Design, construction, operation and evaluation of a prototype culm combustion boiler/heater unit: site evaluation; socio-economic impact

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5535408

It has been proposed to construct a fluidized bed culm combustion boiler/heater unit in the Shamokin, Pennsylvania area. The facility would burn culm from a nearby coal mine and provide steam to an industrial user. The environmental setting of the area prior to development is described, including climatology, air quality, ecology, hydrology, wastes, noise, land use, socioeconomics, and geology and subsurface conditions. The environmental impacts of the proposed action are then evaluated as related to air quality, ecology, hydrology, wastes, noise, and socioeconomics. Measures for mitigating impacts on air quality, wastes, and noise are briefly described, and possible environmental effects that cannot be avoided are briefly enumerated. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., New York (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-78ET12307
• OSTI ID: 5535408
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/12307-1450; CW-WR-78-036.11B; ON: DE84001832
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION III
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
HYDROLOGY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LIQUID WASTES
MINERAL WASTES
NOISE
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDATION
PENNSYLVANIA
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOLID WASTES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WASTES