ABB Bailey Japan won a contract from Ebara Environmental Plant Co. Ltd. (hereafter “Ebara”) to supply end-to-end solutions for excitation and synchronization systems for a new public waste-to-energy facility in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan.
Ebara has obtained a project called "Izu and Izunokuni City New Waste Treatment Facility Development and Operation Project" from the Izu and Izunokuni City Waste Treatment Facility Association, organized by Izu City and Izunokuni City (where ABB Bailey Japan is headquartered), (hereafter two cities). The facility is currently under construction. Presently, the two cities have a total of four facilities, all of which have been in operation for more than 25 years and are aging. These four facilities will be consolidated under the four basic policies formulated by the Izu and Izunokuni City Waste Treatment Facility Association: "a facility that operates stably and safely over the long term," "a facility that gives unlimited consideration to environmental preservation," "a facility that is open to residents and contributes to the community," and "a facility with excellent economic performance. In addition to processing 82 tons of waste per day, the facility will effectively utilize the heat from incineration to generate electricity, aiming to create a recycling-oriented society. The new facility will begin operations in January 2023.
ABB’s scope covers the complete automation, electrical generator and generator control panel, which consists of AVR excitation, protection and synchronization systems. This modular design will enable higher performance and cost-efficiency. The systems are built to the strictest manufacturing standards for reliable operation in different environments, including the customer’s local requirements.
The fully engineered generator control panel and circuit breakers, including the UNITROL 1000 excitation system will help the customer to achieve greater reliability in operations, stability and full utilization of assets in line with plant efficiency targets. UNITROL 1000 is designed to comply with the strictest grid codes and therefore will secure reliable and safe operations throughout major grid incidents.
“This is the first domestic public project where our excitation teams have worked with generator systems from our Shanghai factory. In addition, adapting the engineering of the protection units to local requirements was key for us to execute this project. These were novelties and our challenges,” said Tetsuo Miura, President and CEO, ABB Bailey Japan. “Hopefully, this will be the first of many mutually beneficial projects in the region.”
Generating electricity from household waste incineration is a key element of Japan’s energy system. The country has 380 waste-to-energy plants, accounting for over 30 percent of its refuse incineration facilities, according to the Japanese Environment Ministry. The number has risen by more than 20 percent in the past decade.
