Energy and resource recovery from the Ames solid waste system

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6273386

Chantland, A O

The construction, operation, performance, economics, and future plans for the solid municipal waste processing system in Ames, Iowa are discussed. This resource recovery system began operation in late 1975. During the first year of operation 93% of the waste processed was recovered as either refused-derived fuel (RDF) or as metal material. Seven percent was disposed of in a sanitary landfill. The low-sulfur RFD was used in the percentity's boilers for generating electrical power. Revenues from sales of these recovered materials are itemized. It appears that the resource recovery facility will be economically competitive with landfills in 2 year's time while having the additional advantages of conserving natural resources and of lowering undesirable emissions from power plants. (LCL)

• OSTI ID: 6273386
• Report Number(s): CONF-7711103-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALUMINIUM
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
DATA
DATA FORMS
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY FACILITIES
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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUELS
INFORMATION
IOWA
IRON
ISOLATED VALUES
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METALS
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MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RECOVERY
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
SOLID WASTES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES