Alternative-fuel production facility for City of Huntsville, Alabama. Volume I. Executive summary
The feasibility of a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)-to-energy project in the Huntsville area was invetigated and found to be an environmentally attractive and cost effective method of MSW disposal. Of nine likely alternatives, that were developed for detailed evaluation and analysis. Alternative 1M surfaced as best for the City. It is described as follows: a MSW-To-Energy Plant, consisting of two 300 TPD Mass Burning Waterwall Furnace/Boiler Systems at Lowe Industrial Park to provide low pressure steam to industries in the park. A MSW Transfer Station at the existing landfill and MSW as well as residue transport rolling stock equipment is included to facilitate movement of the waste materials between the two locations that are some twelve miles apart.
- Research Organization:
- Huntsville, City of, AL (USA); Wegman (Leonard S.) Co., Inc., Buffalo, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG01-80RA50296
- OSTI ID:
- 6753612
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/50296-1; ON: DE83001575
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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