Mechanical‐Biological Treatment (MBT) and incineration in a waste management system: experience in Germany Dr.‐Ing. Stephanie Thiel Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl J. Thomé‐Kozmiensky vivis Consult GmbH Dorfstraße 51 D ‐ 16816 Nietwerder Tel.: +49 3391 4545 0 Fax: +49 3391 4545 10 E‐Mail: [email protected]RECUWATT Conference – Recycling and Energy, 25 th March 2011 Outline 1. Introduction 2. Incineration of residual waste 2.1. Status quo in Germany 2.2. Technology of waste incineration 2.3. Problems and subjects of optimisation 3. Mechanical‐biological treatment of residual waste 3.1. Status quo in Germany 3.2. Technology of mechanical ‐biological waste treatment 3.3. Technical, economic and ecological problems 3.4. Output streams and mass balances 4. Conclusions and Summary 2
SECTION V: COMPLEMENTARITY OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY IN A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM “TMB and incineration in a waste management system: experience in Germany” by Mr. Stephanie Thiel, VIVIS Consult, Germany
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Mechanical‐Biological Treatment (MBT) and incineration in a waste management system:
experience in Germany
Dr.‐Ing. Stephanie ThielProfessor Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl J. Thomé‐Kozmiensky
Problems posed by the mechanical‐biological treatment of waste I
Mechanical processing
• High level of wear, tear and energy requirement with processing and conveying aggregates, e.g. comminution, pelletization
• Blockages and contamination, e.g. during screening and ballistic separation
• increased time and effort for cleaning, maintenance and repairs,thereby reduction of time availability and throughput
• Personnel requirement often significantly underestimated
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Problems posed by the mechanical‐biological treatment of waste II
Fermentation
• At 5 plants operating with wet fermentation and aeration of the digestate insludge activation tanks, partly serious operational errors occurred during thecommissioning, including deflagration/fire and bursting of a fermentation reactor
• strongly fluctuatingproduction of biogasdue to discontinuoussubstrate‐entry
• waste water: possibility of high amount, complex and very costlytreatment is necessary
Typical production of gas in the MBT Hannover plant – smoothed waveform
Source: Vielhaber, B.; Nülle, C. (2008), revised.
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Problems posed by the mechanical‐biological treatment of waste III
Flue Gas Purification – Regenerative Thermal Oxidation (RTO)• blocking of the ceramic honeycomb structure through siloxanes in the flue gas • dimensioning frequently too small and lacking redundancy • corrosion in the casing of the RTO and the gas pipes• energy requirement frequently underestimated
Landfill fraction• The landfill fractions from MBT have a higher organic proportion, and therefore
a higher biological activity than ash/slag from waste incineration plantsMethane emissions (climate‐damaging) increased mobilisation of pollutants such as heavy metals
• It was not possible to comply with the assignment criteria specified for the landfilling of ash/slag from waste incineration plants
less strict criteria were defined for landfilling of secondary waste from MBT
Corrosion • e.g. buildings, ventilation system of the rotting system, RTO
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CostsThe waste disposal costs with MBT plants are similar to those with waste incineration plants
They comprise the costs for• construction and operation of the MBT plant• combustion of solid recovered fuel (SRF) and further
combustible fractions for waste incineration plants (WIP)• landfilling of the landfill fractions
• transports
Waste disposal costs for municipal solid waste in Germany: approximately 100 Euro per ton
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Reality:
False reasoning:
in every MBT plantsolid recovered fuelis produced
intermediatestorage
solid recovered fuelpower stations
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Comparison of the systems of MBT and WIP
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Mass balance of M(B)T plants throughout Germany
estimation, 11/2007
Outline1. Introduction
2. Incineration of residual waste2.1. Status quo in Germany
2.2. Technology of waste incineration2.3. Problems and subjects of optimisation
3. Mechanical‐biological treatment of residual waste3.1. Status quo in Germany
3.2. Technology of mechanical‐biological waste treatment3.3. Technical, economic and ecological problems
3.4. Output streams and mass balances
4. Conclusions and Summary23
Conclusions and Summary – Incineration
• the most developed residual waste treatment process
• ideal combination of waste treatment and energy supply (electricity, process heat, district heating and/or remote cooling)
• combined heat and power generation is pre‐condition for highenergy efficiency
• pollutant sink for harmful substances in waste
• emissions of pollutants: dramatic fall in comparison with the period prior to 1990 – clear undercut of the limit values on annual average
• problem of corrosion – solutions for reduction are disposable
• availability, energy efficiency and economic efficiency are further optimised in several plants
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Conclusions and Summary – Mechanical‐biological treatment
•MBTs are complex waste treatment plants with a wide rangingvariety of technical configurations
• various technical, economic and ecological problems,partly solved and partly still subject of optimisation
•MBT cannot replace waste incineration – MBT is only a pre‐treatment of waste prior to its incineration
• incineration is simply delayed – more complex system with more material streams and treatment steps
• altogether in Germany almost 60 wt % of the waste input of MBTs finally are incinerated
• in Germany waste disposal costs with MBTs and WIPs are similar
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Reserve‐Folien
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ENERGY CONVERSION THROUGH WASTE INCINERATION IN GERMANY
Evaluation of 64 of 68 plants for the thermal treatment of municipal waste
44 plants: both electrical power as well as heat (as district heat or steam) Combined heat and power
9 plants: electrical power only9 plants: Provision of steam to an external user (full)
(generally to a power station or a combined heat and power plant)2 plants: district heat only
CONTRIBUTION OF WASTE INCINERATION TO THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY
19 million t of waste are incinerated in Germany:
~ 5 million MWh electricity
~ 15 million MWh district heat
Energy efficiency
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Measures to increase energy efficiency – examples
• combined heat and power generation
• heat utilisation as process heat, district heating, remote cooling(examples: Wien, Kassel)
• reduction of the flue gas temperature• reduction of the flue gas volume
• elevation of the live steam temperature and pressure
• reheating• preheating of secondary air• preheating of condensate
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Attainable net efficiency (depending on the individual basic conditions):
• pure electricity generation: up to > 30 %• concurrent generation of electricity anddistrict heating/process heat: overall efficiency: 70‐80 %
• pure generation of process heat: up to > 90 % Political definition
gross energy efficiency assessed by the R1 formula
– range of german WIPs
Technical/scientific definitionnet energy efficiency
Energy efficiency
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Mechanical‐Biological Stabilization
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Mechanical‐Physical Stabilization
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Mechanical(‐Biological) Pre‐Treatment prior to Incineration
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Processes for the purification of waste water (simplified)
Source: Schalk, P. (2003)
In case of a planned opening of the plants that are currently under construction
– Projects are not considered–
End of 2011 presumably:
36 plants
4.81 million t/a
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Mass balances of exemplary M(B)T plantswith production of high‐quality SRF