Plant Design Data

Incineration Capacity 3,000 tonnes per day

Steam Generation per Boiler 105 tonnes per hour, 35 barG at 370 oC
Condensing Pressure 0.17 barA
Power Generation Capacity 80 MW, 10.5kV generator voltage

Main Plant Equipment

Refuse Handling 8 weighbridges of 50 tonnes capacity each
24 refuse discharge bays and 2 refuse screening bays served by a hydraulic polyp
grab
4 bulky waste rotary shears with 25 tonnes per hour capacity
2 bulky waste cranes and 4 refuse cranes of 10m3 each (wire rope operated)
2 separate refuse storage bunkers and 1 bulky waste storage pit
Refuse Incineration and Steam 6 stoker / furnace units with integral boilers
Generation
Flue Gas Handling 6 two-zone electrostatic precipitators
6 ten-compartment catalytic bag filters each comprising 2,240 fabric bags
2 concrete chimneys of 150m height with ceramic brick inner lining
2 lime silos and 2 reaction product silos
Ash Handling (each incinerator unit) 2 pusher-type hydraulic slag extractors and vibrating conveyors
Scrap Metal Recovery 2 magnetic separators to each incinerator unit
Ash / Scrap Loading 3 overhead wire rope operated cranes of 3.5 m3 each
Power Generation 2 condensing steam turbines coupled to generators (max. rating of 66.3MW each)
Steam Condensation 2 air-cooled condenser systems with 12 fans each
Cooling Closed-loop system with treated water
Rain Water Collection 2 rain water buffer basins with 7,000m3 storage capacity
Boiler Feedwater Treatment NEWater is polished with activated carbon, multi-gravel filters and is treated with
cation, anion and mixed bed ion exchangers
TUAS SOUTH INCINERATION PLANT
Tuas South Incineration Plant is the fourth and largest refuse incineration plant in Singapore.
TSIP Environmental Policy Built at a cost of S$890 million and completed in June 2000, it was designed to incinerate
TSIP is committed to carry out our activities with minimal impact on the environment. We value the well being of our employees, 3,000 tonnes of refuse daily. The plant is sited on 10.5 ha of reclaimed land and enables
customers, contractors, members of public and the environment in which we live in and are committed to: all incinerable waste generated in Singapore to be disposed of by incineration. The Plant
1. Establish and implement an effective environmental management system and ensuring that our operations comply with the was built with state-of-the-art technology. The various processes are highly automated
relevant local environmental regulations and requirements. and controlled via a digital control system. Modern equipment incorporating advanced
2. Minimize pollution through adoption of new technology where feasible and through proper management of flue gas emission,
waste disposal and wastewater discharge. technology is used in the plant to ensure a high level of efficiency and reliability.
3. Improve continually our environmental performance and operating conditions by reviewing objectives and targets periodically.
4. Train, educate and encourage our employees, contractors and customers to conduct their activities in an environmentally
responsible manner.
Incineration achieves about 90% reduction in volume of the refuse. Hence, all incinerable
5. Seek to communicate the environmental policy to employees, contractors, customers and the public. refuse are disposed of at the incineration plants while non incinerable refuse and ash from
the incineration plants are disposed of at the Semakau Landfill. This helps to conserve
the use of scarce land in Singapore. Tuas South Incineration Plant, together with the
Plant Emission Data for 2015 other incineration plants and the Semakau Landfill, will meet the refuse disposal needs of
(units in mg/Nm3 except otherwise indicated) Singapore and help in achieving a clean living environment for all Singaporeans.
Parameter Limit* Plant Level
Particulate substances 50 2.83
Hydrogen chloride 200 128
Sulphur dioxide 1700 85
Carbon monoxide 250 10
Dioxin and furans 0.1 ng TEQ/Nm3 0.074 ng TEQ/Nm3
Mercury and its compounds 0.05 0.001

