Environmental assessment of waste-to-energy conversion systems

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6792664

Ananth, K P ^[1]; Golembiewski, M A; Freeman, H M

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1. Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO

The Fuels Technology Branch of EPA's Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory in Cincinnati is sponsoring a program at Midwest Research Institute (MRI) to conduct environmental assessments of some waste-to-energy conversion processes. The overall objective of this program is to evaluate the potential multi-media environmental impacts resulting from using combustible wastes as an energy source and thereby identify control technology needs. As part of this program, MRI has undertaken fairly extensive sampling and analysis efforts at the following waste conversion facilities: a 200 ton/day refuse pyrolysis system; a 120 ton/day municipal incinerator fired with Municipal Solid Waste (MSW); a 10 MW power plant boiler fired with wood waste and No. 2 oil; a 70,000 lb/hr steam boiler fired with coal and densified refuse-derived fuel (d-RDF); and a 20 MW power plant boiler fired with RDF. A description of the facility, the sampling and analysis methods used, and the results obtained are individually presented for each of the above facilities tested.

• OSTI ID: 6792664
• Report Number(s): CONF-800814-P3
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 25:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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