Bionerga, Houthalen

Bionerga, Houthalen is a Belgian Waste-to-Energy plant, built in 1984, burning household waste on 2 lines of a 8.5 ton/hour capacity each and equipped with Volund grates with rotating kiln.

The FuzEvent Installation
The FuzEvent system is installed on both lines of the plant. The project was completed in 2007.
FuzEvent achieved:

• A more stable steam production,
• An increased steam set-point by 3-4%,
• 95% of the time in automatic operation of all connected set-points.

The Service Contract
In order to achieve a continuous optimization of the plant by the FuzEvent system, the Bionerga plant has subscribed to a Service Contract since 2008 for long-term partnership.
Services included in the contract:

• Engineering assistance per year by remote service, internet logon, or visits at the plant;
• Identification of cause of operation related optimization problems;
• Remedy of operating trouble related to optimization;
• Installation of new versions of the FuzEvent software;
• Introduction to the functions of the FuzEvent system to the operational staff of the plant in connection with plant visits.

Combustion System Upgrade
Dublix Engineering has effectuated modifications on the secondary air injection in order to improve the secondary combustion.