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Incinerator Primary Combustion Chamber



HICLOVER now offer a full range of containerized incineration systems, placing us at the forefront of the latest transportation and industrial 
trends. Containerization enables immediate waste management as the units are pre-assembled and pre-installed.
Containerization is the most feasible and viable option in contrast to the construction of on-site facilities and housing structures, 
eliminating the man power and costs involved. The system has the added benefit of total mobility (both local and international), and is ideal 
for military and civil camps and remote locations where infrastructure is scarce.
Incineration is the most obvious solution for total destruction of municipal waste, avoiding all the direct and indirect risks associated with 
other disposal methods.
Incineration perfectly fits into a trend of treating waste in a safe way, and if possible, at the same place where it was generated to avoid 
cross-contamination risk and to keep waste treatment costs at acceptable level.

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An Unexpected Ebola Infrastructure Problem: Waste



Patients with this debilitating virus produce 440 gallons of medical waste daily, including instruments, gowns, gloves, body fluids, sheets, mattresses and more. That’s a substantial amount of medical waste in any situation, but it’s especially daunting in this case because it needs to be disposed of extremely cautiously, to avoid the risk of spreading infection. What do you do with a problem like Ebola waste? Because you don’t want to toss it in the garbage.

Somewhat surprisingly, says Bausch, the United States actually faces bigger problems when it comes to safely disposing of Ebola waste, which is simply burned in large pits in Africa: “In the United States, of course, we are somewhat beholden to higher tech solutions, which in some ways are a little bit more problematic in terms of treating all that waste, and we need autoclaves or incinerators that can handle that sort of thing. It’s not the actual inactivation that’s particularly difficult; it’s just the process of getting the waste from, of course, the frontline of care and interaction with the patients safely to the place where it can be incinerated or autoclaved.”

The problem in the United States is ironically compounded by the increased access to medical care, and the higher quality of medical services, available. In the United States, patients are treated by medical teams with access to a huge volume of supplies they use for protection, including masks, gowns, booties, and gloves, along with sanitizers and other tools. Moreover, patients receive extensive medical interventions that generate waste like needles, tubing, medical tape, empty IV bags, and more. The very care that has helped most of the handful of Ebola patients in the United States conquer the disease has contributed to the huge amount of waste generated, highlighting a critical hole in U.S. medical infrastructure — while African hospitals may have lacked the supplies and personnel needed to supply aid to Ebola patients, they’re at least prepared to handle the waste.

The CDC just issued guidelines to help clinicians and administrators decide upon how to handle Ebola waste, but The New York Times notes that many facilities don’t have the autoclave, and incinerator, capacity to handle medical waste on this scale. Some states prohibit the burning of medical waste altogether, or have barred incineration of Ebola waste, leading to the transport of waste across state borders to facilities that can handle it, which poses its own risks; with every mile added to transport, there’s a greater risk of spreading disease to previously unexposed communities.

Surprisingly, defenders of burning the waste come from surprising corners. Environmentals like Allen Hershkowitz, National Resources Defense Council senior scientist, point out that: “There’s no pollutant that’s going to come out of a waste incinerator that’s more dangerous than the Ebola virus. When you’re dealing with pathogenic and biological hazards, sometimes the safest thing to do is combustion.”

The argument in defense of incineration can be bolstered by the fact that medical waste companies specialize in high-efficiency incineration with equipment designed to minimize and trap byproducts of combustion, reducing overall pollution considerably. Fears about Ebola, rather than genuine environmental or public health concerns, are driving the decision to push against incineration of ebola waste in many regions, but eventually, the United States is going to have to face facts: The mounting waste that accumulates in facilities where Ebola patients receive treatments needs to be disposed of safely, and promptly.

