Basically, the “X10 TITAN” is a more compact incinerator plant with much more capacity than any similar incineration plan.
Without compromising on the high quality of the ATLAS series, the X10 TITAN has been designed to incinerate sludge oil and simultaneously load and/or burn solid waste while consuming an absolute minimum of energy onboard the ship.
While the X10 TITAN offers a significant improvement in combustion capacity, size and weight, the real game changer is that the sludge oil is not heated prior to burning, which means that the incinerator consumes an absolute minimum of energy.
Moreover, the new design offers significant savings for both shipyards and shipowners.
This is thanks to the application of the latest incineration technology and an oil burner developed by ATLAS Incinerators.
The entire incineration process has been simplified and shortened, with several operations that occur in conventional incinerators now being redundant (see the illustration below).
Incinerator process (click to enlarge)
What makes the X10 TITAN unique is that sludge oil is pumped directly from the sludge oil tank to the oil burner prior to incineration without having to heat the sludge oil first. In other words, there is no need to use steam, electricity or thermal oil to heat the system.
This allows shipyards to make significant savings on heating the system. There is no longer a need for heating elements or a control system, nor for several metres worth of piping, a regulator or ball valves, in the case of steam. All of these costs are saved, in addition to which the installation becomes faster and simpler.
It is not only shipyards that enjoy economic advantages from the X10 TITAN. Shipowners also can see immediate savings in operations costs as heating is no longer necessary, resulting in a savings on fuel oil for heating the steam or generating electricity. Depending on fuel oil prices, this has the potential for significant savings each year.
The environmental impact of the X10 TITAN is equally important. Because the sludge oil is no longer heated, the auxiliary engines and boilers emit less carbon and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Thanks to this contribution to decarbonisation,
the X10 TITAN has become the most eco-friendly incinerator on the market for ships.
The oil burner plays an important role in burning sludge oil without preheating. In the incinerators that are available on the market, the sludge oil burner and diesel oil burner are separate, whereas in the TITAN there is only one burner.
This is, of course, an advantage to shipyards and shipowners: as fewer components are required, the incinerator costs less. Another advantage for shipowners is that fewer components means a savings on maintenance costs.
The new oil burner developed by ATLAS Incinerators is called a combi-burner, because the fuel oil and sludge oil are pumped from separate pipes and injected through the combi-burner.
The X10 TITAN uses the same method of atomising the sludge oil mixture as in the ATLAS series. Here, compressed air is injected into the middle of the combi-burner, passing a turbulator at high velocity and thereby atomising the sludge mixture.
The main nozzle in the oil burner has been re-designed, however, leading to a reduction in compressed air consumption of more than 60%.
Previously, the air intake in the sludge oil burner was either fully open or fully closed and fixed in the diesel oil burners, but in the combi-burner, the air intake is seamlessly regulated to ensure a more optimum flame and burning process. The combustion air is still created by a forced draught fan, which is the primary blower, and leads to the combi-burner and the combustion chamber via the double steel casing.
The control system on the X10 TITAN has been upgraded with the latest HMI technology. The operator panel is easy to use and provides a modern and effective display of essential information such as operation mode, flue gas temperature, combustion temperatures, alarms, etc.
New functions have been incorporated for better operation and documentation. These incude the prevention of overloading in solid waste mode, diesel oil consumption, sludge oil burning capacity, tank levels, preventative maintenance recommendations, fault diagnostics, and other functions.
