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Albert Van Rillaer, Energy Recovery Systems Produc’on of ammonia and urea from industrial, non recyclable waste: fantasy or opportunity
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Albert Van Rillaer, Energy Recovery Systems
Produc'on of ammonia and urea from industrial, non-‐recyclable waste: fantasy or opportunity
ERS
Energy Recovery Systems Company, Ltd (°2012, Saudi Arabia) Founded and managed by Al Issa family, Saudi Arabia Management: William Edgar Smith, Technical Director (USA)
Albert Van Rillaer, CEO (B) ERS’ management has solid, experienced leadership in • North-‐America: first use of waste hydrocarbons as cement kiln fuel,
exported interna'onally • Numerous waste sources as addi'ves and feedstock in cement
manufacturing • Crea'on new waste management equipment and technology
Waste to Chemicals in Antwerp
Energy Recovery Systems Company plans to build a Waste to Chemicals (WtC)
plant in the Antwerp port, changing on a yearly basis 3.485.000 tons of
industrial, non-‐recyclable waste into 645.500 tons of green ammonia and
1.231.500 tons of green urea. Ammonia is used as base chemical in the Antwerp
chemical cluster and urea is a sustainable fer'lizer. ERS and the port authori'es
are currently nego'a'ng the concession of 150 ha at the Delwaidedock.
Waste to Chemicals
waste
Thermoselect©
gasifica'on
ammonia
urea
WtC plant in Antwerp
• An investment of 3.7 billion Euro • Feedstock arrival 9.500 ton waste/day • Daily capacity of 4.500 ton Ammonia and 3.850 ton Urea • Trade Balance effect: 500 million euro/year • Mari'me Cargo: up to 5 million ton/year • import: 1400 ships/year -‐-‐ export: 35 ships/year
• Employment 900 FTE + contractors during construc'on phase
Technology
Waste to Chemicals installa'on uses Thermoselect© technology: • Developed in coopera'on with Sinerga SA (CH) • Oxygen fed, high temperature, closed gasifica'on system • Full Recovery: • 100% of waste vola'les as gas • Waste inert material as reusable byproduct (metals, minerals)
Material balance
Production process
Why Antwerp?
• Integra'on with exis'ng chemical cluster • ERS ammonia produc'on capacity designed to cover the Antwerp
chemical cluster net short • Large volumes of excellent quality waste available and delivery by ship • Gas and liquid pipeline distribu'on infrastructure • Sea, road and rail distribu'on • Well trained workforce • Presence of contractors and local support • Development of synergies with local industrial partners & stakeholders
Technical process & impact by VITO
Ive Vanderreydt, VITO
Produc'on of ammonia and urea from industrial, non-‐recyclable waste: fantasy or opportunity
VITO in a nutshell
750 Highly-‐qualified researchers
26 Na9onali9es
+500 Research partners
1000 Research projects
200 scien9fic ar9cles
400 patents worldwide
HQ in Mol, Belgium
7 loca9ons in Belgium
Data 31/12/2013
ERS Concept
Waste
Air
GasificaFon
Air SeparaFon
Ammonia Synthesis
Compression
Conversion CO + H2O à CO2 + H2
Reformed syngas SeparaFon
Water
Oxygen
Nitrogen
NH 3
Hydrogen H2
SYNTHETIC FERTILIZER Urea CO(NH2)2
CO2
SYNTHESIS GAS CO CO2 H2
+
=
THERMOSELECT
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Technical feasibility
Does the project have a sound technical design?
Is it an innova9ve concept?
What will be the overall impact on the environment? Environmental impact
evaluaFon How does this impact compare to
• tradi9onal waste management • tradi9onal produc9on
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Prof. A. Buekens
Prof. K. Vrancken + team
Approach
Assessment of environmental impacts METHODOLOGY
taking into account the total life cycle
all relevant inputs and outputs of the system, including all upstream and downstream impacts
Assessment of environmental impacts METHODOLOGY
energy
resources
emissions
byproducts
water
energy
Environmental impacts
ERS concept
Assessment of environmental impacts METHODOLOGY
Inputs and outputs
Assessment of environmental impacts ERS System
FuncFonal unit: produc'on of 650 kton of ammonia and 1,240 kton of urea from 3,500 kton of industrial post-‐recycling waste
Waste collec'on Transport industrial
waste to ERS ERS treatment
of industrial waste
UREA AMMONIA
Assessment of environmental impacts Benchmark from ammonia and urea produc'on perspec've
FuncFonal unit: produc'on of 650 kton of ammonia and 1,2400 ton of urea
Waste collec'on Transport IW
to ERS ERS treatment
of IW
AMMONIA UREA
System boundaries of system “urea and ammonia from waste”
Primary producFon AMMONIA
Primary ProducFon UREA System boundaries of system
“virgin urea and ammonia”
ANALYZED PROCESS
AVOIDED PROCESS
Assessment of environmental impacts Benchmark from waste management perspec've
FuncFonal unit: treatment of 3,500 ton of industrial post-‐recycling waste
Waste collec'on Transport to incinerator
IncineraFon (IW)
ELECTRICITY
System boundaries of system “waste treatment at MSWI with energy recovery”
Belgian Electricity ProducFon System boundaries of system
“Belgian electricity produc>on”
FuncFonal unit: treatment of 3,500 ton of industrial post-‐recycling waste
ERS concept
Result Ammonia and urea produc'on perspec've
ERS concept Fossil based producFon
Result Ammonia and urea produc'on perspec've
100
200
300
100
200
300
Environm
ental
Bene
fit
Net result
Result Waste management perspec've
100
200
300 Urea and ammonia
producFon
Environm
ental
Bene
fit
IncineraFon
Conclusions
Innovative concept, based on
proven technologies
Better overall environmental performance compared to
traditional techniques
Recommenda'ons
Focus on high calorific input
Effects on input and output markets
Use exis'ng experience for opera'on
Op'malisa'on poten'al
