Waste Plastic to Fuel Facility to be Built for SITA in Bristol
The Thames Water site at Didcot was the first of its kind in the UK 28 March 2012 London, UK based Cynar, which has developed a process to turn waste plastics into fuel, has awarded an $11 million contract to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) to design and build a new end-of-life plastic to fuel conversion plant in Bristol, UK. Rockwell said that the project is being carried out on behalf of SITA UK, Cynar's customer and partner in the development. According to Cynar its technology uses liquefaction, pyrolysis and distillation of plastics, and can handle almost all the End-of-Life-Plastic (ELP) that is currently being sent to landfill. The company claimed that a major advantage of the process is its high efficiency, with each facility able to produce up to 19,000 litres of fuel from 20 tonnes of ELP. Cynar said that the system consists of stock in-feed system, pyrolysis chambers, contactors, distillation, oil recovery line and syngas. ELP is loaded via a hot-melt infeed system directly into main pyrolysis chamber and agitation commences to even the temperature and homogenise the feedstocks. Pyrolysis then begins and the plastic becomes a vapour. Non-plastic materials fall to the bottom of the chamber. The vapour is converted into the various fractions in the distillation column and the distillates then pass into the recovery tanks. The Syngas is then diverted through a Scrubber before being sent back into the furnaces to heat the pyrolysis chambers. The cleaned distillates are pumped to the storage tanks. "Our technology represents a unique and profitable way to significantly decrease the amount of end-of-life plastics that are disposed in landfills and incinerators," claimed Michael Murray, Cynar CEO and chairman. Rockwell's role in the project is to strengthen the technology by providing complete design, engineering life cycle maintenance, and local support. "This agreement with Cynar demonstrates Rockwell Automation's ability to deliver scalable, complex solutions on a global level. We're pleased to work with Cynar in an industry that's making the world more sustainable," said Hedwig Maes, president of Rockwell Automation Europe, Middle East and Africa region. "This win is significant for us in the waste to energy market," explained Terry Gebert, vice president and general manager, Rockwell Automation Global Solutions. "It includes the design and build of process skids, automation architecture, software, power control and engineering/startup services in one fully integrated solution, using the Rockwell Automation PlantPAx⢠process automation system," he added. Rockwell said that its team has worked with Cynar over the past two years developing the engineering, modularisation and process improvements of Cynar's plastics to fuel conversion plant. Cynar said that its first full scale plastic waste to fuel facility is operating in Ireland and that it has agreed an exclusive contract with SITA/Suez for a total of 10 plants. Read More Recycling Deal to Produce Fuel from Plastics in Minnesota Minnesota based Rational Energies HC, Inc. is to separate recyclables in Hennepin County, and send unrecyclable plastics to a facility a pyrolysis facility to create a fuel. Landfilled Plastics Could Power 5.2 Million U.S. Households Scientists at Columbia University say that the energy potential in non-recycled plastic is at least enough to fuel 6 million cars or power 5.2 million homes each year. VIDEO: 'First of Kind' Waste to Energy Facility uses Pyrolysis in Moscow U.S. based high temperature waste pyrolysis specialist, Green Light Energy Solutions has assembled a full-scale pilot facility on the territory of its production partner in Moscow region, Russia. Free Magazine Subscription Free Email Newsletter