Total Capacity : 14,15 MW (10 Gas Motors)
Total Area : 40 Hectares
Total Amount of Waste : 25 Million Tons
General Information
- First acceptance of waste to the project area was in 1995
- Last acceptance of waste to the project area was in 2012
- Electricity production started in May 2008
- Start producing electricity was in June 2009
- Located 55 km away from Istanbul
- Average waste height is 19 m
- Maximum waste height is 70 m
- Leachate Collection System
- Leachate Treatment System
- Gas storage bubble of the one unit with a capacity of 16000 m³
Gas Collection Systems – Typical Well Structure
- The average well depth is 20 m
- The maximum well depth is 43 m
- Effective well radius is 50 m
- The type of construction is bored pile
Gas Collection Systems– Manifolds
- 18 manifolds
- 7-12 wells are connected to each manifold
- Total number of wells is 152
- Ease during operation and time savings well optimizations
- Fire safety
Gas Collection Systems- Gas Piping and Covering of the Landfill
- 45 km of HDPE pipe has been used for leachate, LFG, and compressed air lines
- Pipe connections has been made with electrical welding
- Cover of the landfill will be 60-70 cm of clay and 30 cm of top soil for future plantations
Flare
- Flares are manufactured by HAASE AG with flaring capacity of 2500 m³/hr
- There is 1 gas storage balloon with capacity of 14000 m³
- Flares burns the LFG at 900°C.
Boosters, Generators and Transformators
- There are 3 boosters with capacity of 2500 m³/hr
- There are 10 gas engines with capacity of 1415 kW
- There are 10 step-up transformators with capacity of 1800 kVA
Electricity Transmission Lines
- 1-circuit of transmission lines, 3-wired
- Line length to the sub-station is 15 km and 60 transmission towers
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