Which future for the SRF market?

WHICH FUTURE FOR THE SRF MARKET?

CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATION OF SRF ACCORDING TO EN 15359 AND OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS DEVELOPED BY CEN/TC 343 “SOLID RECOVERED FUELS”

MILAN – November 20, 2013 Room «Pirelli» – Regione Lombardia

dr. Mattia Merlini Standardization Division – Italian Termotechnical Committee (CTI) Project Leader WG 903 “Energy from waste”

1. MANDATE 325 2. CEN/TC 343 ‘SOLID RECOVERED FUELS’ 3. CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATION: EN 15359 4. ITALY BACKGROUND 5. CTI’s ROLE 6. CTI DOCUMENTS ON SRF 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS - WHICH FUTURE FOR THE SRF MARKET?

CONTENTS

Aggiornamento sulla normativa tecnica – 6 Novembre 2013

Directive 2001/77/EC includes in its scope the production of electricity from biomass

Why SRF has potential?

• satisfy energy requirements

• help to reach landfill targets

• help to stop depletion of fossil fuels

• help to reach CO2-targets

In 2002, EC gave a mandate (M/325) to CEN to develop standards for SRF

1.Develop a set of Technical Specifications (TSs)

2.Transform this set of TSs into European Standards (ENs)

3.These ENs shall be presented as a package, after validation

1. MANDATE M/325

Which future for the SRF market? – November 20, 2013

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Established on 13 March 2002

Scope

“Elaboration of Standards, Technical Specifications and Technical Reports on solid recovered fuels, prepared from non-hazardous waste to be utilised for energy recovery in waste-incineration or co-incineration plants, excluding those fuels that are included in the scope of CEN/TC 335 Solid biofuels”

Committee Sub-structure

WG 1 - Terminology and Quality Assurance (IT)

WG 2 - Fuel specifications and classes (SE)

WG 3 - Sampling and supplementary test methods (NL)

WG 4 - Physical/mechanical tests (D)

WG 5 - Chemical tests (IT)

2. CEN/TC 343 ‘SOLID RECOVERED FUELS’


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2. PRESENT STATUS OF TC 343 1/3


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EN 15357:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Terminology, definitions and descriptions

EN 15358:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Quality management systems - Particular requirements for their application to the production of solid recovered fuels

EN 15359:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Specifications and classes

EN 15440:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of biomass content

CEN/TR 15441:2006 Solid recovered fuels - Guidelines on occupational health aspects

EN 15442:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for sampling

EN 15443:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the preparation of the laboratory sample

EN 15590:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of the current rate of aerobic microbial activity using the real dynamic respiration index

CEN/TR 15591:2007 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of the biomass content based on the 14C method

CEN/TR 14980:2008 Solid recovered fuels - Report on relative difference between biodegradable and biogenic fractions of SRF

EN 15400:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of calorific value

CEN/TS 15401:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of bulk density



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EN 15402:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of the content of volatile matter

EN 15403:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of ash content

CEN/TR 15404:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of ash melting behaviour by using characteristics temperatures

CEN/TS 15405:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of density of pellets and briquettes

CEN/TS 15406:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of bridging properties of bulk material

CEN/TS 15414-1:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry method - Part 1: Determination of total moisture by a reference method

CEN/TS 15414-2:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry method - Part 2: Determination of total moisture content by a simplified method

EN 15414-3:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of moisture content using the oven dry method - Part 3: Moisture in general analysis sample

EN 15415-1:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 1: Screen method for small dimension particles

EN 15415-2:2012 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 2: Maximum projected length method (manual) for large dimension particles



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EN 15415-3:2012 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of particle size distribution - Part 3: Method by image analysis for large dimension particles

CEN/TS 15639:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of mechanical durability of pellets

CEN/TR 15716:2008 Solid recovered fuels - Determination of combustion behaviour

EN 15407:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and nitrogen (N) content

EN 15408:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of sulphur (S), chlorine (Cl), fluorine (F) and bromine (Br) content

EN 15410:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of the content of major elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, P, Si, Ti)

EN 15411:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of the content of trace elements (As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Tl, V and Zn)

CEN/TS 15412:2010 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the determination of metallic aluminium

EN 15413:2011 Solid recovered fuels - Methods for the preparation of the test sample from the laboratory sample

EN15359 provides methods of specification and classification for SRF

SOLID RECOVERED FUELS

Solid fuel prepared from non-hazardous waste to be utilised for energy recovery in incineration or co-incineration plants and meeting the classification and specification requirements laid down in EN 15359

1. The classification system is based on: an economic characteristic (NCV), a technical characteristic (Cl) and an environmental characteristic (Hg)

2. The specification system is based on properties of SRF and the limit values are the result of an agreement between user and producer

3. The SRF shall satisfied quality requirements according to compliance rules

4. The producer/supplier of SRF shall give a declaration of conformity. The record shall be kept available for inspection

3. CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATION: EN 15359


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3. CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM


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3. SPECIFICATION SYSTEM (Obligatory to specify)


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• The properties, as defined in the table, SHALL BE SPECIFIED

• The determination of chemical parameters shall be made according to CEN TEST METHODS

• The LIMIT VALUE are defined by the user and the producer

3. SPECIFICATION SYSTEM (Non-obligatory to specify)


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The properties, as defined in the table, are NOT OBLIGATORY TO SPECIFY New properties could be added and existing removed

