EP1319891B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Schlachthausabfällen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Schlachthausabfällen Download PDF

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EP1319891B1
EP1319891B1 EP02079981A EP02079981A EP1319891B1 EP 1319891 B1 EP1319891 B1 EP 1319891B1 EP 02079981 A EP02079981 A EP 02079981A EP 02079981 A EP02079981 A EP 02079981A EP 1319891 B1 EP1319891 B1 EP 1319891B1
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Reinier Eimbertus Josephus Tol Van
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G5/00—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor
    • F23G5/02—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor with pretreatment
    • F23G5/033—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor with pretreatment comminuting or crushing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G1/00—Furnaces for cremation of human or animal carcasses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G2201/00—Pretreatment
    • F23G2201/60—Separating
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G2201/00—Pretreatment
    • F23G2201/70—Blending
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G2201/00—Pretreatment
    • F23G2201/80—Shredding
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G2203/00—Furnace arrangements
    • F23G2203/50—Fluidised bed furnace
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for incinerators
    • F23G2900/70—Incinerating particular products or waste
    • F23G2900/7004—Incinerating contaminated animal meals

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  • the present invention relates to a method for processing slaughterhouse waste, comprising the steps of reducing, dewatering and incinerating the slaughterhouse waste.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to an apparatus for carrying out such a method.
  • Patent Abstract of Japan JP-57016713-AJ further discloses a method where the fat containing liquid fraction of the wastes is separated from the solid fraction, and where both fractions are injected independently within an incinerator.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide a method as well as an apparatus for processing slaughterhouse waste, by means of which the aforesaid problems of the prior art can be eliminated.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for processing slaughterhouse waste, in which a calorically balanced mixture is supplied to the incinerator, so that the incineration thereof will take place under stable conditions.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for processing slaughterhouse waste, which make it possible to cope with supply peaks in an advantageous manner.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for processing slaughterhouse waste in which also other waste flows besides slaughterhouse waste can be processed in an advantageous manner.
  • the method as referred to in the introduction is characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
  • the reducing step is preferably carried out in a space whose floor consists of screw conveyors in large part.
  • the screw conveyors that are disposed on the floor convey the materials to other screw conveyors, which load the materials into a coarse crusher. After this coarse crushing step, demetallising and fine crushing take place, with the slaughterhouse waste eventually having a dimension of, preferably, maximally 20 mm.
  • the reduced slaughterhouse waste is pumped through an apparatus in which direct heating takes place.
  • An apparatus which is suitable for that purpose is a so-called disc apparatus, viz.
  • a horizontal vessel in which the heat content of, for example, steam is transmitted to the reduced slaughterhouse waste by means of a mixing gear having a large heat-transmitting area.
  • Said heating step is preferably carried out in such a manner that the temperature of 85 °C is reached.
  • the outlet of the buffer vessel is connected to a separator, in which a separation into a dry fraction and a wet fraction takes place, which wet fraction is additionally separated into a water fraction and a fat fraction in another installation.
  • a separator in which a separation into a dry fraction and a wet fraction takes place, which wet fraction is additionally separated into a water fraction and a fat fraction in another installation.
  • part of the wet fraction from step iii) may be directly supplied to the mixer as used in step v).
  • Such an operation is in particular desirable if the composition of the mixture being supplied to the incinerator is too dry for said mixture to be supplied to the incinerator by pumping.
  • Such a measure is in particular taken if the amount of fat, a material having a high caloric value, that is present in the slaughterhouse waste is too high to obtain a homogeneous incineration in the incinerator.
  • the method according to the present invention can be carried out in such a manner that besides the slaughterhouse waste also one or more additional flows, such as tankage, blood, sludge or mixtures thereof, can be supplied to the mixer as used in step v).
  • additional flows such as tankage, blood, sludge or mixtures thereof.
