W.T.E.signed a contract with Eco research for the whole design and supply of a pilot plant, realized with moving skids, to test the HTC process. W.T.E realised this prototype basing on its own conceptual design for full-scale test.
The HTC pilot plant consists of several packages which allow the slurry to be handled in safe way: slurries are heated, maintained at the appropriate conditions in a special reactor, cooled down and then discharged to filter. All the phases above follow a well-defined procedure which may be changed case by case according to the test results.
The HTC plant is equipped with several security systems in order to avoid risks for the operators. Potential flows discharged from safety valves are conveyed towards an activated carbon filter to assure the maximum environmental safety.
Pressure, temperature, normal and emergence procedures are automatically managed, regulated and controlled by a W.T.E. proprietary control logics.
