Belgium – Waste incinerators – Geavanceerd verbrandingsoptimalisatiesysteem (ACCS)

The subject of the contract concerns one plot and includes the design, delivery, configuration, integration, testing and commissioning of an Advanced Combustion Control System (ACCS) for the optimisation of the combustion process on oven lines 1 and 2 of the waste-to-energy plant (AEC) of IVAGO. The ACCS must supplement the existing basic control in the SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) with an advanced optimisation layer that automatically adjusts setpoints for more stable and efficient combustion and steam production. The system must also have monitoring and reporting functionalities, with which the operational and technical performance of the combustion process can be followed, analysed and reported. Objectives: • Stabilisation of the oven combustion and steam production • Increase in waste throughput • Increase in energy yield (steam production) • Reduction of auxiliary fuel • Reduction in operator interventions • Reduction in necessary raw materials to keep emissions under control • The system must also function as a monitoring or reporting tool. The contract is considered to be a contract for a fixed lump sum price, which includes all work and deliveries as specified in the tender. The whole must be integrated into the existing automation and control environment of the installation. The solution must be implemented on a PC-based server or workstation with sufficient capacity to continuously collect, process, analyse and store the necessary process data. The contractor must provide all necessary software, licences, communication components and system configurations required for a fully operational system. The contractor defines the necessary communication with SCADA and implements it. The proposed solution must be suitable for continuous operation and must take into account the required availability, reliability and cybersecurity of the installation. The implementation can only proceed during a planned shutdown of the power plant in 2027. An exact date for this has not yet been set, but it will be after 31 March 2027. The contractor must commit to being ready for implementation by 31 March 2027 at the latest.