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Waste-to-Energy Wastewater

Waste incineration plants generate wastewater from flue gas cleaning systems and ash handling. These streams contain heavy metals, salts, suspended solids, and organic compounds requiring comprehensive treatment.

Flue Gas Cleaning

Wet scrubber blowdown contains heavy metals, salts, and acids from flue gas treatment requiring specialised chemical precipitation.

Challenge: High TDS, metals

Ash Leachate

Bottom ash quenching water contains soluble salts, heavy metals, and fine particulates requiring clarification and filtration.

Challenge: High suspended solids

Process Water

Boiler blowdown, cooling tower discharge, and general plant wastewater requiring treatment for discharge or reuse.

Challenge: Variable quality

Water Recovery

Zero liquid discharge systems maximise water recovery and minimise environmental impact of waste incineration.

Benefit: 90%+ recovery

Treatment Systems

Our waste-to-energy treatment includes metals precipitation for heavy metals removal, clarification for solids separation, and advanced biological treatment for organic removal. Systems handle the high salt content typical of flue gas cleaning wastewater.

Chemical Precipitation

Hydroxide and sulphide precipitation systems remove heavy metals to meet strict discharge requirements.

Removal: 99%+ metals

High-Rate Clarification

LAMELLA clarifiers provide compact, efficient solids separation for precipitated metals and suspended solids.

Capacity: 25 m³/m²/h

DAF Flotation

Dissolved air flotation removes fine particles, oils, and light solids from scrubber wastewater.

Removal: >95% TSS

Polishing Filtration

Multimedia and self-cleaning filters provide final suspended solids removal for discharge-quality effluent.

Polishing: < 10 ppm TSS

Sludge Dewatering

Screw presses and centrifuges reduce sludge volume by 80-90%, minimising hazardous waste disposal requirements.

Cake: 20-25% solids

Containerised Plants

Pre-engineered containerised systems for rapid deployment and minimal site installation requirements.

Benefit: Plug-and-play

Compliance & Sustainability

Treatment ensures compliance with stringent discharge requirements for waste incineration facilities. Water recovery and reuse support the sustainability mission of waste-to-energy operations.

EU/WID Compliance

Meets Waste Incineration Directive requirements for wastewater discharge from flue gas treatment systems.

Standard: 2010/75/EU

Zero Waste Mission

Water recovery systems align with the circular economy principles of waste-to-energy facilities.

Recovery: 90%+ water

Emissions Reduction

Proper wastewater treatment prevents secondary pollution and supports overall plant emissions performance.

Benefit: Clean discharge

Cost Optimisation

Water reuse and sludge volume reduction minimise operating overheads and improve plant feasibility.

Saving: 40% efficiency improvement

Compliance with EU Waste Incineration Directive
Heavy metals removal to < 0.1 mg/L
90%+ water recovery and reuse
80% sludge volume reduction
Automated compliance monitoring
Support for circular economy goals

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