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Title: Design considerations and operating experience in firing refuse derived fuel in a circulating fluidized bed combustor

Abstract

The worldwide demand for cleaner, more efficient methods to dispose of municipal solid waste has stimulated interest in processing solid waste to produce refuse derived fuel (RDF) for use in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers. The combination of waste processing and materials recovery systems and CFB boiler technology provides the greatest recovery of useful resources from trash and uses the cleanest combustion technology available today to generate power. Foster Wheeler Power Systems along with Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation and several other Foster Wheeler sister companies designed, built, and now operates a 1600 tons per day (TPD) (1450 metric tons) municipal waste-to-energy project located in Robbins, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This project incorporates waste processing systems to recover recyclable materials and produce RDF. It is the first project in the United States to use CFB boiler technology to combust RDF. This paper will provide an overview of the Robbins, Illinois waste-to-energy project and will examine the technical and environmental reasons for selecting RDF waste processing and CFB combustion technology. Additionally, this paper will present experience with handling and combusting RDF and review the special design features incorporated into the CFB boiler and waste processing system that make it work.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Perryville, NJ (United States)
  2. Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Perryville, NJ (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
357911
Report Number(s):
CONF-9705116-
ISBN 0-7918-1557-9; TRN: IM9932%%256
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14. international conference on fluidized bed combustion, Vancouver (Canada), 11-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 14. international conference on fluidized bed combustion: Volume 2; Preto, F.D.S. [ed.] [Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). Energy Technology Centre]; PB: 647 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS; DESIGN; OPERATION; MUNICIPAL WASTES; RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES; ILLINOIS

Citation Formats

Piekos, S J, and Matuny, M. Design considerations and operating experience in firing refuse derived fuel in a circulating fluidized bed combustor. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Piekos, S J, & Matuny, M. Design considerations and operating experience in firing refuse derived fuel in a circulating fluidized bed combustor. United States.
Piekos, S J, and Matuny, M. 1997. "Design considerations and operating experience in firing refuse derived fuel in a circulating fluidized bed combustor". United States.
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abstractNote = {The worldwide demand for cleaner, more efficient methods to dispose of municipal solid waste has stimulated interest in processing solid waste to produce refuse derived fuel (RDF) for use in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers. The combination of waste processing and materials recovery systems and CFB boiler technology provides the greatest recovery of useful resources from trash and uses the cleanest combustion technology available today to generate power. Foster Wheeler Power Systems along with Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation and several other Foster Wheeler sister companies designed, built, and now operates a 1600 tons per day (TPD) (1450 metric tons) municipal waste-to-energy project located in Robbins, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This project incorporates waste processing systems to recover recyclable materials and produce RDF. It is the first project in the United States to use CFB boiler technology to combust RDF. This paper will provide an overview of the Robbins, Illinois waste-to-energy project and will examine the technical and environmental reasons for selecting RDF waste processing and CFB combustion technology. Additionally, this paper will present experience with handling and combusting RDF and review the special design features incorporated into the CFB boiler and waste processing system that make it work.},
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year = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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