Since 2004 AIB has developed a promotional action for waste treatment systems through the presentation of technology for the production of energy through the gasification of biomass and urban and industrial waste.
Feasibility studies were carried out using different technologies:
mobile grid gasification
fluid bed gasification
LARGE SYSTEMS
Feasibility studies have been carried out for the production and electrical and thermal energy from RDF and industrial waste with potential that varies from 200,000 to 400,000 t/a.
MEDIUM SIZE SYSTEMS
Feasibility studies have been carried out for the production and electrical and thermal energy from RDF and industrial waste with potential that varies from 5,000 to 200,000 t/a with fluid bed and grid combustion technology In particular, the technology mainly used by AIB in small to medium sized waste to energy projects is mobile grid that is owned by the Norwegian company Energos.
AIB has shown that Energos’ technology in public institutions and Bodies and private companies by participating in many national conventions (including the presentation in Aosta and Palermo).
Since 1997 Energos has been designing and producing modular system of 40,000 and 50,000 t/a for the treatment of urban and industrial waste, including from paper mill pulpers. The systems, which are functioning and can be visited, have potential that varies from 40,000 t/a (one line) up to 200,000 (4 lines).
The Sarpsborg (Norway) system
The pit
The Sarpsborg (Norway) system
Internal view
The Forus (Norway) system
External view
SMALL SYSTEMS
Feasibility studies have been carried out for the treatment of industrial waste from 100kg/day to 10,000 kg/day with grid combustion technology and rotating furnace.
For some specific situations, especially overseas, AIB Srl offers small static waste gasification systems with or without energy recovery: the DA Furnaces.
These systems are based on the two-stage combustion process. The waste is first gasified and then burned, as is the gas derived from the gasification. They are very simple incinerators with automatic controls and suitable for any urban, hospital or industrial waste.
They are fully prefabricated systems that require only a few operations for the mounting and electoral connection s and with the ignition and support fuel (methane or diesel).