Total Capacity: 33,807 MW (24 Gas Motors)
Total Area : 90 Hectares
Total Amount of Waste : 55 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
- Start of the project was in May 2008
- Electricity production started in December 2008
- Located 25 km away from Istanbul
- Average waste height of 30 m
- Maximum waste height of 90 m
- Leachate Collection System
- Leachate Treatment System
- Gas storage bubble of the two units with a capacity of each 16000 m³
Gas Collection Systems – Typical Well Structure
- The average well depth is 30 m
- The maximum well depth is 43 m
- Effective well radius of 50 m
- The type of construction is bored pile
Gas Collection Systems – Manifolds
- 52 manifolds
- 8 – 12 wells are connected to each manifold
- Total number of wells is 520
- Ease during operation and time savings well optimizations
- Fire safety
Gas Collection Systems – Gas Piping and Covering of the Landfill
- 160 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 50 cm of top soil for future plantations
Flare
- Flares are manufactured by HAASE AG with flaring capacity of 2500 m³/hr
- There are 2 flares
- Flares burns the LFG at 900°C
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There is 2 gas storage balloon with capacity of 16000 m³
Boosters and Generators
- There are 9 boosters with capacity of 2500 m³/hr, 2 boosters with capacity of 3750m³/hr
- There are 21 gas engines with capacity of 1415kW
- There are 3 gas engines with capacity of 1364 kW
Electricity Transmission Lines
- 2 – parallel circuits of transmission lines, 6-wired
- Line length to the sub-station is 17 km and 97 transmission towers
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