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Severnside Energy Recovery Centre

Bristol

Project Overview:

An EfW facility based upon conventional combustion technology and considered an ERF based on its R1 status. Severnside ERC (also known as SERC) has a permitted operational capacity of 400,000 tonnes per annum, and is owned and operated by West London Energy Recovery Ltd a company set up for the purpose by Suez. Delivery of waste is primarily by rail and the facility processes primarily residual Household Waste and some Commercial Waste.

EDC Scope of Works:

The MEP systems designed and installed on site consisted of several buildings with different functions. These include:

  • Staff and Visitors Accommodation Block
  • Tipping Hall for incoming waste handling trucks
  • Waste holding bunker
  • Ash handling bunker for handling hot ashes from incinerating process
  • Boiler Hall with steam boilers
  • Flue gas treatment area
  • Turbine hall
  • Incinerator Bottom Ash Recovery Building
  • Miscellaneous weigh bridges and security posts
  • Electrical & controls plant rooms

EDC Scope of Works Continued...

There was a wide variety of Mechanical and Public Health systems designed and installed, such as site wide process water distribution, carbon monoxide control systems, mixed mode ventilation system to boiler hall for temperature control (CFD modelling included), pressurised ventilation systems and general HVAC and public health systems. The project successfully implemented low carbon technologies into the MEP design to reduce the facilities carbon imprint. An absorption chiller and plate heat exchangers were installed to utilise dump steam from the process plant equipment to supply the development with LTHW and CHW.
Electrical services systems included traffic management systems, MV/LV distribution throughout site to all buildings, Site wide security and access control systems, general building services to all buildings.

Sir Robert McAlpine
Bristol
  • MEP Design
  • BIM
  • BREEAM
  • Energy & Sustainability Engineering
  • Design & Build
£240m
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