1. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 1 1st EGTEI Panel Meeting on the sector of WASTE INCINERATION Paris – ADEME, June 14th, 2002

2. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 2 Objectives of the Meeting start working on a first (exemplary) sector /  get operational as a Group discuss and agree on a method to pragmatically represent the incineration sector for data collection and transfer to RAINS (data improvement) define concrete next steps

3. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 3 Technical and Site-related Data on Installations in Europe for the Thermal Treatment of Municipal/Residual Waste, Report UBA 4/2002 Dutch Notes on BAT for the Incineration of Waste; Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, 2/2002 Costs for Municipal Waste Management in the EU, Final Report to Directorate General Environment, European Commission, 1?/2002 Data from Belgium, Norway, Italy, The Netherlands, … http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/products.html#cccinfo Rentz, O.; Nunge, S.; Laforsch, M.; Holtmann, T.: Technical Background Document for the Actualisation and Assessment of UN/ECE Protocols related to the Abatement of the transboundary Transport of Nitrogen Oxides from Stationary Sources, Report of the Task Force on the Assessment of Abatement Options/Techniques for Nitrogen Oxides from Stationary Sources, Karlsruhe, September 1999 RENTZ, O; SCHLEEF, H.-J.; DORN, R.; SASSE, H.; KARL, U.: Emission Control at Stationary Sources in the Federal Republic of Germany, Sulphur Oxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emission Control, UFOPLAN-Ref. No. 104 02 360, Karlsruhe, August 1996 Thomé-Kozmiensky, K. J.: Thermische Abfallbehandlung, EF-Verlag für Energie- und Umweltforschung, Berlin, 1994 Important Data Sources

4. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 4 Data from: Technical and Site-related Data on Installations in Europe for the Thermal Treatment of Municipal/Residual Waste, UBA 4/2002 Total: 488

5. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 5 Data from: Technical and Site-related Data on Installations in Europe for the Thermal Treatment of Municipal/Residual Waste, UBA 4/2002 80kt/a

6. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 6 From: Costs for Municipal Waste Management in the EU, Final Report to Directorate General Environment, European Commission, 1?/2002 Problem: little data on single abatement technics

7. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 7 From: Costs for Municipal Waste Management in the EU, Final Report to Directorate General Environment, European Commission, 1?/2002

8. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 8 Procedure for Data Transfer to RAINS

9. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 9 Methodological Approach for Representing the Incineration Sector Numerous plants (> 500) Great variety of plant technologies Problem: Simplification by Modular Approach  (1)

10. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 10 Methodological approach for representing the Incineration Sector (2) 1.Define size classes for incineration plants [4 classes]

11. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 11 0-10 10-20 20-60 > 60

12. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 12 Methodological approach for representing the Incineration Sector (3) 1.Define size classes for incineration plants [4 classes]  2.Define flue gas treatment modules and characterise them with technical and economic parameters for two cases: new plant and retrofit; representation in database tool 3.Verify combined modular plants (summed up) with global data from literature (see EU-Report, Thomé-K.,….)

13. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 13 1 PM abate- ment 2 Absorption of acids, gas scrubbing (HCl, SO 2 ) 3 Denitrification4 Adsorption Furane, dioxin, POP Electrostatic Class 1: 1+2 Class 2: 1+2+3 Class 3: 1+2+3+4 Class 4: 1+2+3+4 Representation of park of plants per country, e.g.:

14. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 14 Example for “grate firing” Hypothesis Standard MSW with calorific value: 10MJ/kg Resulting specific flue gas volume: 5000 Nm³ (dry) / Mg Yearly full load hours: 7500 h Annual throughput : 320.000 Mg MSW 1 2 3 4

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18. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 18 Example: Thomé-Koz., Abfallwirtschaft, 1994

19. Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) 14/06/2002 19 Main Information Needed for RAINS processes and abatement options (combinations of technologies) abatement capital costs unit operating costs (use of electricity, labour, consumables..) abatement efficiencies (…PM: total, coarse [2,5-10µm] and fine [<2,5µm] fraction) annual full load operating hours activity data (actual and future) – Mg/year or PJ/year.. information on data uncertainty Aggregated from more detailed data (bottom up) contained in tool 