(Mid-Connecticut Project on resource recovery from municipal solid wastes). Final status report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 24 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6178130

Lanfranchi, P A

This is the final status report on the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) and the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) jointly sponsored program to investigate the feasibility of a resource recovery project for the Mid-Connecticut region. The municipal solid waste (MSW) processing and steam boiler plant configuration will be designed by Combustion Engineering (CE). The technology selected for the Mid-Connecticut Project includes a MSW collection and transfer system, two processing lines which prepare MSW for burning, and three dedicated boilers which will produce steam suitable to generate electricity in CL and P's turbines. The residue, by-pass and boiler ash (bottom and fly) is transported to a regional landfill located in the North Meadows area of Hartford. The front-end processing system designated by CE for the Project is technically straightforward. The processing facility will prepare the MSW for combustion by removing non-combustible and valuable material and reduce the remainder to a size that will be used as fuel in the dedicated boilers. A major component to the success of the Project is the ability to burn Appalachian low sulfur bituminous coal in combination with processed MSW in the stoker boilers. The Project will install three CE VU (40) stoker boilers rated at 250 million Btu per hour using coal. With the addition of coal, the Project can construct a 2000 ton per day facility to accommodate a lesser committed tonnage in the beginning of the project and, as the MSW tonnages increases, coal dependence is reduced except for peaking requirements. It allows the system to be operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, meeting an energy demand that would not otherwise be achieved by burning processes MSW alone. (DMC)

• Research Organization: Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Hartford (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-79CS20168
• OSTI ID: 6178130
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/20168-T1; ON: DE85005618
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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