Hillingdon Clinical Waste Incinerator
Clinical Waste Incinerator operated by Stericylce (SRCL) Ltd and based at Hillingdon Hospital.
| Hillingdon Clinical Waste Incinerator | |
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| Waste Licence | LP3037UU |
| Operator | SRCL |
| Operational Capacity | 8,000tpa |
| Number of Lines | 1 |
| Region | London |
Annual Report Data
| Year | Total In | Total Clinical | IBA Out | ACP Out | Op Hours
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| 2019 | 2669 | 2669 | 360 | 241 | 3167 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
The Clinical Waste Incinerator is located at the Hillingdon Hospital and is operated by Stericycle (SRCL) Ltd. The plant consists of a single stream process, rated at 1,000 kg per hour[1] equivalent to 8,000 tonnes per annum of solid wastes. The Primary Chamber operates a conventional combustion pulse hearth design with sufficient retention time to burn the wastes to a high quality ash[1].
Plant
Waste is loaded mechanically into the Primary Chamber using a hydraulic lift and tip arrangement, to avoid any manual handling of the waste[1]. The combustion process flue gas from the Primary Chamber then passes to the Secondary Chamber to produce bottom ash[1]. The bottom ash is discharged into a ash quench pit, and from the ash quench pit it is discharged into storage skips.
The Secondary Chamber is operated under oxygen-rich conditions to combust any Carbon Monoxide and volatile organic compounds produced in the Primary Chamber[1].
The hot gases then pass through a boiler and dilution air system, before the gases pass on to the flue gas treatment system[1].
Waste Tonnage, By Origin
The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit LP3037UU, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data used is from the most recent returns. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: Expression error: Unexpected < operator.t.
Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:
- Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
- Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
- Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.
| EWC Code | Origin of Waste | Tonnes In |
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