Gas fired superheaters in a resource recovery installation

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6722712

Eber, S M; Fedele, G ^[1]; Kettler, D J; Worsley, C R ^[2]

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1. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., NY (USA)
2. Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., New York, NY (USA)

Modern resource recovery facilities which generate electric power operate on a Rankine thermodynamic cycle. Waste is incinerated on a moving grate in a waterwall lined furnace. The liberated heat is absorbed in the waterwalls, and in several zones of the steam generator, including superheater, boiler, and economizer. The steam which is produced is expanded in a steam turbine generator, and electric power is generated as a result. This paper demonstrates that adding a gas fired superheater and additional generating capacity to a resource recovery unit can be accomplished in a technically and economically viable manner, and can complement the plant design options currently under consideration by utilities and private developers. In regions of the country facing a garbage disposal crisis as well as load growth projections that will necessitate capacity additions in the 1990s, addition of gas fired superheaters to conventionally designed resource recovery installations makes practical technical as well as economic sense.

• OSTI ID: 6722712
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA) Journal Volume: 51
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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