- 01
Stage 01
Receive and sort
Mixed municipal waste arrives. Recyclables and inert material are pulled out before anything else happens.
Sorting first means the fuel is made only from what burns. Material with a second life goes back into recycling, and inert material never reaches the shredder or the kiln.
- Input
- Mixed municipal solid waste
- Removed
- Recyclables and inert material
- Output
- Combustible fraction
- 02
Stage 02
Shred
The combustible fraction is cut to a consistent size so it dries evenly and burns at a steady rate.
A kiln needs a steady feed. Pieces of one size dry at the same rate and release energy at the same rate, which is what an industrial user is buying.
- Input
- Combustible fraction
- Removed
- Oversize pieces, cut down
- Output
- Sized feedstock
- 03
Stage 03
Dry
Moisture is driven down in a rotating drum so the fuel holds a predictable energy value.
Water in the feedstock is energy the kiln has to spend before it gets any back. Drying gives the fuel a known energy value, so the off taker knows what every tonne is worth.
- Input
- Sized feedstock
- Removed
- Moisture
- Output
- Dry fuel
- 04
Stage 04
Supply fuel
Refuse derived fuel is delivered to cement kilns and industrial users, replacing part of the coal they burn.
Cement kilns run hot enough to use refuse derived fuel cleanly and continuously. Every tonne they burn is part of a tonne of coal they do not.
- Input
- Dry fuel
- Removed
- Nothing. The product leaves the plant
- Output
- Refuse derived fuel
The chain
Each output is the next input
- Mixed municipal solid waste
- Combustible fraction
- Sized feedstock
- Dry fuel
- Refuse derived fuel
The designed throughput is 7,500 tonnes of municipal waste a day. Recyclables and inert material leave at stage one, moisture at stage three, and the remainder leaves the plant as fuel. The why page covers what that does to landfill and to coal; the partners page covers who designs, builds, runs, finances and buys from the plant. Operating and technology partners can request the technology and logistics mapping done so far under NDA.
The AERC concept summary
One page: what the consortium is, the four-stage process, the designed capacity, the project size, what is signed and what is sought. For funders, operators, off takers and technology partners deciding whether to take the call.
- Designed capacity of 7,500 tonnes of municipal waste a day, project size about USD 500M
- The four stages from mixed waste to refuse derived fuel with a known energy value
- Status: consortium agreements signed, company in registration, municipal partnership in development
- The four seats open and what each partner receives under NDA
Talk to AERC about the plant
Operators and technology suppliers with waste processing or refuse derived fuel experience. Two questions, then your details.
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