Energy from Waste

With increasingly tight restrictions on landfill, the Energy from Waste sector has grown strongly in recent years. RJM's expertise across different waste fuels, combustion improvement and emissions reduction is enabling EfW plant operators to optimise plant performance and deliver energy into the grid, reliably and cost-effectively.

The inconsistent nature of black bag waste, RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel), waste wood and toxic waste means that the plants processing these waste streams face a range of different materials handling, combustion and emissions challenges that can vary on a daily basis.

Yet they must still maintain output and meet strict emissions controls across a wide range of parameters, including dust, NOx, SOx and other pollutants.

Some of the main challenges that plant operators face include:

Safe fuel storage and fuel selection
Materials handling and materials sorting
Maintaining a consistent fuel flow into the boiler
Maintaining stable combustion
Erosion and corrosion
Reducing the build-up of fouling and slagging material
Meeting all the latest emissions limits

Video shows good fuel flow onto the bed following modifications by RJM

RJM has expertise across all these disciplines and is able to resolve any area of sub-optimal performance and meet the latest BAT requirements. Typically, problem areas are not single-issue challenges but are interlinked with other aspects of plant performance. That’s why RJM takes a “whole plant” approach when tasked with resolving specific operational challenges.

Today, RJM is working with several different Energy from Waste operators in the UK and Europe, helping them to improve performance across every metric – and still meet latest emissions regulations.