Performance Analysis of Combined Medical Waste-Waste Tire Resource Utilization System Based on Gasification and Pyrolysis

Abstract

ObjectivesWith the annual increase in the generation of solid waste, traditional treatment methods have struggled to meet the increasingly stringent environmental requirements and the demands for resource recycling. In order to realize the efficient utilization of solid waste resources, a combined medical waste-waste tire resource utilization system based on gasification and pyrolysis was proposed.MethodsThe system fully combined the advantages of plasma gasification and pyrolysis technologies, coupling the medical waste plasma gasification power generation technology with tire pyrolysis technology. The syngas obtained from the gasification and pyrolysis processes was utilized together as the fuel of a gas turbine. At the same time, the high-temperature flue gas produced by the gas turbine provided the heat source for tire pyrolysis, after which the flue gas heat was recovered by a waste heat boiler. While harmlessly treating the medical waste-waste tires, the gradient utilization of energy was realized. The energy analysis and economic analysis of the proposed system were carried out under the condition of fixed feed rate.ResultsThe system is able to achieve a total energy output of 23.59 MW, with a total energy utilization efficiency of 52.56%, which is much higher than the efficiency of conventional waste-to-energy generation. The system has good economic returns, and can realize a relative net present value of 727.978 1 million yuan in a 20-year life cycle, and the dynamic payback cycle is only 3.13 years.ConclusionsThe research results provide a new technical path for the efficient co-processing of solid waste resources.

Keywords

• solid waste treatment
• energy recovery
• gas turbine
• plasma gasification
• tire pyrolysis
• steam cycle