Japan-headed Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd has announced that it has been awarded a JPN 13 billion (≈ US$133.2 million) contract for the construction of a waste treatment facility from the government of Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The construction will be a joint project with Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.
According to a statement, the waste treatment facility to be built under the project consists of an incineration plant capable of processing 150 tonnes of waste per day using one furnace, and a pretreatment facility, which crushes and sorts up to 24 tonnes of waste in five hours. The waste incineration plant will use Kawasaki’s own stoker-type incinerator capable of complete combustion with minimal air.
The plant also features a flue gas recirculation system designed to reduce emissions, as well as advanced flue gas processing that combines bag filters, gas-cleaning equipment, and a catalytic denitration reactor for a reduced impact on the environment. It also combines high-temperature, high-pressure boilers, and extraction condensing turbines for a highly efficient electric power generation with an efficiency of at least 18 percent.
The waste treatment facility will be built on the premises of the existing one near the Yodo River. Planned to realize Takatsuki City’s idea of a waste treatment facility that is “safe and secure,” “environmentally-friendly,” and “easy on the city’s budget,” the facility is designed to agree with the aesthetics of the view of the premises and to be in harmony with the surroundings.
The plant is scheduled for completion in March 2019.