  • a fluid bed incinerator in step v) possibly provided with a flue gas purification plant disposed downstream thereof for removing any toxic and other undesirable components from the flue gas before emission into the atmosphere takes place.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to an apparatus for processing slaughterhouse waste, which apparatus comprises the required pumps, piping, valves and control elements, which apparatus is characterized in that the device for reducing slaughterhouse waste is connected to a buffer vessel disposed downstream thereof, which buffer vessel is connected to a separator disposed downstream thereof, which separator effects a separation into a wet fraction and a dry fraction, in which the wet fraction is supplied to a device disposed downstream thereof for separating the wet fraction into a fat fraction and a water fraction, in which the dry fraction is supplied to a mixer disposed downstream thereof, which mixer is furthermore connected to a pipe for receiving the water fraction and to a pipe for receiving the fat fraction, in which mixer the water fraction, the fat fraction and the dry fraction are mixed according to a specific ratio, which mixer is finally connected to an incinerator disposed downstream thereof.
  • the mixer comprises one or more feeding arrangements for tankage, blood and sludge, or a mixture thereof.
  • the incinerator is preferably a fluid bed incinerator, possibly provided with a flue gas purification plant disposed downstream thereof.
  • the appended figure is a schematic representation of the present method.
  • the slaughterhouse waste is supplied and stored in a hopper 1, which hopper 1 has a floor which consists of screw conveyors in large part.
  • the screw conveyors disposed on the floor convey the waste materials to other screw conveyors, after which a number of reducing steps are carried out, in particular coarse crushing, demetallizing and fine crushing.
  • the thus reduced material is subjected to a heating step (not shown), which heating step in particular comprises a disc apparatus in which the reduced slaughterhouse waste is heated to a temperature of about 85 °C, at which temperature further decay is minimised, by means of a mixing gear having a large heat-transmitting area.
  • the reduced, heated slaughterhouse waste is supplied to a buffer vessel 2, which buffer vessel 2 preferably comprises means for preventing the deposition of solid components, in particular by using a circulating installation comprising centrifugal pumps.
  • the vapours being released in the buffer vessel 2 are supplied to a steam boiler (not shown) after condensation, or to the incinerator 6.
  • the buffer vessel 2 is provided with a discharge pipe, which is connected to a separator 3, in which a separation into a dry fraction and a wet fraction takes place, which wet fraction is additionally separated into a water fraction and a fat fraction in a separator 4. Both the water fraction and the fat fraction from the separator 4 are supplied to a mixer 5. Part of the fat fraction as well as part of the water fraction are supplied to a storage unit 7.
  • a homogeneous mixture consisting of the dry fraction from the separator 3, the fat fraction from the separator 4 and the water fraction from the separator 4 is prepared.
  • one or more additional flows may be supplied to the mixer 5, such as tankage from the container 10, blood from the container 11 or sludge from the container 12, or a mixture thereof (not shown).
  • the present method may comprise a number of return flows, which return flows are not shown for the sake of simplicity.
  • part of the water fraction may be returned, for example, to the disc apparatus or to the buffer vessel 2, for example.
  • the mixture thus obtained is transported to an incinerator 6, in which a homogeneous incineration is effected by carrying out the present method steps, resulting in a solid residual flow which is discharged to a container 9.
  • the flue gases produced as a result of the incineration in the incinerator 6 are subjected to a subsequent treatment in a flue gas unit 8, and the collected solid materials are discharged to the container 9.
  • the purified flue gases are subsequently discharged into the atmosphere.
  • the essence of the present invention is in particular the realisation of the desired composition of the mixture to be incinerated, which mixture is supplied to the incinerator.
  • the fact is that if a composition outside the desired range is presented to the incinerator, a distinct disturbance of the incineration process will occur, in particular as regards temperature fluctuation and emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere, which is undesirable.
  • the desired composition is obtained by subjecting the reduced, heated slaughterhouse waste exiting the buffer vessel to two separating operations, viz.

