PFI Eco Waste s.r.o. is a member of the Czech investment group PF&I with Prague Finance and Investment, SE as its parent company. PF&I is a financial and investment group that provides various forms of corporate services to medium-sized businesses and investors. In addition to financial and advisory services, it also actively seeks investment opportunities in interesting startup projects. In Q4 of 2021, PFI Eco Waste entered into a strategic partnership with the owners of the invention E.3 technology, which is designed for the controlled thermal degradation of various types of materials and waste.
In early 2023 a demonstration and test unit was completed and put into full operation to demonstrate the complete functionality of our technology to our customers. In this equipment, we carry out tests on feedstock, which after testing is used to adjust the technological settings of the supplied equipment so that it exactly meets the investor's specifications and expectations. Our technological solution includes a generator that converts produced gas into electricity.
JAN KOUDELKA
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
with many years of experience in the field of corporate finance, securities trading and private investments.
Robert Šafarčík
Project and Business Director
PFI Eco Waste s.r.o.
Prague, Ostrava
PFI Industry s.r.o.
Ostrava - Vítkovice
Managing Director:
Jan Koudelka
Business, real estate, finance
PF&I, SE 100%
Managing Director:
Jan Koudelka
Production and completion of orders
PF&I, SE 100%
E.3 equipment is designed for controlled thermal degradation of various types of waste. It is capable of acting on materials precisely and in a controlled manner at temperatures that exceed its thermal stability limit. The unit is composed of three separate reactors and has a capacity of approximately 3 tonnes of waste per day, depending on its bulk density. The capacity can be increased by adding more units practically without limit, which gives the technology interesting potential for further development.
The equipment is heated by electricity through electric heating panels. The control system is built on the basis of an automatic machine so that its operation provides the functions necessary for the safe operation of the equipment and control of the thermal process. E.3 equipment meets requirements for energy recovery from waste. The equipment is fully automatic. The thermal process represents the decomposition of the input material in a reducing environment to form generally 2 (oil, carbon) or 3 phases depending on the process temperatures (the values are average, so different processed materials may vary in percentage):
The process outputs can not only be used as feedstock for further processing, but also for energy production. The equipment can operate continuously 24 hours a day almost all year round.
The furnaces are heated by electric heating panels to a maximum temperature of 600°C. The advantage over gas heating is that no harmful fumes are produced and the closed system makes the equipment itself emission-free. The equipment is capable of acting on materials precisely and in a controlled manner at temperatures that exceed its thermal stability limit. It is composed of three separate reactors, and has a capacity of approx. 3 tonnes per day (depending on the specific weight of the material); the capacity can be increased by adding more equipment almost without limit.
The material processing is designed for continuous operation, which is achieved by periodically changing the reactors, and the gas production is continuous. An important factor is the material processing itself that, while maintaining a stable input material structure, also guarantees stable output raw materials, which is a problem for many other similar technologies. The control system is built on the basis of an automatic machine so that its operation provides the functions necessary for the safe operation of the equipment and control of the thermal process.
The control unit can be programmed according to the type and sort of material to be processed. This is usually a 12- hour cycle (2 cycles per day) or 8-hour cycle (3 cycles per day) depending on the type of material being processed. The dimensions and size of the technology depend on the type of material to be processed (initial state, complexity of treatment, etc.) and the requirements for the quantity of outputs or the way they are processed afterwards (electricity generation, heating, cooling, refining, etc.). The space required for equipment for 3 tonnes of waste processed per day is 500 to 600 m2 .
GAS FRACTION
gas can be used for electricity and heat production through a CHP unit for heating, drying and other functions.
LIQUID FRACTION
oil can be used as an alternative fuel for boilers, as a fuel for CHP units for electricity generation, as an additive to diesel (diesel with a lower density), as an additive in biofuel production or for processing in refineries.
SOLID FRACTION
carbon can be used for industrial processing as a feedstock and for production from biomaterials, e.g., for soil enrichment as a fertiliser. However, the most economically beneficial use is for the production of insulation material in construction production, concrete admixtures, additions to the charge (high calorific value) of power plants, incinerators and heating plants, production of plastics and tyres, etc.
Tyres, soft and hard plastics, bio-waste from agricultural production, waste from sorting lines, bio-waste from plant and livestock production, contaminated plastics, paper or cardboard, organic waste from industrial production, but also, for example, degraded cereals or even elephant dung, etc.
Our technology can process the following wastes (none of which fall into the Hazardous Waste category):
| 02 02 02 Animal tissue waste
| 07 02 13 Plastic waste
| 20 01 39 Plastics
| 20 01 01 Paper and cardboard
| 04 02 21 Waste from unprocessed textile fibres
| 04 02 22 Waste from processed textile fibres
| 04 02 09 Waste composite fabrics (impregnated fabrics, elastomers, plastomers)
| 20 01 10 Clothing
| 20 01 11 Textile materials
| 03 01 05 Sawdust, wood shavings, offcuts, wood, chipboard and veneer
| 16 01 03 Tyres
All parameters of E.3 technological equipment are created and set depending on the type of processed material and the requirements for its outputs. They may therefore vary to some extent for specific solutions.
Average power input of the equipment
40 kW/h
Equipment capacity
3 t/day (according to the specific weight of materials)
Max. annual capacity
approx. 1050 t/year (when operating 350 days per year)
Energy production
150-200 kW/h (depending on the processed material and its gas composition)
Dimensions
depend on the type of waste to be treated and the requirements for the technological outputs
| Waste-free, environmentally friendly technology
| Emission-free equipment – TESO – Technical Services for Air Protection Ostrava, Expert opinion (evaluation of technology in terms of emissions)
| Continuous operation up to 350 days a year
| Automatic control
| Process simplicity and efficiency
| Long life-span, no heavy investment for repairs for at least 15 years
| Possibility of increasing the capacity of the unit almost without limit
| Versatility of input raw materials and waste disposal
| High operational safety – the equipment is not pressurised and risks are therefore kept to a minimum.
| Tested and verified in the Czech Republic – and therefore subject to rules for the operation in the EU
| No unnecessary extra inputs other than your own electricity and human resources
| Low noise level – the operation of the equipment itself is almost noiseless, meaning that there is no impact on the surroundings
| Unlike other technologies we do not use screw conveyors or other continuous feeders which clog up and significantly complicate operations.
| No additives or catalysts are added to the thermal process.
The model price calculation consists of the following technological components
| Equipment – 3 reactors for continuous operation with a capacity of 3 t/day
| Waste shredder for pre-treatment of material before the process
| Cooling unit for the carbonaceous fraction after the process
| Oil management – a system of several units used to treat and preserve the oil fraction after the process
| Gas management – a system of several units for the treatment and processing of the gaseous fraction for the production of electricity
| CHP unit with an output of 160 and 200 kW for the production of electricity from the gaseous fraction
PFI Eco Waste s.r.o.
náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad 807/14
703 00 Ostrava
+420 724 345 123
info@pfiecowaste.cz
Company ID: 08940223
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