Millerhill RERC, Edinburgh, UK

The WtE plant to the south of the Scottish capital Edinburgh treats the region’s municipal and industrial waste and generates electricity for around 32,000 households. A special feature of the system is a dry flue gas treatment unit downstream of the combustion process, which enables further energy recovery as well as reducing water consumption. The plant is part of the ambitious Zero Waste Scotland project.

Facts:

• Type of system: air-cooled Kanadevia Inova reciprocating grate

• Fuel: municipal and industrial waste with reduced metal content, substitute fuels

• Calorific value: 9.3 MJ/kg

• Number of lines: 1

• Boiler design: six-pass boiler

• Flue gas treatment: dry flue gas treatment with DyNOR® and Kanadevia Inova XeroSorp