Profitability within the Circular Economy

Award winning technology

Ecomation has since 2007 developed solutions to capture valuable raw materials from urban waste, with dry distillation (pyrolysis) technology. The challenge of the traditional processes has been safety, equipment life span, energy efficiency, emissions and operational profitability. These main challenged has been addressed through extensive development, testing, trial and errors, resulting in a number of global patents and prestigious awards.

Key benefits

  • Continues operation 24/7 (no cooling and reheating cycles)
  • Zero emissions, no chimney (closed processes)
  • Energy efficiency (250 kwh/processed Mt)
  • Safety (maximum 5mbar operational pressure, no opening of equipment releasing oxygen to process)
  • Process scalability
  • Automated operation (minimized staff costs)
  • Profitability (ROI commonly under 4 years)

RUBBER AND PLASTICS

Ecomation’s process lines reverse through its dry distillation process waste plastics and rubber into valuable raw materials. 


TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS


Plastic waste feed example

  • 10.000 ton/year plastic waste feed
    Approximate offtake from production in share of input material
  • 7.000 Mt light fuel oil
  • 2.500 Mt NCG gas (can be used as Biogas) (ca 2,6 milj m3)
  • 500 Mt carbon

Process electricity energy consumption 250 kwh (+40 kwh, shredding) per processed ton


Scrap tires feed example 

  • 10.000 ton/year, scrap tires Approximate offtake from production in share of input material
  • 4.500 Mt light fuel oil
  • 500 Mt NCG gas (can be used as Biogas) (ca 0,5 milj m3)
  • 4.000 Mt carbon
  • 1.000 Mt steel

Process electricity energy consumption 250 kwh
(+40 kwh, shredding) per processed ton

WEEE, ELECTRONIC WASTE

WEEE includes a long list of harmful chemicals, such as mercury, lead, brominated flame retardants etc. The most common way to separate the valuable metals for recycling is mechanical recycling or by capturing valuable metals by chemical dissolvement. What is often foreseen is that most of the electronic waste is plastics. Therefore, the approach is to take care of the full mass of the waste and put the material back to use. Harmful substances are separated partly with the char and other such as the Mercury separated by distillation. Ecomation’s solution takes care of the full mass of the waste. Also, all harmful chemicals are separated without the risk of entering the environment.


ORGANIC WASTE AND BIOMATERIALS

The process is naturally capable of efficiently turning organic waste and biomaterials into fuels, Biogas and Biochar and liquid products like wood vinegar.

The process can be used for CO2 binding biochar production or for processing of for example sludge from water treatment plants. Sludge left over includes medical and microplastics that we do not want to be spread on our fields and into our ecosystem. These are completely removed in the process. The plants can be built for self-sufficiency, putting back the energy from the input material to the treatment process.