Using fluidized bed boilers for burning refuse-derived fuel

Journal Article · · Solid Waste Technologies; (United States)

OSTI ID:6841680

Murphy, M L

Fluidized bed combustors, a popular combustion technology for low-grade fuels, have seen little use in burning municipal solid waste. Now, a new project being built in North Carolina, is leading the way toward a new generation of economical integrated resource recovery facilities that salvage recyclables and produce energy from municipal solid waste. Neither the fluidized bed combustion technology nor the concept of producing a fuel out of MSW is new. Still, only recently have the two concepts come together in a project that will burn exclusively RDF in a fluidized bed boiler. The BCH Energy project in Fayetteville, NC exemplifies a new generation of integrated resource recovery technology. This new generation incorporates ideas originated two decades ago, but improves on both the material recovery and fuel preparation aspects of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plants. It also incorporates improved combustion methods of fluidized bed technology. This new thrust, now becoming a reality with the development of the Fayetteville facility, should be of interest to communities concerned about maximizing material recovery and taking advantage of the energy values of MSW.

• OSTI ID: 6841680
• Journal Information: Solid Waste Technologies; (United States), Journal Name: Solid Waste Technologies; (United States) Vol. 8:5; ISSN SWATE7
• 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
320604 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
BOILERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
ENERGY FACILITIES
FLUIDIZED BED BOILERS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
OXIDATION
POWER PLANTS
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WASTES