Pretreatment options for waste-to-energy facilities
- CalRecovery, Inc., Hercules, CA (United States)
This paper describes various options available for processing MSW before the material is introduced to waste-to-energy facilities. Specifically, the paper reviews the type of equipment currently available for the recovery of resources from the waste stream. In addition, the paper discusses other matters which in many cases are ignored but are extremely important for the design of the processes. Some of these matters include the use of reliable waste characterization data during conceptual design and definition of the properties and specifications of the recovered materials and/or energy forms (e.g., RDF). Finally, the paper discusses other factors that have a critical impact on the facility such as potential environmental consequences of pretreatment of the waste prior to its combustion in waste-to-energy facilities.
- OSTI ID:
- 495325
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504119-; TRN: IM9731%%18
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Air & Waste Management Association international speciality conference on thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies for solid waste management, Washington, DC (United States), 18-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Solid waste management: Thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies. VIP-53; Kilgroe, J.D. [comp.] [National Risk Management Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)]; PB: 981 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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