.A.S.A. — .A.S.A. Austria — Incineration Zistersdorf — .A.S.A. Incinerator Zistersdorf
.A.S.A. Incinerator Zistersdorf
Total Project Cost: € 90 Million
Main benefits of .A.S.A. Incinerator in Zistersdorf
- Waste to energy process with highest efficiency
- Certified as R1/R13 thermal recovery plant acc EU-guidelines
- Bottom ash inert (less 1% TOC) and dumped in a very close landfill
- Volume reduction (90%) and mass reduction (70%), savings of landfill space
- Removal of scrap and use in steel industry
- Savings of primary energy (comparable power production would need 40 million liters of oil)
- Railway transport of 70% of the input material with less impact to the environment
- Effective cleaning of flue gases
- No effluents and less usage of potable water
Layout data
- Fuel: Communal and Commercial waste
- Incineration of 146,000 tons per year
- Throughput up to 20 tons/h
- Bunker capacity 7,300 m³ (7 days)
Operational data
- 33 Employees
- 1 incineration line
- Dry flue gas treatment
- No wastewater
- 70% of waste delivered by train
Electricity production
- Turbine: TGM Kanis
- Generator: 15 MVA
- Emergency Generator: 1,250 kW
- Electricity production: 100,000 MWh/a = 30,000 Households
I. History
- 1994/95: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Design: Fichtner/Stuttgart
- 1995: Submission of EIA Documents
- 1997: Hearing with Authorities
- 1999: Approval (first instance)
- 2004: Final Approval
- 03/2006: Decision to build the plant
- 03/2007: Start of the construction
- 10/2008: Pressure test of the boiler
- 03/2009: First Fire
- 11/2009: End of commissioning
Construction process in details can be found in the History section.
II. Incineration process in pictures