WEPROS Insights
Practical Knowledge from Industrial Process Engineering
At WEPROS, we continuously translate engineering experience into actionable insights.
This section gathers our observations, analyses, and case studies from real industrial projects — covering the full value chain from waste sorting and energy recovery to plant performance and market optimization.
Here we share practical approaches that connect technology with operations:
- improving recovery rates in Waste Sorting & Recycling,
- enhancing efficiency in Waste-to-Energy and alternative fuel systems,
- developing better performance for Large-Scale Power Generation,
- strengthening Production Efficiency & KPI monitoring,
- supporting strategic decisions in Project & Operations Consultancy,
- and exploring innovations in Energy Storage, Forecasting, and Market Optimization.
Each article reflects our day-to-day engineering practice — showing how data, analysis, and process understanding can drive measurable improvement in industrial facilities.
-
Moisture Matters: How Fuel Humidity Drives Combustion Instability, NOx Slip, and Corrosive Chemistry in Condensing Biomass Heat Plants (Part 2 of 2)
Introduction In modern biomass heat plants, most discussions about NOₓ reduction focus on technologies like SNCR or SCR. Yet in practice, many of the emission and corrosion problems observed in condensing heat plants do not originate in the reduction system itself, but much earlier — in the combustion chamber.At the heart of these issues lies…
-
NOx Emission Control in Biomass Heating and CHP Plants – Challenges of Process Stability and Fuel Quality (Part 1 of 2)
Introduction Controlling nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in biomass heating and combined heat and power (CHP) plants remains one of the most complex operational challenges in modern renewable energy systems. Based on WEProS’s experience, even well-designed installations – equipped with selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) systems – face significant difficulties in achieving stable and consistent NOx reduction…
-
Turning Loss into Opportunity: How Waste Heat Recovery Can Offset the Energy Penalty of CO₂ Capture
From Problem to Opportunity As discussed in the previous article, carbon capture systems—though essential for decarbonization—lead to a reduction of a plant’s net power output. This occurs because part of the steam extracted from the turbine is redirected to provide thermal energy for solvent regeneration in the CO₂ capture unit. This reduction is known as…
-
🧩 The Cost We Don’t See: How Carbon Capture Drains Energy from the Grid
Abstract Carbon capture is often praised as a key step toward decarbonization — but few talk about its hidden side effect: the massive energy it consumes.Every tonne of CO₂ captured means less power for the grid, forcing plants to burn more fuel just to stay even.This article unpacks that paradox and explains why smart heat…
-
Understanding Sampling Uncertainty in Mass Balance and Recovery Calculations in Municipal Waste Sorting Plants
Why this topic matters When evaluating the performance of a municipal waste sorting plant, the key metric is the recovery rate — how much of a specific material (e.g., drink cartons, plastics, metals) is successfully separated into product fractions.However, recovery is not directly measured. It is calculated from the mass balance, and therefore, the quality…
-
🔍 How “recovery” is actually calculated in a sorting plant
How recovery is really calculated in sorting plants and why mass balance accuracy is key to understanding recycling efficiency.