thermoselect technology - Gasification Technologies Council

AN OVERVIEW
OF THE
THERMOSELECT TECHNOLOGY
October 2009
IWT BUSINESS MODEL
• Licenses technology from Thermoselect SA
( i corporation)
(Swiss
i ) for
f US, Mexico
i andd the
h
Caribbean
• Develop
D l ffacilities
iliti iincorporating
ti the
th technology
t h l
• Use experienced partners to provide
– BOP design
d i
– EPC Services
– Operation and Maintenance Services
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THERMOSELECT TECHNOLOGY
• A non-incineration industrial chemical process
using
i high
hi h temperature
t
t
gasification
ifi ti
• Combines five proven technologies
–
–
–
–
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Waste compaction
P l i
Pyrolysis
Gasification
Syngas cleaning
Process water cleaning
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THERMOSELECT TECHNOLOGY
• 43 patented processes - over 300 patent awards
worldwide
• Produces energy rich synthesis gas used to
– Generate electricity
– Manufacture alternative fuel
• Recycles waste 100% into commercially useful products
– No ash is produced; no landfill is required
• Comprehensive solution - processes all forms of waste
– Can process waste between 3,500 to 10,000 Btu/lb (HHV)
– Solids, sludges, liquids
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THERMOSELECT TECHNOLOGY
TESTED AND PROVEN
• H
Has operated
t d successfully
f ll in
i nine
i facilities,
f iliti the
th first
fi t
beginning in 1992 as a Demonstration Facility in
Fondotoce, Italy
• Tested by major independent European testing
laboratories for more than13 years
• Licensed by JFE, a major industrial company, for Japan
• 7 plants operating in Japan
• Plants under development in US,
US Puerto Rico and Europe
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THERMOSELECT FONDOTOCE, ITALY FACILITY
THERMOSELECT
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KARLSRUHE, GERMANY FACILITY
THERMOSELECT
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PROVEN TECHNOLOGY
Projects in Japan
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THERMOSELECT
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INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY
EVALUATION OF
IWT & TECHNOLOGY
•
The County of Los Angeles commissioned an independently
prepared comprehensive report to evaluate commercially available
non-incineration waste processing technologies beginning in 2004
•
URS, one of our nation’s largest engineering firms, prepared the
report and concluded the following:
credibility, existing operational experience
experience,
– Based on supplier credibility
completeness of engineering, landfill diversion, permitability
and economics, IWT and the Thermoselect technology were
ranked #1
– The entire evaluation can be found at IWT
IWT’ss website: iwtonline.com.
iwtonline com
Go the to About Us page, click on the Independent Third Party
Evaluations link. A link to the County Report is displayed.
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INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY
EVALUATION OF
IWT & TECHNOLOGY
• The New York City Economic Development Corporation
and the Department of Sanitation evaluated solid waste
management
g
technologies
g beginning
g
g in 2003
• The City’s consultant, ARI, concluded the following:
– Based on technology readiness, reliability, facility design,
performance,, beneficial use of waste,,
environmental p
marketability of recycled products and experience and resources
of the project sponsor, IWT and the Thermoselect technology
were judged superior
– The
Th entire
i evaluation
l i can be
b found
f
d at IWT’s
IWT’ website:
bi
iwtonline.com. Go the to About Us page, click on the
Independent Third Party Evaluations link. Scroll to the NYC
paragraph and click on green highlighted text “evaluated
evaluated solid
waste management technologies”.
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Enclosed Waste Receiving Area
↓
Overhead Crane feeds waste to the Press
↓
Air Separation Unit
High Temperature Chamber
Press
↓
↓
↓
D
Degas
Ch
Channell
↓
THERMOSELECT PROCESS
2 – 354 T
Tons P
Per Day
D W
Waste
t P
Processing
i Modules
M d l
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Cooling Towers
↓
←
Evaporators
High
Temperature
Chamber
↓
Water
Cleaning
System
↓
THERMOSELECT PROCESS
2 – 354 Tons Per Day Waste Processing Modules
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PROCESS OVERVIEW
THERMOSELECT
H2, CO, CO2, H2O
Waste of all kinds
Synthesis Gas
Production of
1200°C
g Temperature
p
High
Chamber
Quench
Synthesis gas scrubbing
Hydrogen
Methanol
Ammonia
or
Power
generation
Scrubber
Sulfur
Process water
treatment
Degassing Channel
Clean water
Salt
Press
O2
H
i ti reactor
t
Homogenization
2000°C
1600°C
Zinc
Concentrate
Metals and
Minerals
Oxygen facility
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PRODUCES 100% RECYCLED MATERIAL
100% Di
Diversion
i F
From L
Landfills
dfill
Input
Pounds
Waste
2,000
Synthesis Gas
Oxygen
1,000
Water
750
Aggregate
490
Consumables
130
Products
Pounds
1,780
NaOH
Metal Pellets
60
HCL
S lf
Sulfur
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Hydrogen Peroxide
Salt
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Iron Chelate
Zinc Concentrate
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Total
3,130
Total
3,130
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100% DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL
Vitreous Mineral Granulate
THERMOSELECT
Concrete
Road Construction
Sand-Blasting
Iron-Copper Alloy
Metallurgy
Salt
Chemical Industry, Additive for
Metallurgy
Sulfur
Zinc-Concentrate
Chemical Industry,
Sulfuric Acid Production
Zi
Zinc,
Lead,
L d Copper
C
Recovery
R
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POWER GENERATION
AIR EMISSIONS COMPARISON
100
90
80
70
60
USEPA Limits
50
Actual
Measured
40
30
20
10
0
Dust
HCI
SOX
NOX
CO
Hg
Cd
Pb PCDD,DF
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IWT PROJECTS
• 1,770 tpd MSW project – Caguas, Puerto Rico
– PPA signed
i d with
ith PREPA
– Host Community and Waste Processing Contract signed
• 1,770
,
tpd
p MSW pproject
j – LA Countyy
– Selected to develop a project
– In discussions with waste providers
• 1,770
1 770 ttpdd MSW project
j t – Taunton,
T t Massachusetts
M
h tt
– Final stages of RFP process
• 700 tpd
p MSW pproject
j – Santa Barbara,, CA
– RFP process
• RFPs frequently received for conversion technology
projects
j t
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LA COUNTY PROJECT
• 1,770
,
tpd
p facilityy pprocessing
g MSW
– Waste Heat Content – 5,950 Btu/lb (HHV)
• Syngas Quantity – 33,000
33 000 ft3/ton
• Syngas Heat Content – 240 Btu/ft3
• Syngas
S
used
d to generate electricty
l i
– 75 Mw GE Frame 6B CTCC system
– Heat Rate – 6,900 Btu/kwh
– Meets recent California BACT air emissions
firing natural gas
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY FACILITY
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CONTACT
CON
C INFORMATION
N O
ON
• Please contact for further information:
Frank Campbell, President
I t t t Waste
Interstate
W t Technologies,
T h l i Inc.
I
17 Mystic Lane
Malvern, PA 10355
Telephone: 610-644-1665
Email: frankc@iwtonline.com
Website: www.iwtonline.com
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