Development and evaluation of lime enhanced refuse-derived fuel (RDF) pellets

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OSTI ID:495326

Ohlsson, O O ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

The disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) is of increasing concern for municipalities and state governments throughout the US. There are two technologies currently in use for the combustion of MSW: (1) mass burning in which unprocessed MSW is burned in a heat recovery furnace, and (2) a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) product, which consists of the organic (combustible) fraction of MSW which has been processed to produce a more homogeneous fuel product than raw MSW. The RDF is either marketed to outside users or combusted on-site in a dedicated or existing furnace. In an attempt to alleviate the problems encountered with RDF as a feedstock, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the University of North Texas (UNT) under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy (DOE) began a multi-phase research study to investigate the development of a low-cost binder that would improve the quality of RDF pellets.

• OSTI ID: 495326
• Report Number(s): CONF-9504119--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MUNICIPAL WASTES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
SOLID WASTES