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County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator

County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator

The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no charge to the county to maintain these options open,” Smith stated. “To do away with these choices is mad.” Terminating the undertaking will not cost…

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hot medical waste disposing machine, Operation Condition: 8-16 hr/ day

hot medical waste disposing machine, Operation Condition: 8-16 hr/ day

hot medical waste disposing machine, Operation Condition: 8-16 hr/ day  Control: Built-in data recording Operating temperature: Incinerator  /Primary Combustion Chamber Primary Chamber: 900 – 1200 0C Type: horizontal/vertical Temperature:  1200- 1300 oC Residence time of gases : >2 seconds Ash Residue: <5% of original waste size Ash Handling System: Both Automatic and manual removal of Ash. Must ensure removal/treatment of hazardous remnants of ash Flue gas treatment   system : Capable of treating the flow of flue  gas as the incinerator is operating at its maximum capacity Auxiliary device: Water level gauge, pressure sensor, PH sensor..etc  Auxiliary device: Fuel cut-off device Waste  feeding mechanism: Automatic pneumatic/hydraulic waste loading system or conveyor belt , capacity 650-800 L at a time                                                                                                                                       Chimney (Stack): Type: Vertical type height:>7 meter’ Material: Fireproof cast, stainless steel OUTPUT:  GAS- SMOKELESS,ODORLESS  ASH -Max <5% of original waste size Reduction of Pollutant gas SO2, HCL, HF and line particulate Emission standard: WHO/ European Test report for emission testing provided? Heat exchange mode: Automatic Type: Constant loading, Top LoadingCapacity/Burn Speed per hour: 250 -300 kg/hr Substance:External- 3 layers Internal lining:  a fire proof material of pre-fired refractory bricks Using Aluminium lining, resistant to corrosive Gas or Waste and Also to thermal shockSecondary Combustion Chamber:

Burnaby garbage incinerator operator sued over pollution concerns

Burnaby garbage incinerator operator sued over pollution concerns

The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District is suing Maxxam Analytics International Corp. and Covanta Burnaby Renewable Energy ULC for Supposedly failing to properly Examine fly ash samples in the district’s waste-to-energy facility in Burnaby. Non-hazardous fly ash is accepted and disposed of in the Cache Creek landfill, the claim states. Samples analyzed by Maxxam in the summer and autumn in 2012, however, came back indicating high levels of cadmium that exceeded acceptable levels permitted for disposal in the landfill….

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