Update of dry scrubbing experience on European waste-to-energy facilities
- Niro A/S, Soeborg (Denmark)
- ABB France, Paris (France)
- I/S Amagerforbraending, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Disposal of municipal solid waste by incineration is a well established technology in Europe. Over the past decades emission requirements from these waste-to-energy facilities have gradually been tightened. The most stringent requirements in Europe are in the Central European countries like Germany, Holland, Switzerland and Austria. In these countries the latest, most stringent regulations, i.e. the German 17th Federal Immission Control Regulation (17th BImSchV) is setting the emission standard. In contrary, the emission standards set currently by the European Union (EU) are less stringent, but are expected to be tightened in the future. Based on the difference in the emission requirements locally and presumably also based on the difference in attitude, countries like Denmark, Sweden, Finland, England, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy have chosen to comply with the emission standards by using less complicated and less expensive air pollution control equipment compared to the Central European countries. Air pollution control equipment in Central Europe has over the last decade advanced to such complexity and costs that the price of the air pollution control equipment far exceeds the incinerator per se. As prices for air pollution control equipment have sky-rocketed, the societies in Central Europe have realized that this is not a sustainable development and the trend has now reversed such that simpler and more cost-effective solutions are considered, while at the same time still fulfilling the 17th BImSchV-regulation. One of the cost-effective options being considered is the spray dryer adsorption technology, including a spray dryer and fabric filter. The paper describes four commercial spray absorption systems in different countries. They include various design modifications, however they all are able to meet the most stringent European regulations.
- Research Organization:
- Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, MD (United States); Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Integrated Waste Services Association, Washington, DC (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Yonkers, NY (United States). Solid Waste Processing Div.; Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Air Pollution Technology Branch
- OSTI ID:
- 548981
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970440-; ON: DE97007054; TRN: 97:005590-0069
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. annual North American waste-to-energy conference and exhibition, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States), 22-25 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of fifth annual North American waste-to-energy conference; PB: 1102 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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