Two 30,000 litre capacity fuel tanks installed in the yard are ready to be connected to the VIXLA V5 systems inside the factory. An additional 11,000 litre tank has also been installed to power the system.
A typical QMRE VÍXLA system will convert 1kg of plastic waste into 1 litre of QUEL (pyro-oil) – 85% of the total, with 12% non-condensable gas used to heat the process and 3% carbon ash which can be used in construction products. The system operates for 330 days of the year. When fully operational with 100 sites each with four VIXLAS, 550-600,000 tonnes of plastic waste will be recycled per annum, which is 10-12% of the 2021 plastic waste figures. (Source: ORA -Original Recycling Association, 2022).
Each compact VIXLA V5 system is a 16.4 tonne, containerised unit from QMRE’s technology partner Eagle Technology of Norway. Three years of operating results from QMRE’s test and development have been fed into Eagle’s production processes, cementing the partnership in the joint development of the thermolysis driven plastic waste-2-oil system.
The first production system is a collaboration between QMRE and A&M Renewables. Based at QMRE’s 25,000 square foot Kent HQ, QMRE will operate the system on behalf of A&M Renewables.
Full production imminent
Dave Garbett, QMRE’s Property & Sales director, commented, “We are delighted with the progress made to date in starting to roll you a network of VIXLA plastic waste-2-oil systems throughout the UK. We are now entering the final commissioning and testing of the system before entering full production.”
You can read more about the development of the QMRE system and its interest to the liquid fuel industry in the Fuel Oil News April issue article here.
Image provided by QMRE.