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  1. Verfahren zur Behandlung von Schlachthausabfällen, das die Schritte des Reduzierens, Entwässerns und Verbrennens der Schlachthausabfälle umfasst, mit den folgenden Schritten:
    i) Zuführen der Schlachthausabfälle zu einem Pufferbehälter (2) nach ihrer Reduzierung,
    ii) Zuführen des Inhalts des Pufferbehälters zu einem Abscheider (3),
    iii) Bewirken einer Trennung in eine Trockenfraktion und eine Nassfraktion im Abscheider (3),
    wobei das Verfahren durch die folgenden Schritte gekennzeichnet ist:
    iv) Beaufschlagen der in Schritt iii) erhaltenen Nassfraktion mit einem zusätzlichen Trennschritt (4), um eine Wasserfraktion und eine Fettfraktion zu erhalten,
    v) Vermischen der Fettfraktion aus Schritt iv), der Wasserfraktion aus Schritt iv) und der Trockenfraktion aus Schritt iii) in dem gewünschten Verhältnis in einem Mischer (5),
    vi) Zuführen des im Mischer (5) aus Schritt v) erhaltenen Flusses zu einem Verbrennungsofen (6).
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass gemäß Schritt i) die Schlachthausabfälle nach ihrer Reduzierung erwärmt und anschließend dem Pufferbehälter (2) zugeführt werden.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Teil der Nassfraktion aus Schritt iii) direkt dem in Schritt v) verwendeten Mischer (5) zugeführt wird.
  4. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Teil der Fettfraktion aus Schritt iv) abgeführt wird.
  5. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Teil der Wasserfraktion aus Schritt iv) abgeführt wird.
  6. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Teil der Nassfraktion aus Schritt iii) abgeführt wird.
  7. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einer oder mehrere zusätzliche Flüsse (10, 11, 12), die aus der aus Fleischmehl, Blut und Schlamm oder einem Gemisch davon bestehenden Gruppe ausgewählt sind, dem in Schritt v) verwendeten Mischer (5) zugeführt werden können.
  8. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Pufferbehälter (2) mit Mitteln zur Verhinderung der Ablagerung von reduzierten Schlachthausabfällen versehen ist.
  9. Verfahren nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Wirbelschichtverbrennungsofen in Schritt v) verwendet wird, der möglicherweise mit einer stromabwärts davon angeordneten Rauchgasreinigungsanlage (8) versehen ist.
  10. Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Schlachthausabfällen, wobei die Vorrichtung einen Nass-/Trocken-Abscheider sowie die erforderlichen Pumpen, Rohrleitungen, Ventile und Steuerelemente und eine Vorrichtung zur Reduzierung von Schlachthausabfällen umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung zur Reduzierung von Schlachthausabfällen mit einem stromabwärts davon angeordneten Pufferbehälter (2) verbunden ist, wobei der Pufferbehälter (2) mit dem stromabwärts davon angeordneten Abscheider (3) verbunden ist, wobei der Abscheider (3) eine Trennung in eine Nassfraktion und eine Trockenfraktion bewirkt, wobei die Nassfraktion einer stromabwärts davon angeordneten Vorrichtung (4) zum Trennen der Nassfraktion in eine Fettfraktion und eine Wasserfraktion zugeführt wird, wobei die Trockenfraktion einem stromabwärts davon angeordneten Mischer (5) zugeführt wird, wobei der Mischer (5) des Weiteren mit einem Rohr zum Empfang der Wasserfraktion und einem Rohr zum Empfang der Fettfraktion verbunden ist, wobei in dem Mischer (5) die Wasserfraktion, die Fettfraktion und die Trockenfraktion gemäß einem bestimmten Verhältnis vermischt werden, wobei der Mischer (5) schließlich mit einem stromabwärts davon angeordneten Verbrennungsofen (6) verbunden ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Mittel zum Erwärmen der reduzierten Schlachthausabfälle zwischen der Vorrichtung zum Reduzieren von Schlachthausabfällen und dem Pufferbehälter (2) angeordnet sind.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 10 - 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mischer (5) des Weiteren eine oder mehrere Zuführungsanordnungen (10, 11, 12) für Fleischmehl, Blut und Schlamm oder ein Gemisch davon umfasst.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 10 - 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Verbrennungsofen (6) ein Wirbelschichtverbrennungsofen ist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 10 - 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Rauchgasreinigungsanlage (8) stromabwärts des Verbrennungsofens (6) angeordnet ist.
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