UK: Thermoteknix will present upgrades to its ThermaScope HD Multi-View product at the upcoming Global CemFuels Conference taking place in Berlin. The product is a real time imaging, recording and analysis system for the company’s kiln and cooler camera systems.
Trichy government signs deal to provide refuse-derived fuel to UltraCement plant
India: The government of Trichy in Tamil Nadu has signed a deal with IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services to supply refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to UltraCement’s plant at Ariyalur. The waste processor will supply 12,000t/yr of fuel to the cement plant over two years until the end of January 2020, according to the Times of India. The deal will also create up to 45 jobs.
RePower South uses Bulk Handling Systems to build waste processing plant in South Carolina
US: RePower South (RPS) has started building the Berkeley County Recycling and Recovery Facility, a mixed waste processing plant. The turnkey recovery system will be provided by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) under an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Barnhill Contracting Company. When production begins in early 2019, the Moncks Corner, South Carolina plant will process 50t/hr of mixed waste sourced from Berkeley County to recover recycled commodities and a fuel feedstock.
The plant will use a BHS FiberPure system, consisting of BHS screens, NRT optical sorters and Max-AI autonomous quality control units to remove unwanted fractions to produce an end product with minimal manual sorting. Non-recyclable fibres and plastics destined for fuel will undergo further filtering by NRT SpydIR optical sorters equipped with MetalDirector options to remove unwanted contaminants. Max-AI AQCs are also utilised in each sorting position on the container line. In total, the system will use seven NRT optical sorters and nine Max-AI AQCs. In addition, Loesche Energy Systems will provide a Loesche RocketMill for size reduction. The system will also features two Kadant PAAL balers.
Irish Cement placed on environmental priority list
Ireland: Irish Cement has been designated a national priority site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The subsidiary of CRH has been placed on a list of eight industrial sites that have failed to meet the necessary environmental standards. Six of the sites accounted for more than half of the complaints made to the EPA in 2017. The agency plans to update its priority list on a quarterly basis.