Expanding and improving the cremation area of Montjuïc cemetery in Barcelona

Montjuïc cemetery needed a fifth cremation chamber and general improvement to its infrastructure in order to meet the vast demand for incineration.  

Lined with fire resistant bricks, the new chamber comes with a 270 kW primary chamber and a 350 kW secondary post-combustion chamber. 

It runs on natural gas and has a minimum operating temperature of 850ºC, and features controls for ensuring proper combustion, air injection, filtration, cooling, exhaust and ash removal.

This fully automated system features a graphical touch-screen interface making it easy for operators to control and monitor and also comes with an automatic door for inserting and removing ashes.  

Plus, this structure helps regulate the building’s temperature thanks to a 70 kW recovery system that reuses part of the combustion heat. 

This project included civil engineering and interior architecture works, as well as assembling the feeding system and operator protection panel and starting up the filtration and exhaust facilities along with the electrical, ventilation, gas and, climate control fire protection systems.