Investigation of fluid-bed combustion of municipal solid waste

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6469629

Eustis, R H; Wilson, K B; Preuit, L C; Marasigan, M M

An experimental study was undertaken to burn processed municipal solid waste in a fluid-bed combustor containing water-cooled tubes in the bed. The 300-hour test was performed without incident and terminated on schedule. The combustor and ducting were clean on inspection after the test, and bed agglomeration did not occur. A corrosion tube placed in the free-board showed considerable metal wastage for carbon and low-alloy steels and some wastage for stainless steels. Low-temperature carbon steel water tubes in the bed showed negligible wastage. It was concluded that heat-exchanger tubes in the freeboard require protection from the high-velocity elutriated solids. Combustion efficiency was greater than 99%, and pollutants were measured as follows: SO/sub 2/ = 58 ppm, NOx = 178 ppm, CO = 242 ppm, hydrocarbons = 5.4 ppm. A system study was conducted for a cogeneration, 800-tons/day power plant to be located on the Stanford U. campus to supply all of the process steam requirement and as much of the electrical power as possible.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6469629
• Report Number(s): PB-85-242121/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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