Investment in greater incinerator capacity
The demand for hazardous and industrial waste treatment has grown in line with industrial development within Saudi Arabia as the country responds to world growth in demand for petrochemical products. The existing hazardous waste incineration facilities have been shown to be insufficient to meet the demand for this specialist service. BeeA'h, with input from current wastes generators, planners and Royal Commission departments concluded that enhanced facilities would be required if industry was to continue to meet its hazardous waste disposal obligations.
Hazardous waste generated within the Kingdom comes in every physical state from solids to liquids to gases. In order to meet the varying demands of industry it was considered essential to be able to dispose of every physical waste state. The most appropriate and versatile incinerator was based on rotary kiln technology with evaporative cooler, automated bag house and state-of-the-art emission controls which meets Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements. The rotary kiln with automated feed systems can incinerate 2.35MT/hr mixed waste in the primary combustion chamber for a maximum heat release of 20,000 Btu/ft3/hr with a secondary combustion ensuring Destruction Removal Efficiency (DRE) of greater than 99.9999% at a temperature of 1250 oC. Resultant ash is stabilized and confined to a lined chemical landfill.
In order to meet demanding design and performance criteria, Montair CAP (Holland) was chosen from a short list of EPC contractors. The project timescale of two years from concept design to handover was demanding in terms of technical requirements and financial constraints. The majority of components were actually provided by in-Kingdom suppliers and manufacturer with other elements coming from across the world including China, Malaysia, US, Europe and UK. The total investment amounted to some SR100m in addition to its investment in other treatment technologies and facilities.
A major challenge was not only the provision of a new plant but the integration and interface with the existing incinerator plant to provide seamless waste processing with ultimate flexibility and versatility to treat variable waste type, compositions and quantities whilst meeting environmental regulatory requirements and achieving economies of scale for the benefit of our shareholders and customers.
The new plant is forecast for completion by the end of April and following exhaustive performance testing will be fully operational and treating hazardous waste from Jubail Industrial City and Eastern Province, Riyadh and Yanbu by July 2009.
BeeA'h is confident in its ability to satisfy the increasing demand for the professional, safe and compliant treatment and disposal of industrial and hazardous waste and to continue to help industry meet their environmental challenges.