Kitakyushu PCB Waste Treatment Facility

Kitakyushu Facility is the first regional PCB waste treatment facility of Japan, thanks to Kitakyushu City's acceptance of the facilities. Facilities will be established in two phases. Phase 1 Facility will treat high-voltage transformers and similar objects of mainly Kitakyushu City, and Phase 2 facility will treat others. Phase 1 facilities have started operations on Dec. 18, 2004.

Outline of Facility


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  • Location: 1-62-24 Hibikimachi, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka 808-0021 JAPAN
  • Lot area: Approx. 24,000m2 (Excludes Phase 2 area)
  • Accepts PCB wastes stored in: Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kouchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ooita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima & Okinawa (Total: 17 prefectures)
  • Types of wastes to be treated: Electrical apparatuses such as high-voltage transformers and high-voltage capacitors
  • PCB treatment capacity: 0.5t/day (PCB decomposition volume)(PCB wastes in Kitakyushu City will be precedent to others)
  • Treatment Method:
    Chemical decomposition: PCB dechlorination / Pre-treatment of containers and components: solvent cleansing and vacuum heating
  • Overview of building
    • PCB treatment plant and administration building
      • 4-story steel framed building
      • Building area: 6,293m2
      • Total floor area: 14,864m2
      • Height: 22.1m

        • < PCB treatment plant >
        PCB dechlorination facilities for PCB decomposition, solvent cleansing facilities and vacuum heating separation facilities for pretreatment.

        < Administration building >
        1F : Offices and information disclosure room
        2F : Presentation room, visitors passageway, and central monitoring room
        3F : Office for operating company and conference room

  • Ancillary facilities
    • Tank yard
    • Water receiving and drainage unit
    • Power generator for emergency and fire control equipment
    • Outdoor warehouse
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    Treatment Flow

    PCB wastes are inspected at acception, and after extraction of PCB oil, parts are roughly disassembled. After primary cleansing, materials are separated to impregnated materials and non-impregnated materials, and are sent to secondary cleansing. The cleansing solvents for non-impregnated materials are tested if PCBs are eliminated, and if below standards, they are shipped to be recycled and if not, they are cleansed again. Dissolution tests are conducted to impregnated materials, and if below standards, they are shipped, and if not, they are treated in the Vacuum heat furnace.
    Treatment Flow Diagram
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    Safety Measures of Kitakyu Facility


    Information Disclosure of Operation Status

    JESCO makes effort to actively disclose information from planning of facilities to operation status.
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