Potential for energy recovery from solid wastes

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6693280

Velzy, C O

This paper discusses the technologies, opportunities, and problems of energy-from-refuse systems. Topics considered include the direct combustion of as-received refuse, the mass-burn systems, the combustion of refuse-derived fuel, and the production of methane gas from the organic and cellulosic fraction of solid waste. A DOE-sponsored methane plant operated by Waste Management is now being evaluated at Pompano Beach, Florida. The Europeans have moved ahead so rapidly in the beneficial use of heat from the combustion of their solid waste because of the availability of a ready market for the heat in municipal facilities and/or town district heating systems. It is suggested that the use of the heat from the combustion of solid waste should be broadened to include district heating and cooling, complementary municipal functions (e.g. the disposal of sludges from wastewater treatment), integration in power generation facilities in uses other than direct production of power (e.g. boiler feedwater heating), and in industrial processing.

• Research Organization: Chas. R. Velzy Assoc., Inc., Armonk, NY
• OSTI ID: 6693280
• Report Number(s): CONF-830446-
• Journal Information: Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States), Vol. 45; Conference: American Power conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 18 Apr 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
METHANE
BIOSYNTHESIS
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
SOLID WASTES
ENERGY RECOVERY
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
BOILERS
COMBUSTION
COOLING SYSTEMS
DISTRICT HEATING
EUROPE
FEEDWATER
POWER PLANTS
SLUDGES
URBAN AREAS
US DOE
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE WATER
ALKANES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FUELS
HEATING
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WATER
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