Antwerp, Belgium
2021-2022
Case Study - Customised transport and discharge conveyor system for burnt waste wood
Bed material
Ash
Customised conveyor technology for coarse grain transport
Biomass plant for sustainable power and heat generation
Since the beginning of December 2022, the plant at the port of Antwerp has been feeding environmentally friendly electricity and heat into the regional power grid. This will enable the incineration of up to 180,000 tonnes of waste wood per year in the future.
Long-standing cooperation continues. Back in 2004, Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH supplied the ash removal system as well as the bed material transport of the fluidised bed boiler for the waste incineration line of the WtE plant. In 2021, the new biomass-fired plant was added to the waste-to-energy plant at the site. The power plant was commissioned at the beginning of 2023. Loibl equipped it with the conveyor technology for the bed material and ash transport for the fluidised bed boiler.
Customised conveyor technology. The bed material discharge and transport process starts at the fluidised bed boiler. The mixture of sand and ash from the stationary fluidised bed system is discharged by twin screw conveyors. The feed chutes and cooling screw conveyors are double-walled in order to chill the product using water as a cooling medium.
Recirculation conveying system. The fine and coarse grains of the bed ash are separated by a screening process. The separated hot coarse grain, including unburnt material and impurities, is conveyed by a pan conveyor into containers for disposal. The pan conveyor, which was specially designed for the transport of coarse grain, is characterised by utmost durability and at the same time low-maintenance and energy-efficient operation. An elaborate distribution mechanism arranged above the containers enables maximum and clean filling of the containers. Optimal filling of the containers reduces unnecessary transports, saves resources and thus the environment.
Storage unit silo. The recovered fines are either mechanically conveyed back and stored in the silo or returned to the fluidised bed. Fresh sand is pneumatically blown into the silo to compensate for the loss of coarse grain and ash.
Ash removal. A discharge screw with downstream rotary valve as an air seal removes fly ash from the process. Agglomerates in the fly ash are discharged by means of a screening drum and the fine fraction of the fly ash is transported to a residue silo by pneumatic conveying technology. After intermediate storage, the fine fraction is put to further use. The pneumatic conveying pipe is coated with wear-resistant material, which increases the service life and minimises the otherwise increased repair costs due to the abrasiveness of the product.
SCOPE OF SUPPLY AND SERVICES
- Planning and detailed engineering
- Production in Straubing, Bavaria
- Delivery with overwidth transport
- Assembly supervision
- Commissioning
CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY CONSISTING OF
- LASHSCREWCON® - various screw conveyors, including: Twin screw conveyors (water-cooled), trough screw conveyors
- Pan conveyor
- Pneumatic conveying system
- Chain bucket elevator
- Silo with all safety equipment
- Rotary feeders
- Screen drum
- Slide gate valves
- Docking device
- Two-way diverters
Sustainability project
Environmentally sustainable electricity and heat supply is gaining international relevance. With a total investment of around 95 million euros, the E-Wood project will sustainably and reliably produce 20 MW of electricity and 11.5 MW of heat for the Antwerp grid from waste wood consisting of industrial wood waste and construction and demolition waste.
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