 

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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 
Control: Built-in data recording
Operating temperature: Incinerator 
/Primary Combustion Chamber
Primary Chamber: 900 – 1200 0C

Type: continuous loading, Top Loading
Capacity/Burn rate per hour: 250 -300 kg/hr 
Material:
External- 3 layers 
Internal lining:  a fire proof material of pre-fired refractory bricks with Aluminium lining, resistant to corrosive waste or gas and to thermal shock
Secondary 
Combustion 
Chamber:
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

Accessories:  
All standard accessories for incinerator, including but not limited to loading system, heat exchangers, pollution control system, ash removal system, including ladder and oil tanker (2500litre capacity).
Operating Environment: 
The incinerator is capable to operate at the altitude of 2400mt above sea level. (according to the site conditions)
Power Requirement:
220 Vac single phase or 380 Vac three phase 4 wire system  50HZ   
Installation Testing and Commissioning :   to be conducted by certified or qualified personnel.  
Supplier shall provide the following documentation    
User (Operating) manual in English. 
Service (Technical / Maintenance) manual in English. 
Certificate of calibration and inspection from factory. 
Fast moving spare parts: Supplier is able to provide fast moving spare parts with quantities as described in the price schedule or their equivalent. 
Training: Supplier is able to provide training on operation, management and maintenance of incinerators.   
Warranty 
Comprehensive warranty for minimum 2 year. 
Maintenance Service during Warranty Period 
During warranty period supplier must ensure, corrective/breakdown maintenance whenever required. 
Supplier has a local agent or branch office in Ethiopia (please indicate the name and contact details of the agent) 
Supplier provides labor, lifting equipment and tools needed for the installation, testing and commissioning of the incinerator. The supplier will be responsible for the safety of its staff, workers and laborers during the installation, testing & commisssioning 
Able to provides all necessary information that would be used as an input for preparation of floor (platform) and room for the incinerator to be supplied such as the following; 
Lay outs (drawings) and  pictures of the incinerators to be installed 
 Length, width and height of incinerator,
 Area (length x width) for the floor (platform) and Length, width and height for roofing, for each type of incinerators to be installed 
Needs during the transport, installation, assembly, commissioning and operation of the equipment in terms of access points, available space to operate (inside and outside of the room), ways to get to the site where the equipment will be placed or any others. ; 
Technical Specifications (fuel consumption rate, weight, anchoring system, support points, etc.);
 Chimney specifications to be used for the roof design ( size, support needs, insulation); 
Considerations related to operation and Maintenance, for e.g., minimum available area to perform routine maintenance tasks and replacement of key parts that need to be changed more frequently; 
Any consideration/need of the incinerator while being operated that might impact the design of the room/shelter where it will be placed.
Other important information to be considered that can influence or impact the designing and building processes of the infrastructure for the incinerators, for example area dimension for other accessary parts like fuel tanker storage, if applicable, etc…. 
Delivery time (DAP, Addis Ababa) in weeks
Name of manufacturer including website of the manufacturer &/ supplier & country of origin



Hazardous situation: Incinerators at K-P’s major hospitals out of order



PESHAWAR:
Even with clear rules which state hospital waste must be incinerated within 24 hours of its collection, incinerators at two major hospitals in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) are out of order and the waste is dumped outside the hospitals.

According to data collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 15 to 20 tons of hospital waste is generated daily in the provincial capital alone. Almost half of the total waste is recycled while the rest is collected by the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA).

LRH

“To be honest, we have one incinerator which is not in proper working condition and hardly disposes a quarter of the total waste generated,” said an official at Lady Reading Hospital while requesting anonymity. “But we have a new incinerator which will soon be functional.”

The official, who did not know the exact figure of the waste generated, said LRH has been among the well-equipped hospitals across the country. It has over 5,000 people (at least 3,000 in outpatient and 2,000 in accident and emergency departments) from across the province on a daily basis.

“The incinerator under process has some issues as a few of its parts are yet to be obtained,” said the official. “It also needs sufficient gas—another major problem—but we are in contact with Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL).”

The LRH official added the supply of gas to the hospital is not enough for sterilisation. He said the hospital administration is in contact with SNGPL authorities and the issue will soon be resolved.

HMC

Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) Chief Executive Dr Mumtaz Marwat said the incinerator at HMC is out of order but it does burn some waste. “The leftover is collected by the PDA and the hospital administration has approved Rs0.4million for a new incinerator, which will soon be installed.”

Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Chief Executive Dr Inayat Shah Roghani said the incinerator at KTH was working properly and recycles over 200 kilogrammes of waste per hour.

