There was a time when individual hospitals and industries located in thickly populated cities in India were allowed to have their own incinerator systems for disposal of their wastes. This resulted in proliferation of the population of poorly designed incinerators, resulting in rising pollution levels beyond acceptable limits. The damage was intensified by the poor quality systems offered by fly-by-night fabricators who wanted to capitalize on the market demand by offering their wares at unbelievably low prices.

The Regulatory Authority, therefore, restricted the use of incinerators within city limits, unless they met all the required emission levels. They introduced new norms and standards for incinerators, air pollution control systems, etc. and safety measures to prevent accidents and injuries.  They also came up with the concept of Common Incinerator Facilities both for biomedical as well as for hazardous industrial waste disposal.

Haat was running a testing facility in its own premises, where incinerators are made, since the year 2000.  During a visit to our factory, the chairman of the Regulatory Authority suggested that we convert this testing facility into a full-fledged common incinerator for hazardous waste disposal. We were given the permission to do this and we converted the system to match the requirements of the authority.

This system was upgraded from time to time in line with the updated standards and today the system exceeds the Indian standards and conforms to Euro emission norms with its battery of scrubbers, bag filters, working and stand-by pumps, motors, instrumentation and fans. It is also equipped with a fully automatic control panel with PLC and HMI. The latest addition to the system is the CEMS (Continuous Emission Monitoring System) to measure CO, O₂, CO₂, NO_x, SO_x, PM, temperatures in primary and secondary chambers as well as HCl. The CEMS is directly connected to the Regulatory Authority’s portal for 24/7 on-line transfer of data.

This Common Facility is invariably visited by our valued clients and prospective buyers/users when they come to our plant and they are impressed with its looks, performance and ease of operation.

Haat has also supplied many incinerator systems for such common facilities within India and abroad and some of these are listed below:

1.                Vijayawada

2.                Shimla

3.                Pune

4.                Rewari

5.                Hyderabad

6.                Anantapur

7.                Kandhahar (Afghanistan)

8.                Sudan

9.                UAE

10.             Mauritius

11.             Maldives

12.             Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

In recent times, we have received a contract to supply a large common hazardous waste incinerator to the West Indies. This is a full-fledged incinerator with air pollution control, PLC automation and stack.

Our own common facility has been working for more than 15 years and our other installations also have similar or longer lifespans.

More details on Haat’s Common Hazardous Waste Incinerator.