Economics of nonmetropolitan solid-waste resource recovery in the North Central Region

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5682030

Hitzhusen, F; Shenk, R; Rivet, R

The overall objective of this research is to determine the technical and economic feasibility of solid waste energy and materials recovery. The primary focus is on the coal-burning, steam-electric generating plants in the nonmetropolitan areas (counties that are not part of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area) of the North Central States. Part I includes an inventory of the 372 steam-electric plants in the 12 North Central states with emphasis on the 242 plants with coal burning capacity. Eighty-six of these coal burning plants are located in nonmetropolitan counties of the region. Plant capacity to burn refuse, conformation to emission standards, coal sources, and coal prices are included. Part I also includes an analysis of solid waste and corn stover generation in a random sample of 25 wastesheds associated with 53 coal burning steam-electric plants in the North Central Region. Sixteen of the sample wastesheds and 21 of the sample plants are in nonmetropolitan counties. Part II includes a detailed benefit-cost analysis of resource recovery at two nonmetropolitan steam-electric plants and their surrounding wastesheds. Ames, Iowa, has an operational solid waste resource recovery facility and Orrville, Ohio, has completed a preliminary feasibility study of the concept. Sensitivity analysis of these two case plants is combined with data from the sample of wastesheds and associated power plants to simulate some general conclusions for the nonmetropolitan areas of the North Central states.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames (USA). North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
• OSTI ID: 5682030
• Report Number(s): NP-2901486; ON: DE82901486
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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