Bircan SOYSAL
IZAYDAS, TURKIYE
Operations Manager
Bircan SOYSAL was born in 1979 in Siirt. In 2000, she graduated from Atatürk University, Department of Chemical Engineering. Between 2000-2004, she worked as Responsible Manager in Food Producing Enterprises. Since 2004, she has been working at IZAYDAS (Izmit Waste and Residues Incineration and Utilisation Incorporated Company) and has been working as Operations Manager after working as Laboratory Engineer, Landfill Engineer, Occupational Health and Safety Chief and Occupational Safety Specialist (Class A) respectively. In 2015, she completed his master's degree in Engineering Management at Sakarya University. In 2019, she completed his associate degree programme in Emergency and Disaster Management at Anadolu University.
Combustion of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Hazardous Waste Incineration Plant in Izmit
Bertan GÖRHAN, Bircan SOYSAL, İsmail ULUDAĞ, Muhammet SARAÇ
İzmit Atık ve Artıkları Arıtma Yakma ve Değerlendirme A.Ş. (İZAYDAŞ), İzmit-Kocaeli, Türkiye
Many chemical products were discovered and produced from the end of the 19th century to the last quarter of the 20th century. These products were used in many branches of agriculture, animal husbandry and industry. Because of the negative effects on human and environmental health, production began to be restricted or prohibited. One of these pollutants, classified as persistent organic pollutants, is hexachylcyclohexane (HCH). Use of this product in conjunction with the production has been realized, the production was stopped after the prohibition in Turkey. In the province of Kocaeli there are 2500 tons of HCH which has been kept in warehouse for long years. In this presentation, persistent organic pollutants and the trial burning results were commented.
The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants is an international agreement that aims to protect human health and the environment from the negative effects of these chemicals, to prevent, limit, prohibit or prevent the production, use, trade and oscillations. Türkiye has been a party to these agreements and meet the requirements in 2010. In this context “Elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) Remnants and Reduction of POPs Release” is carried out jointly by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The aim of the project, with the elimination of stocks of POPs in Türkiye, mainly to protect human health and the global environment, cleaning of areas contaminated by the relevant, reducing POPs emissions and increasing technical capacity. In Turkey, one of the main pops’ storage area located within the boundaries of Kocaeli, Derince district is the field that stores the BHC pesticide products.
IZAYDAŞ, Hazardous Waste Incineration Plant, high-temperature incineration of hazardous waste which is the first licensed disposal facility in Türkiye. Wastes are burned in the rotary kiln at 1000-1100 °C and in the second combustion furnace at 1100 to 1200 °C. Combustion gas is directed to the boiler which consists of the suction fan and the second combustion furnace in the chimney part and the radiation, super heater and economizer sections. Electrical energy is produced by 40 bar 350 °C of superheated steam produced in the boiler. The turbine capacity is 5,2 MW.
Products and wastes that are classified as permanent organic pollutants are disposed of by incineration. Destruction of the waste by complete disintegration during combustion and removal of the flue-gas by annihilation and purifying efficiencies can only be provided in fully equipped combustion plants. In this study, four different tests were carried out by burning the waste menu with chlorine content between 1% and 3%. Permanent organic pollutant removal percentage and dioxin furan analysis were performed with analysis of many parameters in the feed waste, slag, fly ash, filter press cake, activated carbon, wastewater and flue gas samples. As a result of these study, all national and international standards and international contract conditions have been provided and it has been shown that the incineration plant is a plant that will eliminate all persistent organic pollutants together with Lindane and PCB.
