.

Major issues addressed by the EcoloCap Swirl © technology

·        The ability to meet and exceed air quality requirements

·        Easy and inexpensive disposal of ash and other by-products

·        Eliminate the possible conflict that landfills  generate with adjacent land uses

·        Eliminate the disturbances to biological resources

·        The transportation impacts from numerous truck trips from the refuse source to the mass burn facility (note that collection and transportation would already be occurring, so the mass burn facility would only cause a change in traffic patterns)

·        Positive public opinion because of the clean waste disposal and reduction of energy costs (since it is most economical for the facility to be located near urban centers where the waste is generated)

·        Reduce the volume of the original waste by 95-96 percent

·        More dioxin is now released from home fireplaces and backyard barbecues than from the EcoloCap Swirl© technology.

 

System Input 320,000 Mt/year	Electrical Output/Hour	Additional Free Flow Rate Steam/Hour
Average Moisture	20MW	148 MT/Hour

Cost Analysis (Korea)

 

Fuel	Criteria	B-C  Oil    (1.0W%S)	Diesel    0.003W% S	LNG	Waste
		9,900  kcal/L	9,200  kcal/L	11,000  Kcal/Nm3	8,3484 kcal/kg
Fuel Price USD	2011 -  3	.802	1.5167	.6245	0  -  .0892
Fuel Consumption	1 ton BLR	70.8  L/hr	76  L/hr	63.6 m3	110 kg/hr
Cost	5 ton BLR    (24  hr/300d)	$284.24     $2.04 million	$474.62    $4.15  million	$176.65    $1.43  million	0  - $49.07 $.35  million