“Along with the solid waste generated by KTH, we also recycle waste that comes from a few private hospitals in University Town,” said Roghani.

The EPA has already sent a written notice to the health directorate, asking it to properly dispose of medical waste as mentioned under Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005. These say the responsibility of waste management lies solely with the institute that generated it.

What happens next

Even if the incinerators at these hospitals are repaired, the problem of unattended dump is likely to persist. This is mostly because of the small private health centres which lack the basic knowledge and dispose of their waste as ‘municipal waste’. The ever-increasing number of such centres is directly proportional to the waste generated, making it a threat for the environment as at times the waste is just left in a pile or buried to groundwater.



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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 
Control: Built-in data recording
Operating temperature: Incinerator 
/Primary Combustion Chamber
Primary Chamber: 900 – 1200 0C

Type: continuous loading, Top Loading
Capacity/Burn rate per hour: 250 -300 kg/hr 
Material:
External- 3 layers 
Internal lining:  a fire proof material of pre-fired refractory bricks with Aluminium lining, resistant to corrosive waste or gas and to thermal shock
Secondary 
Combustion 
Chamber:
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

Accessories:  
All standard accessories for incinerator, including but not limited to loading system, heat exchangers, pollution control system, ash removal system, including ladder and oil tanker (2500litre capacity).
Operating Environment: 
The incinerator is capable to operate at the altitude of 2400mt above sea level. (according to the site conditions)
Power Requirement:
220 Vac single phase or 380 Vac three phase 4 wire system  50HZ   
Installation Testing and Commissioning :   to be conducted by certified or qualified personnel.  
Supplier shall provide the following documentation    
User (Operating) manual in English. 
Service (Technical / Maintenance) manual in English. 
Certificate of calibration and inspection from factory. 
Fast moving spare parts: Supplier is able to provide fast moving spare parts with quantities as described in the price schedule or their equivalent. 
Training: Supplier is able to provide training on operation, management and maintenance of incinerators.   
Warranty 
Comprehensive warranty for minimum 2 year. 
Maintenance Service during Warranty Period 
During warranty period supplier must ensure, corrective/breakdown maintenance whenever required. 
Supplier has a local agent or branch office in Ethiopia (please indicate the name and contact details of the agent) 
Supplier provides labor, lifting equipment and tools needed for the installation, testing and commissioning of the incinerator. The supplier will be responsible for the safety of its staff, workers and laborers during the installation, testing & commisssioning 
Able to provides all necessary information that would be used as an input for preparation of floor (platform) and room for the incinerator to be supplied such as the following; 
Lay outs (drawings) and  pictures of the incinerators to be installed 
 Length, width and height of incinerator,
 Area (length x width) for the floor (platform) and Length, width and height for roofing, for each type of incinerators to be installed 
Needs during the transport, installation, assembly, commissioning and operation of the equipment in terms of access points, available space to operate (inside and outside of the room), ways to get to the site where the equipment will be placed or any others. ; 
Technical Specifications (fuel consumption rate, weight, anchoring system, support points, etc.);
 Chimney specifications to be used for the roof design ( size, support needs, insulation); 
Considerations related to operation and Maintenance, for e.g., minimum available area to perform routine maintenance tasks and replacement of key parts that need to be changed more frequently; 
Any consideration/need of the incinerator while being operated that might impact the design of the room/shelter where it will be placed.
Other important information to be considered that can influence or impact the designing and building processes of the infrastructure for the incinerators, for example area dimension for other accessary parts like fuel tanker storage, if applicable, etc…. 
Delivery time (DAP, Addis Ababa) in weeks
Name of manufacturer including website of the manufacturer &/ supplier & country of origin



Supply, Installation and Commissioning of DIESEL FIRED INCINERATORS



Supply, Installation and Commissioning of DIESEL FIRED INCINERATORS
Medical Waste Incinerator, 100 to 120 Kg/hr
Application   For incineration, general and pathological
Capacity    100 C 120 kg/h burn rate
Type Two  combustion chambers type; primary  and Secondary, controlled/forced combustion air type with a flue gas emission scrubbing unit
Operating time                Minimum 8 hours daily
Operating temperature     From 850 0C to 1200 0C, Automatic controlled
Residual Ash                    5 to 10%
Construction Constructed from heavy duty mild or aluminized  steel
Or equal and approved equivalent

