Evaluation of gasification and novel thermal processes for the treatment of municipal solid waste

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10164285· OSTI ID:10164285

Niessen, W R; Marks, C H; Sommerlad, R E ^[1]

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1. Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)

This report identifies seven developers whose gasification technologies can be used to treat the organic constituents of municipal solid waste: Energy Products of Idaho; TPS Termiska Processor AB; Proler International Corporation; Thermoselect Inc.; Battelle; Pedco Incorporated; and ThermoChem, Incorporated. Their processes recover heat directly, produce a fuel product, or produce a feedstock for chemical processes. The technologies are on the brink of commercial availability. This report evaluates, for each technology, several kinds of issues. Technical considerations were material balance, energy balance, plant thermal efficiency, and effect of feedstock contaminants. Environmental considerations were the regulatory context, and such things as composition, mass rate, and treatability of pollutants. Business issues were related to likelihood of commercialization. Finally, cost and economic issues such as capital and operating costs, and the refuse-derived fuel preparation and energy conversion costs, were considered. The final section of the report reviews and summarizes the information gathered during the study.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 10164285
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-430-21612; ON: DE96013093; TRN: AHC29620%%49
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
09 BIOMASS FUELS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
GASIFICATION
COMBUSTION
SOLID WASTES
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
HEAT RECOVERY
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
PRODUCTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
GAS GENERATORS
STEAM GENERATION
FUEL GAS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
PROCESSING