First Order from Taiwan for Kawasaki Internal Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler (KCFBⓇ) for Thermal Recycling Power Generation

Tokyo, July 9, 2025 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has received an order for Kawasaki Internal Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler (KCFB^Ⓡ) *¹ from the Taiwanese engineering company Fu-Tai Engineering Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan) for the thermal recycling power generation project to be owned by Ming Fu Group (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), a developer of various businesses engaged in waste treatment. By using Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR) *², as the main fuel, the KCFB^Ⓡ is utilized for the thermal recycling power generation*³ industry to burn mixtures of waste plastics and fabrics. This is the first order from Taiwan for the KCFB^Ⓡ and delivery is scheduled in December 2026.

This boiler is the first application to use ASR as a fuel and produces 34 tons of high-temperature, high-pressure steam per hour. While the use of ASR as a fuel is very challenging due to its high concentration of corrosive chlorine, the KCFB^Ⓡ solves this problem and contributes to the realization of a circular power generation industry through thermal recycling.

The KCFB^Ⓡ can combust a wide range of waste fuels, including high calorific and high chlorine content materials such as waste plastics, as well as SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel), wood chips and sludges. The boiler features a double partition wall that divides the fluidized bed for the combustion cell and the heat recovery cells. Heat transfer tubes (embedded superheater and evaporator ) in the heat recovery cell maintain the suitable internal temperature enabling the stable combustion of a wide range of fuels. The double partition walls prevent the inflow of corrosive gases into the heat recovery cell, and thereby prevents the corrosion of the embedded heat transfer tubes by high chlorine waste such as ASR. Our unique technology enables　to efficiently conduct thermal recycling from difficult-to-handle waste and achieves efficient power generation from high-temperature, high-pressure steam with long-term stable operation. This order has been awarded since the KCFB^Ⓡ is well recognized as the proven product with the superior technology and operation reliability based on our track record of delivery in Japan and overseas.

KCFB^Ⓡ interior

Taiwanese government is proceeding towards the realization of carbon neutrality with its 2050 net zero emission roadmap and is aiming to expand not only renewable energy such as biomass, but also the use of energy from non-fossil fuels such as ASR and other waste, for which it is establishing preferential policy schemes. Such schemes will continue to create continuous opportunity and become a driving force for raising the prospect of orders for the KCFB^Ⓡ that can efficiently and stably combust biomass and waste fuel. We will continue to promote the development business of KCFB^Ⓡ both in Japan and overseas.