New Orleans full-scale trommel evaluation: interim test report

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5201520

Campbell, J

This report presents the data from five tests of a full-scale trommel processing unsegregated municipal solid waste at throughputs ranging from 58 to 175% of design capacity, or 32 to 98 Mg/h (36 to 109 tph). The tests were conducted between December 1980 and March 1981 at the Recovery 1 solid waste processing facility in New Orleans, LA. Included in the report are a description of the equipment, discussion of the test procedures and primary summaries, and analysis of data on the trommel and mass and volumetric flowrates, separation efficiency, and size reduction (on both weight and number count basis). Heat content and ash analysis of the trommel oversize, recovery results on surrogate aluminum cans and flakes, and residence time measurement results are also reported. An additional 5 fullscale tests were planned but the contract was terminated prior to final plans for or the conducting of these tests. The last section of this report provides the background and a discussion of tentative test plans for this second series.

• Research Organization: National Center for Resource Recovery, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-80CS24315
• OSTI ID: 5201520
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/24315-T11; ON: DE82008507
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CALORIFIC VALUE
CLASSIFICATION
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DATA
EFFICIENCY
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NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE SIZE CLASSIFIERS
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SIZING
SORTING
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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WASTES
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