Emissions reduction from MSW combustion systems using natural gas. Task 3. Field evaluation. Final report, October 1989-August 1991

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6901057

Abbasi, H A; Zone, F J

Field evaluation tests of natural gas injection on a commercial 100 ton/day municipal solid waste combustor at Olmsted Waste-to-Energy, Rochester, Minnesota have been completed by the Institute of Gas Technology, Riley Stoker Corporation, Olmsted Waste-to-Energy, and Takuma Company, Ltd. These tests were the culmination of a four year development program that included two earlier successful test programs: (1) full-scale municipal solid waste (MSW) furnace characterization tests at Olmsted, and (2) extensive pilot-scale tests on a 3 million Btu/h pilot-scale MSW combustor located at the Riley Research Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. The results of the pilot-scale testing program showed that a 50 to 60 percent NOx reduction was attainable. Under Task 3 described herein, a full-scale natural gas injection system was designed and retrofitted by IGT and Riley to Unit No. 1 at the Olmsted Waste-to-Energy Facility. The tests were conducted in December 1990 and January 1991. The results show that NOx can be reduced by 60 percent, CO can be reduced by 50 percent, and the excess air can be maintained at 40 percent.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6901057
• Report Number(s): PB-93-158525/XAB; CNN: GRI-5087-254-1559
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSTRACTS
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
BOILERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
DATA
DESIGN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVALUATION
FIELD TESTS
FLUE GAS
FLUID INJECTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS INJECTION
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
INFORMATION
INJECTION
INTAKE
LEADING ABSTRACT
MANAGEMENT
MASSACHUSETTS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MINNESOTA
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NATURAL GAS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROCESSING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLID WASTES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICAL DATA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES