Indirect steam gasification of paper mill sludge waste

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Tappi; (United States)

OSTI ID:7103110

Durai-Swamy, K ^[1]; Warren, D W ^[2]; Mansour, M N ^[3]

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1. Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International, Inc., 13080 Park St., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
2. Ralph M. Parsons Co., Pasadena, CA (US)
3. Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International, Inc., Columbia, MD (US)

The potential for recovering energy from renewable sources and organic waste products has been recognized for many years. In recent years, we have been confronted with the realization that fossil fuels--oil and gas in particular---are unrenewable and being depleted at an accelerated rate. Thus the need for an effective technology for utilizing renewable organic sources of energy is a prime consideration for U.S. energy policy. Paper mill biomass waste is representative of materials discharged from virgin pulp mills and recycle mills located throughout the United State. This paper reports that Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International (MTCI) has developed a unique process that reduces the volume of the solid wastes, destroys the chlorinated organics such as dioxins, and produces clean fuel gas for use in the mill as a replacement for natural gas.

• OSTI ID: 7103110
• Journal Information: Tappi; (United States), Vol. 74:10; ISSN 0039-8241
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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FUEL GAS
SYNTHESIS
PAPER INDUSTRY
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
SLUDGES
GASIFICATION
SOLID WASTES
MINIMIZATION
COST
DIOXIN
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY POLICY
RECYCLING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
VOLUME
WASTE DISPOSAL
CONVERSION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
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320305 - Energy Conservation
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299000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation