Total Capacity : 6,86 MW (5 Gas Motors)
Total Area : 26 Hectares
Total Amount of Waste : 6,3 Million Tons
General Information
- First acceptance of waste to the project area was in 1997
- Waste acceptance is still underway
- Start of the project was in October 2010
- Electricity production started in March 2012
- Located 10km away from Izmit
- Average waste height is 20 m
- Maximum waste height is 37 m
- Leachate Collection System
- Leachate Treatment System
- Gas storage bubble of the one unit with a capacity of 8000 m³
Gas Collection Systems – Typical Well Structure
- The average well depth is 17 m
- The maximum well depth is 30 m
- Effective well radius is 50 m
- The type of construction is bored pile
Gas Collection Systems– Manifolds
- 16 manifolds
- 10-15 wells are connected to each manifold
- Total number of wells is 194
- 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 cm of clay
Flare, Boosters and Generators
- Flares are manufactured by HAASE AG with flaring of the one unit with a capacity of 800 m³/hr
- Flares burns the LFG at 900°C
- There are 4 boosters with capacity of 4800 m³/hr
- There are 5 gas engines with a total capacity of 6,86 MW ”There are 4 units of Jenbacher Gas Engine with a capacity of 1.415 MW and 1 unit of MWM TCG 2020 Gas Engine with a capacity of 1.2 MW.”
Electricity Transmission Lines
- 1-circuit of transmission lines, 4-wired,
- Line length to the sub-station is 500 m and 8 transmission towers
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