Closing the refuse power cycle
Refuse burning may be applied to prepared municipal waste as a secondary fuel in the steam-generation process. A comparison is made of the West German practice of refu se burning on grates and the pneumatic-injection system installed at the Meramec Station of the Union Electric Company of St. Louis. Some types of fossil-fuel-fired steam generators are not as adaptable as other for refuse disposal. Steam generators operating essentially as base load units may be more desirable for burning solid waste than those operated at partial loads. The capital cost for conversion may not be attractive to a utility if the operation involves only small quantities of refuse. The location of the power plant may not always permit economical application of the process. (MCW)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-023785
- OSTI ID:
- 4334956
- Journal Information:
- Combustion, v. 45, no. 8, pp. 20-30, Journal Name: Combustion, v. 45, no. 8, pp. 20-30; ISSN COMBA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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