Refuse-derived fuel incineration

Heat and power from trash: Our RDF-fired waste-to-energy plant (WTE) at Industriepark Höchst incinerates your pre-treated municipal solid waste and harnesses the resulting energy to produce steam and electricity in a highly efficient process. So not only will we destroy your waste properly in full compliance with all legal obligations, but we will minimize your environmental impact, too.

Co-generation technology delivers nearly 90 percent efficiency. The heat output is used to generate process steam that is fed into Industriepark Höchst’s steam supply system.

To ensure reliable, high-availability disposal, we support it with a high-quality logistics infrastructure – direct highway access, ten delivery gates, an express gate, three incineration lines and a large fuel bunker.

RDF-fired waste-to-energy plant

Technical Data

Incineration

Incineration capacity: 700,000 Mg/a
Incineration temperature: approx. 850°C

Process

Internally circulating fluidized bed
Number of combustion lines: 3

Heat recovery steam generator

Steam generation: 265 t/h
Electricity generation: 70 MW

Flue gas cleaning

Two stages per line
Spray absorber (lime slurry), baghouse (entrained-flow adsorption with lignite coke)

Waste types

Dry, pre-sorted and pre-treated medium calorific fractions of municipal solid waste
Municipal and industrial sewage sludge

Also see our factsheet:

Refuse-derived fuel incineration

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Our terms of acceptance and certificates

RDF-fired waste-to-energy plant (WTE plant/EVA)

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Terms of acceptance for the disposal of sewage sludge in the waste-to-energy plant (WTE plant/EVA)
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Terms of acceptance for the recovery of energy from RDF in the waste-to-energy plant (WTE plant/EVA)
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