*Environmental Protection & Management (Air Impurities) Regulations

 Modern equipment utilising
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advanced technologies are used
in the various processes in TSIP.
The control and monitoring of these
processes are done using an advanced
Digital Control System (DCS) in the
Central Control Room. The DCS not only
increases the efficiency of operations
through a higher degree of automation
but also allows more equipment to be
operated and monitored simultaneously.
The Central Control Room is manned
round the clock every day by a lean
force of trained operators working on
rotating shifts.
Incoming refuse
collection vehicles
are first weighed at the
weighbridges. They are then
driven up to the reception
hall where their refuse is
unloaded into one of the two
refuse bunkers. The empty
trucks are weighed again
before they leave the Plant
to determine the weight of
refuse disposed of.
WATER, STEAM & CONDENSATE SYSTEM

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The heat from combustion is used

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to generate steam in boilers. 19

The steam drives two steam turbines

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coupled to generators to produce 29 30 35

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electricity. The Plant consumes about

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20% of the electricity it produces and 27 34 36

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The pressure in the two
the excess 80% is sold. The exhaust refuse bunkers is kept below
steam from the two turbines is cooled
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BULKY WASTE CRUSHING PLANT atmospheric pressure to prevent
by air condenser fans. The condensate 23 24
1 Reception Hall 13 Main-Steam Header 25 Service Water Tank 37 Vibrating Conveyor 49 Bulky Waste Crane
odours from escaping. The refuse in
is then pumped back into the boilers, SCRAP METAL RECOVERY
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Refuse Discharge Door
Refuse Bunker
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Turbine and Generator
Turbine Bypass Station
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Reverse Osmosis Plant
Product Water Tank
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Vibrating Feeder Screen
Fine Material Vibrating Conveyor
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Bulky Waste Hopper
Feeder Ram
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the bunker is fed by refuse cranes
forming a closed-loop system.
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4 Refuse Crane 16 Air Cooled Condenser 28 Feed Water Treatment Plant 40 Coarse Material Vibrating Conveyor 52 Rotary Shear

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5 Refuse Hopper 17 Main Condensate Tank 29 Make-Up Water Tank 41 Magnetic Separator 53 Discharge Conveyor
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into the six incinerators.
6 Stoker 18 Main Condensate Pump 30 Make-Up Water Pump 42 Slag Throwing Mechanism 54 Central Control Room 52 51
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7 Steam Drum 19 Deaerator & Feed Water Tank 31 Electrostatic Precipitator 43 Scrap Metal Feeder Trough 55 Relay Room
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8 Super Heater 20 Boiler Feed Water Pump 32 Lime Injection Nozzle 44 Common Scrap Metal Conveyor 56 Refuse Crane Control Room
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9 Evaporator 21 Town Water Tank 33 Fabric Filter 45 Scrap Metal Discharge Conveyor 57 Traffic Control Room
10 Economiser 22 Rain Water Catchment 34 Induced Draught Fan 46 Scrap Metal Pit 58 Workshop
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11 Boilers 23 Service Water Basin 35 Chimney 47 Ash Pit 59 Main Coolers
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44 12 Sub-Steam Header 24 Service Water Transfer Pump 36 Slag Extractor 48 Ash and Scrap Metal Crane 60 Crane Maintenance Room
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incineration process are
transported via vibrating conveyors
to the ash pits. Ferrous scrap metal
The Plant has four high capacity
is picked up by electro-magnetic 3
rotary bulky waste crushers
separators and transported via vibrating
integrated in the refuse reception
conveyors to the scrap pits. These
hall so that refuse trucks are able to
scrap metal are sent to a local steel
discharge their loads directly into the
mill for recycling. The ash and slag are A catalytic fabric filter system is Advanced combustion control systems
5 4 crushers. A bulky waste pit, which is
loaded onto trucks and sent to the Tuas installed after a 2-zone electrostatic regulate the refuse feeding and a temporary storage facility, allows
Marine Transfer Station where they are precipitator to clean the flue gas. The combustion rate to achieve a complete burn peak intake of bulky waste to be
unloaded onto barges and transported cleaned flue gas then passes through the out of the refuse. stored and crushed during off-peak
to the offshore Semakau Landfill for two 150m tall chimneys that maximise the hours.
disposal. flue gas dispersion into the atmosphere.