Insulation material            Refractory material lining similar or equal to calcium 
Silicate and hot face combination of heavy duty brickwork
Internal Construction        Fixed hearth type complete with gratings, concave bottom and charging door, lined with refractory material
Charging Door                   Suitable for manual loading of wastes and with smooth 
Dear seal equivalent of Ceramic seals with hinges.
Door Lock                          Automatic, Electric type
Ash removal door    Provided, for removing resultant bottom ash leftovers                              from the Primary chamber
Gratings    Provided
Loading Manual loading of waste
Primary Burner                        Fully automatic, with fuel, temperature and speed  controls with ignition system  flame detector                                                         Air fan Complete with safety features, flame failure                                                                    Diesel fired fuel injector type                                               
Flange mounted
Blower   Provided.  3 phase for supplying excess combustion air through the distribution system with speed control system
Temperature Minimum exit 850 0C
Observation port To be provided with protective glass type
     3.3    Secondary chamber


New Metro incinerator would cost $1.3 billion more than planned: study



Metro Vancouver is taking more heat over its plan to build a second garbage incinerator, with a new study commissioned by waste company Belkorp Environmental Services suggesting the move could cost up to $1.3 billion more than originally estimated.

The analysis, conducted by ICF International on behalf of Belkorp, comes as Metro Vancouver attempts to deal with the province’s rejection of its proposed Bylaw 280, which was integral to its solid waste management plan because it would have ensured garbage generated in Metro was kept in the region.

Belkorp, which runs the Cache Creek dump, has been involved in a high-profile lobbying campaign against Bylaw 280 as well as Metro Vancouver’s plans to burn the region’s waste rather than landfill it. Metro is slated to close the Cache Creek dump in 2016.

“We’re still fighting for options that are better than the incinerator,” said Russ Black, Belkorp’s vice-president of corporate development. “Irrespective of Bylaw 280, we still wanted to show the true costs of the incinerator.”

The report, by ICF’s lead author Seth Hulkower, suggests Metro Vancouver significantly overestimated the revenue it would earn by selling electricity from the new incinerator to BC Hydro over a period of 35 years.

Metro had suggested it would seek to negotiate a price of $100 per kilowatt hour from BC Hydro, but Hulkower noted the waste-to-energy business plan doesn’t take into account that BC Hydro may adjust the price it pays for electricity after Metro recovers it capital outlay on the project.

Metro Vancouver chairman Greg Moore said he’s not surprised with the study’s findings, saying it’s a point that has long been argued by Belkorp.

But he said the analysis is premature considering that Metro has at least 10 proponents offering different forms of waste-to-energy, including district heat and gasification, and there are several potential scenarios.

“They don’t know anything about what we’re doing in our (request-for-proposals) process … all of them are not based on selling to Hydro,” Moore said.

He added Metro has experience running a waste-to-energy plant, having done so in Burnaby since 1988, while Belkorp is interested in setting up multi-material recovery facilities and ensuring the dump continues to operate.

“They are relentless in pursuit of their agenda to continue to have garbage going to their landfill,” Moore said. “Until that decision is made I don’t think they’ll stop.”

Belkorp already has a Coquitlam site where it proposes to build a facility to take a “last pass” at waste to remove recyclables such as organics, paper, plastics and metals, a move that would ultimately rob the region of enough material to fuel another waste-to-energy facility.

Black acknowledged multi-material recovery facilities directly compete with incinerators but say they make sense. “When you look at the range of costs, there’s some serious questions that have to be addressed,” he said.

