Gases from the Turbosorp\circledR reactor tower are drawn into one of three fabric bag filters which each consist of 2,048 6m long cylindrical fibre bags on steel wire cages. The clean gases pass through the filters and the Air Pollution Control Residue (APCR) collects on the outer surface of the bags.
Compressed air pulses shake off the APCR into silos. The APCR is removed from the site by road tanker.
Clean hot gas is drawn out of the fabric filter bags through a heat exchanger which allows heat to be transferred from the gas into the boiler feed water.
An induced draught fan for each of the three lines draws clean cooled gas up the 85 metre stack where it is discharged into the atmosphere. Emissions equipment continually monitors plant performance in relation to the environmental permit.
The Air Pollution Control Residue (APCR) is a by-product of the combustion process and accounts for approximately 4% of the facility's waste throughput.
High pressure steam from each of the three boiler drums is directed onto rings of fixed blades causing the turbine to rotate at high speed.
The steam turbine is coupled to the electric generator which rotates at the same speed as the turbine. This produces high voltage electricity which is sent to the 132kv substation and on to the National Grid. The plant produces enough electricity to power around 100,000 homes.
Exhaust steam leaves the turbine and is cooled in an air cooled condenser. The resulting condensate is then returned to the boilers as boiler feed water.
Looking back – 2011/12 to 2016/17 review
For WRWA, the real success generally in the last decade has been the significant decrease in total waste arisings which was accompanied to begin with by a simultaneous increase in recycling tonnages. Since 2012/13 we have met and achieved our aim of reducing to “zero” the waste sent direct to landfill. However, for the six year period under review, the total waste managed by the Authority has remained fairly constant, albeit with a slight reduction in overall waste arisings in
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