Stoneybridge Clinical Waste Incinerator
Clinical Waste Incinerator operated by Peake GB Ltd and located in StoneyBridge Park, Liskeard, Cornwall.
Summary
The plant at Stoneybridge Park is a High Temperature Incineration facility which incinerates hazardous & non-hazardous wastes from hospitals, healthcare premises and other establishments in the South West. The plant is licensed to operate 24/7 with a maximum throughput of 650kg/hr[1].
Plant
The plant is of a Rotary Kiln design which is capable of handling a wide range of wastes, the waste is fed into the plant by use of a bin tipper and ram loading box. The IBA (bottom ash) is discharged into skips at base of a transition chamber, the flue gases pass on to the secondary chamber then a heat exchanger, where the gasses are cooled before entering the reactor tower & abatement plant where sodium bicarbonate and activated carbon is injected to neutralise acid gasses[1]. The sorbents are then captured on ceramic filter elements, to provide a further reaction surface before being recirculated and then discharged into IBC’s (Intermediate bulk containers) for disposal[1]. The cleaned flue gasses pass through the ceramic filters to the ID fan and on to the discharge stack[1].