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Supply, Installation and Commissioning of DIESEL FIRED INCINERATORS



Supply, Installation and Commissioning of DIESEL FIRED INCINERATORS
Medical Waste Incinerator, 100 to 120 Kg/hr
Application   For incineration, general and pathological
Capacity    100 C 120 kg/h burn rate
Type Two  combustion chambers type; primary  and Secondary, controlled/forced combustion air type with a flue gas emission scrubbing unit
Operating time                Minimum 8 hours daily
Operating temperature     From 850 0C to 1200 0C, Automatic controlled
Residual Ash                    5 to 10%
Construction Constructed from heavy duty mild or aluminized  steel
Or equal and approved equivalent

Insulation material            Refractory material lining similar or equal to calcium 
Silicate and hot face combination of heavy duty brickwork
Internal Construction        Fixed hearth type complete with gratings, concave bottom and charging door, lined with refractory material
Charging Door                   Suitable for manual loading of wastes and with smooth 
Dear seal equivalent of Ceramic seals with hinges.
Door Lock                          Automatic, Electric type
Ash removal door    Provided, for removing resultant bottom ash leftovers                              from the Primary chamber
Gratings    Provided
Loading Manual loading of waste
Primary Burner                        Fully automatic, with fuel, temperature and speed  controls with ignition system  flame detector                                                         Air fan Complete with safety features, flame failure                                                                    Diesel fired fuel injector type                                               
Flange mounted
Blower   Provided.  3 phase for supplying excess combustion air through the distribution system with speed control system
Temperature Minimum exit 850 0C
Observation port To be provided with protective glass type
     3.3    Secondary chamber


Pyrolysis Deemed a Viable Alternative to Incinceration



Researchers at the University of York have concluded that PyroPure (UK) technology has the potential to transform the way in which hazardous waste is destroyed in clinical environments and say pharmacists, manufacturers and hospitals throughout the UK should consider trialling the system.

The announcement follows a six month Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership project in which a team of leading scientists from the University’s Environment Department and Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectroscopy confirmed that the system helped to destroy active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) found within pharmaceutical waste on-site.

A total of 17 of the most thermally resistant APIs were selected for the trial, which revealed that PyroPure technology destroys over 99 per cent of APIs in 10 of the 17 tested and an average of 94 per cent of the ‘worst case’ pharmaceuticals.

Professor Alistair Boxall of the University’s Environment Department and former member of the DEFRA Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee headed the study. On the future of PyroPure as an alternative to high temperature incineration, he comments:

“There are big concerns over the negative impacts of pharmaceuticals on the natural environment. Inappropriate disposal of pharmaceuticals and emissions from manufacturing sites are thought to be important contributors to these impacts. Our work demonstrates that PyroPure could help reduce the levels of pharmaceuticals in rivers and streams and have big benefits for ecosystem health. The system also provides a range of other environmental and economic benefits that could radically change how waste of this nature is collected and destroyed going forwards. With PyroPure technology, hazardous waste and controlled substances no longer need to be transported across the country to incineration facilities, thus reducing the associated costs, carbon emissions and risks associated with moving waste from its point of origin to its point of disposal.”

Currently in the UK, pharmaceutical wastes are only disposed of in large-scale, high-temperature incinerators, which can be up to 200 miles away from where the waste is generated. The Environment Agency has previously indicated that PyroPure, which relies on pyrolysis, a thermochemical decomposition process using high temperatures and an absence of oxygen, followed by catalytic conversion to clean and convert the gases, could be the first viable alternative to high-temperature incineration for pharmaceutical wastes.

On the trial’s success, Peter Selkirk, PyroPure Ltd’s Executive Chairman, adds: “This is a huge step forward for PyroPure technology and the healthcare sector. For too long now, we have been overly dependent on incineration as the only viable route in which to dispose of hazardous waste. Not only is it expensive but it’s also open to security breaches, particularly when the waste needs to be transported long distances. Now that PyroPure is a proven technology I’m confident that this breakthrough will pave the way for a new approach to waste disposal and irrevocably change the model for waste collection within clinical environments across the world.”

The trial, which formed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between PyroPure Ltd and the University, also revealed how on-site energy recovery during the PyroPure process is at least 75 per cent compared with 20 per cent for a high-temperature incinerator.

Each PyroPure unit is the size of a chest freezer. The user simply opens the unit’s lid and places the waste within the chamber before initiating the process of pyrolysis to destroy it.

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