Geiselbullach refuse incineration plant

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Power Engineering Review; (USA)

OSTI ID:6751724

The vast diversity of wastes, heightened awareness of environmental problems, and unabating demand for power and raw materials, are making it imperative to minimize waste-dumping. Refuse incineration power plants present an ecologically and economically sound answer to this problem, since they also enable communities and large industrial facilities to convert their wastes into electricity and energy for district heating. The refuse produced each year by 1,000,000 people represents a resource equivalent to $30 million of fuel oil. This plant is now converting into energy the waste produced by a population of 280,000. The conversion and expansion were completed without any significant interruption to plant operation. The modernized plant complies fully with today's stringent legal requirements for obtaining an operating license in West Germany. Because landfill sites are becoming increasingly scarce everywhere, thermal processes that dispose of refuse and simultaneously generate electrical power and heat are creating a great deal of interest.

• OSTI ID: 6751724
• Journal Information: IEEE Power Engineering Review; (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Power Engineering Review; (USA) Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0272-1724; ISSN IPERD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200103* -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Waste-Fueled Systems
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320304 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
320603 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
CONVERSION
DISTRICT HEATING
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEATING
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LEGAL ASPECTS
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
POWER PLANTS
REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE