A pollution-free system for the economic utilization of municipal solid waste, Phase II. Design of an integrated system for the city of New York. Task 3-R, the economics of purox gas utilization

Technical Report · Tue Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:5780850

Benziger, J B; Schulz, H W

This is a report on work accomplished as part of Phase 2 of a project to design a pollution-free system for the economic utilization of municipal solid waste with emphasis on the conditions and requirements of New York City. It specifically deals with the economics of Purox Gas Utilization in the development of an integrated system. The prime reason given for considering the installation of a Union Carbide Oxygen Refuse Converter (Purox System) is the credits realized from the gas produced during pyrolysis. Advantages of such a system are described in terms of the various uses to which the gas can be diverted. These include utilization of the Purox gas in existing boilers and diversion to gas turbines. The use of gas turbine generation for power generation is well established, but the size of the installation is important in determining costs. Results of a trade-off study made to determine the most economic way of using Purox fuel gas is presented. The report evaluates self-support power generation, costs of gas turbine power generation and gas transmission by pipeline. Included are tables and figures showing evaluation of, investment and operating costs for self support power, gas turbine specification and selection, and investment and operating costs for gas turbine installation.

• Research Organization: Columbia Univ., New York (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
• OSTI ID: 5780850
• Report Number(s): PB-292994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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