Incincerator warning

Wednesday 23rd July 2008, 2:58PM BST.

From E Bisson.
ARE those two fires involving waste disposal not a grave problem for the siting of a new incinerator?

Does the plant not need to be in an isolated place?

There has already been a fire at La Collette site just a few months ago. I am sure that many St Helier residents are concerned about the dangers.
6 Millennium Court,
Grève d’Azette,
St Clement.

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Tony Durbin

July 23, 2008 at 8:19 pm

THE ONLY RISK OF FIRE IS IF A WASTE PROCCESSING PLANT FIRE SENSORS AND A WATER SPRINKLER SYSTEM FAILS TO CUT IN IMMEDIATELY NAKED FLAME IS DETECTED IN THE MECHANICALS / ELECTRICALS SYSTEM /RAW WASTE STORAGE AREAS.
I AM AWARE OF A PLANT IN THE UK THAT SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BECAUSE MAINTENENCE ENGINEERS FAILED TO REPLACE AND RE-ACTIVATE FIRE ALARM SENSORS AND SPRINKLERS IN AN AREA WHERE MECHANICAL OVERHEATING TOOK PLACE.

ANYWAY, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED – JERSEY WILL RUE THE DAY ILL-ADVISED SENATE MEMBERS VOTED TO BUILD YET ANOTHER NON-ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY,OUT DATED MASS BURN INCINERATOR !! – OVERPRICED BY AT LEAST £30 MILLION !! – MAKING ONE WONDER WHERE ALL OF THIS VAST OVERSPEND IS GOING RELATIVE TO THE ISLAND’S SMALL AMOUNT OF BURNABLE WASTE ARISINGS AND THE GENERAL STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND BELT TIGHTENING.

FRANKLY,THE £106.31 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THIS LA COLLETTE PLANT IS SERIOUSLY LAUGHABLE AND INDICATES A VERY SERIOUS LACK OF FISCAL PROBITY – CAUSING ONE TO WONDER WHAT OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVISION MIGHT SUFFER AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS GROSS OVERSPEND.

AND PLEASE BE AWARE, THIS FIRST COST WILL BE ACCENTUATED BY INCONSISTANT WASTE SUPPLY – LEADING TO EXCESSIVE USE OF VERY COSTLY FOSSIL FUEL OIL, VITAL TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT FURNACE TEMPERATURE OF 850 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK YEAR ROUND – OTHERWISE VERY EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCHLORIC AND SULPHURIC ACIDS,DIOXINS AND FURANS DEVELOP,RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE PRESSURE BEING PLACED ON THE GAS SCRUBBER / FLY-ASH PARTICULATES ARRESTER INSTALLATION – LEADING TO THE POSSIBLE USE OF EMERGENCY BY-PASS DUMP VALVES TO STOP THE SYSTEM FROM BLOCKING UP – RESULTING IN THE FOULING THE LOVELY CLEAN JERSEY AIR – ABSOLUTELY CONTRARY TO “GOOD PRACTISE” PROCEDURE.

MY CONTENTION IS THIS MONSTROSITY OF AN INCINERATOR WILL NOT OPERATE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THERE IS NOT ENOUGH COMBUSTIBLE, DRY WASTE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND TO KEEP IT RUNNING PROPERLY -

I CHALLENGE THE T&TS ENGINEERING CHIEF TO COUNTER WHAT I SAY, AND TELL US ALL HOW HE INTENDS TO RUN THIS PLANT AT OPTIMUM 850C LEVEL ALL YEAR ROUND – SAY 8000 HOURS – FIRED SOLELY ON DRY, CELLULOSTIC WASTE ARISINGS – AMOUNTING TO POSSIBLY LESS THAN 70,000 TONS PER YEAR AFTER REMOVAL OF ALL RECYCLABLES AND NON-BURNABLES.

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