Recycling opportunities for PCB- containing equipment from Electric - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Recycling opportunities for PCB- containing equipment from Electric Power Industry

• Int. Symposium in Belgrade, 24.-25. November 2005

Helmut Bergel

Sales and Project Manager

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Presentation Overview

The Competence of Envio Recycling of PCB free transformers Decontamination of Power Transformers Summary Recycling/Disposal of PCB Transformers European Union funding for better PCB recycling technology Establishing of a storage for PCB equipment

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The Competence of Envio

• „ABB Environmental Services“ until early 2004
• Treatment of PCB materials since the 1980s
• Becomes an independent company in March 2004
• 20 years of experience in PCB transformer

decontamination as division of world’s largest transformer manufacturer

• Treatment facility in Dortmund, Germany and

Sweden

• Decontamination and clean-up projects world-wide

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Recycling/Disposal of PCB Transformers

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LTR2 = „Low-Temperature Rinsing and Re-Use/Recovery”

• Envio‘s LTR² technology can recycle

transformers transformers of

• f any

any PCB PCB content content (incl. Askarel)

• Most materials are recovered
• Askarel is destroyed in high

temperature incinerators

• PCB oil could be decontaminated with

Natrium destruction technology

• LTR² facilities can be deployed

deployed in in host host countries countries

• Fixed installation, or semi-mobile

facilities (for shared use in larger regions)

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Decontamination of Power Transformers

• Contaminated oil is destroyed or

treated

• Transformer is filled with suitable

cleaning agent

• Cleaning the transformer inside,

expansion tank, pipes, Buchholzrelais etc

• Filling in the PCB free oil under

partial vacuum

• Transformers up to 1.000 ppm

can be decontaminated and put again into service

• Transformer remains sustainably

below the legally permitted level (i.e. 50 ppm)

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Recycling of PCB free transformers

• We

We buy buy at at attractive attractive market market rates rates

• Same high quality standards

as for treatment of PCB transformers

• ISO 9001 and 14001
• Transformers of any size
• Provision of recycling

certificate, if desired

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European Union funding for better PCB recycling technology

The European Union promotes 111 innovative environmental protection projects within the framework of its program LIFE Environment 2004. Envio Germany of Dortmund was ranked at place nine of altogether 679 project proposals.

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European Union funding for better PCB recycling technology

The project (TrafoDecon) will:

• Develop a technology to

decontaminate PCB transformers for re-use

• Reduce significantly the volume of

PCB waste, and aiding the replacement of PCBs with safer alternatives

• Demonstrate a technology capable
• f decontaminating other PCB

containing equipment and waste

• Install small-scale semi-mobile pilot

facilities in Poland as part

• f a

technology transfer aspect of the project.

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Establishing of storage area for PCB equipment

• Partnership with MITECO
• Support from the Ministry of

Environment of Serbia

• Establishing of Public Private

Partnership

• First storage area in Serbia

for PCB equipment, according to international standards

• Establishing of Environmental

standards concerning EU directives

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Summary

1. Envio will reduce the cost of PCB replacement in Serbia

• ptimized transport cost by collection in PCB storage area
• bjective to establish recycling capacity in Serbia

2. Recycling of transformers without PCB

• we buy at attractive market rates

3. Envio provides transformer replacement solutions

• disposal, new equipment, technical services, financing

4. Elimination of other types of PCB and POPs waste

• capacitors, oils, soil, other types of hazardous waste

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Envio – your partner for PCB projects

• Comprehensive scope of

products and services

• decontamination of PCB equipment
• new transformers and capacitors
• consulting and technical services,

financing

• recycling of non-PCB transformers
• World-wide project execution
• sales, operations and logistics
• authority permits for handling

and transport of PCB waste

• Reliability
• certified quality standards and

20 years of experience

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Contact information

Helmut Bergel

Sales & Project Manager

• +49-231-9982 230

Eastern Europe

• +49-231-9982 202
• www.envio-group.com
• helmut.bergel@envio-group.com
• Envio Germany GmbH & Co. KG
• Kanalstr. 25

44147 Dortmund Germany