SRF Processing Plant

SRF process plant is a facility that produces alternative fuel from digesting various waste. SRF (solid refuse fuel) is a cost-effective and high caloric fuel. Due to these advantages, SRF often replaces fossil fuel as a better energy source for paper plant, pulp mill and cement producer.

The incineration of SRF can reach 1700 degree celcius. Despite converting solid waste to fuel is the goal of SRF production, SRF quality is often impacted by manufacturing input materials and processes.

SRF Prcocess Plant in Europe

Input Materials

Composition of waste, water content, ash content, chlorine/sulphur content determine the quality of materials. In some countries, only certain types of waste can go to a SRF Manufacturing plant. For example, hazardous waste like medical waste is legally not accetable. Preferably, the waste with high caloric conent that is already presorted out recycbles is an ideal ingredient for SRF/RDF.

Acceptabe materials include rejected fabric, textiles, leather, clothes; production waste and industrial waste; waste paper and cardboard; scrap plastics like PET bottles, films and post-consumer plastics.

SRF Production Process

The complexity of incoming materials and the level of desired SRF quality determine the process. A mixed of incoming materials requires a removal of unwanted contaminants, such as, metals, glasses, sands and hazardous waste at the beginning. This can be achived by metal separation, trommel and chemical treatment.

The SRF quality can increase and system maintenance cost can decrease if sorting and separating done well. What comes next is preshredding and fine shredding. Thourhg a combination of industrial shredders, Wiscon reduces the volume of the waste and obtain SRF flakes to 40-50mm.

In the last step, a briquetting machine can densify the SRF flakes. Chemical treatment neutralizes hazardous waste.

In short, a SRF manufacturing plant can recycle and recover waste by turing waste to energy.

The SRF production process is various based on the compostion of the waste stream. The following are the major steps of a SRF Processing Machine producing RDF alternative energy.

1. Sorting (Manual and trommel)
2. Coarse Shredding
3. Magnetic Separation (including an eddy-current separator)
4. Air Classifier
5. Fine Shredding
6. Briquetting

SRF Manufacturing is a waste treatment process. Specifically, a mechanical waste process consists of at least two or even three shredding steps. It process low, medium and high quality of RDF.

The RDF Processing Plant comes with dust filtration and air circulation as the RDF production generates excessive odour and dust.

Coarse Shredding (SRF Shredder)

SRF Shredding delivers by a twin shaft shredder a.k.a. pre-shredder. They share a similarity: extremely high torque and low speed. The goal of this step is split-opening waste in bags and destroying the exterior of the waste. Most of the waste is downsized and disintegrated to 100mm by 100mm (4 inches by 4 inches) at the end of this process.

If the infeed materials contain excessive bags or bales, prior to twin-shaft shredder, a bag opener is required for the early treatment in a SRF Processing Plant.

SRF pre-shredder

Magnetic Separation

Multiple 2500Gs+ magnetic separators operate throughout the system. Metals are typical by-products and shall be sorted out as early as possible. The absence of metal contaminants will prolong the overall machine service life.

2 overband metal separators are immediately used after coarse shredding (SRF Shredder).

Air Classifier (Air Blade)

Plastic, wood, paper, cardboard, foam and textile that contain high caloric value are usually light weighted. That is why SRF Production Plant needs air classifier to keep away heavy items like concretes and scrap metals, bringing up the caloric value.

Fine Shredding

The goal is to achieve 50mm by 50mm (2 inches by 2 inches). From 100mm to 50mm, it is essential before briquetting and for final SRF quality. The particles are re-shredded by a high-speed and wide-chamber single shaft shredder (RDF Crusher). Inside the shredder, a rotor up to 3 meter long maximize the shredding area.

The hex screen combined with multiple rotor blades on the rotor ensure homogeneous particle sizes and stable capacity. The front doors are easy to access for removal of tramp materials.

SRF Crusher (M series)

In some cases where the infeed materials are homogeneous and not challenging, a P and T series shredder with a hydraulic pusher is sufficient produce SRF in one step. Wiscon builds shredders with powerful motors, resistant blades and robust components. All has proven their worth time and again and guarantee smooth operation with minimum downtimes.

Briquetting

In SRF Processing Plant, the briquetting machine convert of SRF into uniformly shaped briquettes that is easy to use, transport and store. Mostly important, the SRF cubes are densified and thus increases caloric value.

How to get started?

Tell us your desired capacity per day, a general description of your waste, and requirement of your SRF flakes. We can design a solution that works!