Wood-fired boiler to save firm $3M a year

Journal Article · Mon Jun 21 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Energy User News; (United States)

OSTI ID:5202567

Barber, J

An $8.5 million wood-fired boiler that will burn 100,000 tons of wood waste each year should save a Long Island Procter and Gamble plant $3 million in avoided fuel costs each year and pay for itself within three to five years. Wood wastes collected from a radius of 75 miles will include metropolitan New York and Philadelphia. The boiler will produce 240,000 pounds of steam per hour at a pressure of 900 pounds per square inch. Some steam will be directed to a turbine generator to produce enough electricity for the manufacturing site. The boiler will handle wastes in powder form to four-inch strips. It features a continuous ash discharge spreader stoker, an economixer, and a heat transfer system. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 5202567
• Journal Information: Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 7:25; ISSN EUSND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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