• Production period: 12 months

• A quality management system (QMS) is applied according to EN 15358

• Maximum weight of a lot shall be no more than 1500 tonnes

• If there are significant changes in the properties of input materials or in the

production process conditions (change of class code), the production shall be interrupted

• For sampling and sample reduction EN 15442 shall be applied

3. COMPLIANCE RULES


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4. ITALY BACKGROUND 13


ITALY EUROPE DESCRIPTION

CDR RDF NON MINERAL REFUSE DERIVED FUELS

CSS SRF SOLID RECOVERED FUELS

CSS-COMBUSTIBILE SRF «end of waste» «Il sottolotto di combustibile solido secondario (CSS) per il quale risulta emessa una dichiarazione di conformità nel rispetto di quanto disposto all’articolo 8, comma 2» (DM 14/02/13)

4. ITALY BACKGROUND 14

WHAT’S RDF? WHAT’S SRF? WHAT’S SRF «EoW»? IT’S A NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE IT’S A PRODUCT

IT’S A HETEROGENEOUS SOLID FUEL IT’S PREPARED BY BIOLOGICAL/MECHANICAL TREATMENT

IT’S PREPARED FROM MSW AND SPECIAL WASTE

IT’S PREPARED FROM A LIMITED TYPOLOGY OF

MSW AND SPECIAL WASTE

(NON-HAZARDOUS) UNI 9903-1:2004 EN 15359:2011

2 QUALITY (CDR e CDR-Q) 125 QUALITY 18 QUALITY IT’S A PARTICULAR

QUALITY OF SRF IT’S NOT A RDF, IT’S A

SRF! IT’S A PARTICULAR

QUALITY OF SRF DM 05/02/1998 D.Lgs 205/2010 DM 14/02/13


No-profit organization affiliated to UNI (Italian Standardization Body)

Purpose: - Responsibility to carry out standardization work in the various sectors of

thermal energy production, distribution and utilization (UNI, CEN, ISO) - Support italian ministries in charge (Economic Development, Environment &

Territorial Protection) Regions (Lombardy) and other Public Authorities (Provinces, Municipalities)

- Research activity in the field of sustainable energy systems - Commercial software audit for the determination of energy building

performance - Training courses on waste, heating cost sharing, heat pumps, etc… - Scheduling of fair events

about 500 organizations and 1000 experts in all

www.cti2000.it

5. CTI’s ROLE


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http://www.cti2000.it/

ENERGY FROM WASTE Chairman: prof. ing. Riva Giovanni Technical secretary: dr. Merlini Mattia About 50 companies (70 experts) are involved

• Collection, transport, treatment and management of the waste cycle • Energy from waste • Production and utilization of fuels from waste • Realization and management of the waste treatment and disposal plants • Laboratories involved in fuels testing • Research activity in the waste market

5. THE SUBCOMMITTEE 9: WG 903 16


6. CTI DOCUMENTS ON SRF 17

DOCUMENT TITLE Guide CTI 8 SPECIFICATIONS OF SRF OBTAINED BY THE MECHANICAL

TREATMENT OF NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE Guide CTI 10 CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMASS REGARDING BIOMASS AND

ENERGY CONTENT Guide CTI 11 APPLICATION OF EN 15359 AND EN 15358, IN RELATION TO GUIDE

CTI 8


WG 903 develops several technical documents that aim to: • ease the application of italian regulations about SRF (legislative decree) • ease the agreements between user, producer and control bodies • provide useful tools for laboratories

6. GUIDE CTI 8 18

IT PROVIDES REFERENCE VALUES FOR SRF OBTAINED BY THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO EN 15359 The GUIDE CTI 8 came out with the publication of EN 15359 that don’t provide any reference values of specifications. The aim of GUIDE CTI 8 is to give a reference to users, producers and mainly to control bodies The SRF «EoW» is not included in the scope WORK PROGRAMME: UPGRADE TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (UNI/TS)


6. GUIDE CTI 10 19

DETERMINATION OF THE BIOMASS CONTENT (SRF AND WASTE) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A INCENTIVE OF THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM BIOMASS FRACTION

The GUIDE CTI 10 supports GSE procedure for “The qualification of a plant powered by renewable sources (IAFR)”

CONTENTS • Fuels classification • Methods for determination of biomass content of fuels • Methods for determination of NCV of fuels • Methods for sampling and for the preparation of the laboratory sample

….ACCORDING TO CEN STANDARDS (EN 15442, EN 15443, ecc…)

WORK PROGRAMME: UNDER REVIEW


6. GUIDE CTI 11 20

IT PROVIDES PROCEDURES TO EASE THE APPLICATION OF CEN STANDARDS REGARDING SRF CONTENTS • Procedures and methods for sampling regarding classification and

specification of SRF • Guidelines for the application of quality management system (QSM)

…ACCORDING TO CEN STANDARDS (EN 15359, EN 15358) The document mainly speaks to the control bodies and laboratories WORK PROGRAMME: UNDER REVIEW


7. CONCLUDING REMARKS - WHICH FUTURE FOR THE SRF MARKET? 21


• CEN/TC 343: all ENs will be reviewed by 2016 • WG 903: all technical documents will be reviewed by 2013/2014

• CTI is working for increasing confidence in SRF. How can do that? By appropriate initiatives (workshops, seminars, ecc) that aim to involve all the stakeholders, providing useful information: - Who's SRF - How it's made - How the standards works

• The involvement of all stakeholders in the standardization process, during the development of technical documents (standards and guides), is necessary to get a common language and a well-established documents

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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