A new concept for Clinical Waste
The effects of the removal of Crown Immunity and tighter standards for the
incineration of clinical waste have resulted in huge changes in the way Health
Trusts manage clinical waste. The Health and Safety Executive recommends
thermal treatment for the disposal of high risk clinical waste. Unfortunately,
the extra cost of pollution abatement required by progressive pollution
controls has made on-site incineration difficult to achieve at an affordable cost.
Compact Power has developed an advanced thermal conversion technology that
provides a solution to these problems.
This technology is ideally suited to meet the needs of Health Trusts and other
clinical facilities within a Trust’s operational area. The benefits of immediate
on-site disposal are achieved at the lowest cost, ensuring best value.
Compact Power offer a build/own/operate service to NHS clients, and has the
necessary expertise to structure projects under PFI. In many situations existing
incineration or energy management centres can accommodate a Compact Power
system, thus minimising infrastructure costs.
Environmental Performance
The environmental performance of the plant is substantially within the highest
environmental standards anywhere in the world. As a leading edge environmental
technology, operators can be confident that they will meet domestic standards for
emissions for generations. Compact Power technology effectively minimises the
impact of changes in environmental regulation to the benefit of our clients and
operators.
NHS Solutions
Compact Power has developed a new advanced thermal conversion technology
for a wide range of clinical wastes using the processes of pyrolysis, gasification
and high temperature oxidation. The plant is designed as a closed system in
which all clinical waste materials are converted into simple gases and used to
fuel a conventional steam power cycle. Facilities are designed to meet the
highest environmental standards optimising energy recovery.
Environmental Benefits
• Low visual impact
• Reduced traffic movement
• No visible emissions
• No noise
• No smell
• Emission levels significantly better than the latest EC Directive 2000/76/EC.
Costs and Benefits
The cost of disposal using Compact Power technology will be project specific, but a
disposal cost of less than £250 a tonne is typical. When savings on transport costs
are taken into account this represents a major cost reduction for many hospitals.
Benefits
• On-site secure solution
• Safe and sure disposal route
• Waste can be neutralised instantly
• Designed to meet your needs
• PFI funding available
• Affordable disposal costs
• Supplies usable heat and power
Plant Description and Technology
A Compact Power plant is dedicated to the safe destruction of clinical and
pharmaceutical wastes. The capacity of the Facility is 6,000 tpa of solid waste
with an average cv of 15Mj/kg (typical of hospital waste). The waste is reduced
to 10% by weight and the resulting residues are accepted at ordinary landfill sites.
Power production is from a steam cycle generating 330 kW(e) and 2.5MW(t).
The plant is located within a purpose built building of low cost modular construction
occupying a plot area of 90 sq metres. The roof height is 12m with a stack height
of 1m above the eves, complying with the Environment Agencies requirement for
this inherently clean technology.
A Compact Power facility includes the following components:
Waste handling and feed system
The waste feed system is entirely enclosed. The waste-handling hall provides a
secure area for short-term storage of waste and is designed to ensure a safe
waste-handling regime. The waste is fed into the pyrolyser through feed hoppers
that contain sufficient waste to keep the plant operational for up to 6 hours.
Pyrolyser with twin chambers
Materials are heated in the absence of oxygen to 800°c. Hydrocarbons are converted
to simple gases leaving a residue of carbon char and inert grits. Each chamber can
process up to 400 Kg of waste an hour.
Gasifier
The carbon residues are then totally reacted out in the gasification phase with air
and steam in the classic “water gas” reaction to produce hydrogen and carbon
monoxide.
Thermal oxidiser
Gases are reacted at high temperature, 1250°C for more than 2 seconds to ensure
the destruction of any organic pollutants, particulates and dioxin precursors.
Steam boiler
Exhaust gases are passed through a steam boiler delivering heat and power,
both of which may be used in the hospital. The steam is available for space and
water heating and sterilization systems.
Power generation
The power system is based on a steam turbine driving an electricity generator.
The power output is sufficient to generate the facility’s full requirements and
still have power for export.
No other process offers longer residence times at higher temperatures
Compact Power Holdings plc AGM – Media Release – 30xi06Compact Power Holdings plc, the the AIM listed waste and biomass to energy company, held its Annual General Meeting in Bristol today. All resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. Following completion of the formal business of the meeting, the Chairman, Nic Cooper, made the following statement: ‘Trading at the existing Avonmouth plant continues to improve with unaudited revenues for the six months to 30 September 2006 up 28 per cent on the same period last year due to higher volumes and gate fees. PDF
Compact Power wins €1.64 million European contract. – Press ReleaseBristol 29 November 2006 Compact Power Holdings plc (‘Compact Power’), the AIM listed waste and biomass to energy company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a €1.64 million contract by Italcementi S.p.A. of Bergamo, Italy. The contract is to design, supply and install a Compact Power pyrolysis and gasification plant in Italcementi’s cement plant at Salerno in Southern Italy. The plant will produce a fuel gas generated from waste material which will be fed into the cement plant, replacing fossil fuels normally used in the process. PDF
Royal Navy Contract – Press Release – 23xi06Bristol based AIM quoted energy from waste company is pleased to announce that an order has been received from QinetiQ for the design and supply of a waste processing plant to be installed in HMS Ocean the Royal Navy’s largest surface vessel. This order valued at £238,000 for Compact Power follows the successful construction and operation of a prototype for QinetiQ at their test facility at Haslar near Gosport. PDF
Defra agrees to £5m funding for Bristol pyrolysis plant (14.11.06) – LetsRecycle.com – 14xi06A waste pyrolysis plant proposed for Bristol has at last received funding approval from Defra under the £30 million New Technologies Demonstrator Programme. Biomass-to-energy company Compact Power is to receive £5 million from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for the £20m plant, which should now be operational by the third quarter of 2008. PDF
£5million funding awarded by Defra – Press Release – 14xi06Compact Power Holdings plc (“Compact Power”), the AIM listed waste and biomass to energy company, is pleased to announce that it has completed a £5 million funding deal with The Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) under their New Technologies Demonstrator Programme. This funding clears the way for Compact Power to finalise the financing for a major project at Avonmouth. This project will undertake a programme with Bristol City Council to evaluate Compact Power’s technology for the processing of municipal waste. PDF