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Title: Circulating fluidized-bed boiler makes inroads for waste recycling

Abstract

Circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers have ben used for years in Scandinavia to burn refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Now, Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Inc., (Clinton, N.J.) is bringing the technology to the US. Touted as the world`s largest waste-to-energy plant to use CFB technology, the Robbins (III.) Resource Recovery Facility will have the capacity to process 1,600 tons/d of municipal solid waste (MSW) when it begins operation in early 1997. The facility will have two materials-separation and RDF-processing trains, each with dual trommel screens, magnetic and eddy current separators, and shredders. About 25% of the incoming MSW will be sorted and removed for recycling, while 75% of it will be turned into fuel, with a heat value of roughly 6,170 btu/lb. Once burned in the twin CFB boilers the resulting steam will be routed through a single turbine generator to produce 50,000 mW of electric power.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
118677
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environmental Engineering World
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: PBD: Sep-Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; PRODUCTION; REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS; FLUIDIZED BED BOILERS; RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION

Citation Formats

. Circulating fluidized-bed boiler makes inroads for waste recycling. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
. Circulating fluidized-bed boiler makes inroads for waste recycling. United States.
. 1995. "Circulating fluidized-bed boiler makes inroads for waste recycling". United States.
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abstractNote = {Circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers have ben used for years in Scandinavia to burn refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Now, Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Inc., (Clinton, N.J.) is bringing the technology to the US. Touted as the world`s largest waste-to-energy plant to use CFB technology, the Robbins (III.) Resource Recovery Facility will have the capacity to process 1,600 tons/d of municipal solid waste (MSW) when it begins operation in early 1997. The facility will have two materials-separation and RDF-processing trains, each with dual trommel screens, magnetic and eddy current separators, and shredders. About 25% of the incoming MSW will be sorted and removed for recycling, while 75% of it will be turned into fuel, with a heat value of roughly 6,170 btu/lb. Once burned in the twin CFB boilers the resulting steam will be routed through a single turbine generator to produce 50,000 mW of electric power.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/118677}, journal = {Environmental Engineering World},
number = 5,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
}