Flexible, efficient, low cost solutions for:

  • Forest thinning and combustion disposal

  • Woody biomass-fueled energy production

  • Solid waste combustion disposal

  • Hazardous, medical, infectious waste disposal

 

The Firebird V-3™ is a third generation of vortex combustion technology. Previous versions have been used in various applications such as complete and safe incineration of nuclear waste materials, infectious waste, and various types of hazardous waste programs.  Earlier versions of this system are currently installed in over 14 countries worldwide.

 

Our Senior Engineer, who is the inventor of this technology, has adapted this system to work with municipal waste incineration, as well as medical, industrial, and other applications, such as woody biomass combustion. Like the two versions before it, the V-3™ produces no harmful emissions, odors, or even smoke, and needs no scrubbers to clean the exhaust, meeting all EPA standards for air quality.

 

Although there are numerous applications in which this system can be utilized, the three primary uses that we are focusing on are:  1) Woody biomass (forest thinning),  2) Municipal waste incineration with energy recapture, and  3)  Landfill reclamation

 

The overall system can be tailored to each project's needs and specifications.  While the primary unit stays consistent, the peripheral devices, such as chippers, shredders, boilers, and steam turbines, are readily available in a variety of configurations to match the goals and needs of each community or landfill project. 

The process of energy recapture begins with the collection of the "fuel," either cut timber, or solid waste such as municipal, industrial, or  hospital, medical, infectious waste.  Depending on the breakdown of the material to be used, the next phase is the introduction of sorting and shredding (or chipping in the case of wood).  From there, the material is conveyed to the incinerator, which burns at temperatures exceeding 2,000° F.

 

That powerful exhaust flow is then processed with a heat recovery generator, or boiler, which produces the steam used by the turbine to produce electricity.  This process has been used for generations, with communities receiving this low-cost energy resource.  What makes our program different is the powerful, yet efficient vortex incineration that does not give off harmful gases and emissions, odors, or even smoke.

 

A special word about landfill reclamation:

 

Landfills have played an important role in our waste management issues for decades.  However, what once was thought to be a permanent solution to our waste disposal, has become an environmental and even a political hot spot.  Currently in the U.S., there are more than 3,000 active landfills, and nearly 10,000 old municipal sites.  Not only are these old sites continuing to contaminate our communities through gaseous emissions and leachates, but they are also extreme eyesores and a waste of valuable property.

 

Our Firebird V-3™ can be used as an eco-friendly device to process the land.  Not only is it safe for the environment and the community, but by eliminating the ongoing polluting and harmful effects, we can literally reverse the process to once again regain our precious and delicate natural resources.