UAE: Bee’ah has selected Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install a major retrofit to the company’s Sharjah Material Recovery Facility. The facility is currently the largest in the Middle East, with the capacity to process more than 500,000t/yr of municipal solid waste (MSW). The retrofit, scheduled to be operational in early 2017, will upgrade capacity and automation to increase recovery and total diversion.
BHS will implement its latest technologies, including BHS Bag Breakers and Tri-Disc screens, Nihot air separators and NRT In-Flight Sorting brand optical sorters. BHS Tri-Disc screens will replace existing trommel screens to improve separation efficiency, decrease energy consumption and increase throughput. BHS screens will also boost the recovery of organic materials by 50% to 600t/day. The system’s throughput will expand from 68t/hour to more than 75t/hour.
Nihot Single Drum Separators will separate heavy items such as bulky metals and inert materials from lighter, high-value recoverables such as fibre and containers. To increase film recovery by 100%, NRT SpydIR optical sorters are paired with Nihot rotary air separators, creating the FiberPurefilm recovery system. The FiberPure will detect and eject film, pneumatically conveying it away from the remaining clean fibre stream. The NRT SpydIR optical sorter is also being employed to increase PET recovery by 15%. Magnets and an Eddy Current Separator will increase ferrous and non-ferrous recovery by 25%. The BHS Total Control controls package will integrate pre-existing and new equipment, empowering the entire system with advanced SCADA technology.
“BHS is selected according to stringent criteria, including technical know-how and manufacturing experience, to ensure their products, methodological knowledge and business strategies match Bee’ah’s high standards. This agreement reaffirms BHS’ exceptional reputation as high quality manufacturers and experienced integrators of whole system solutions,” said Daker El Rabaya, MD of Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal Bee’ah.
