Proceedings: Municipal solid waste as a utility fuel

Conference · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6981001

The seminar ''Municipal Solid Waste as a Utility Fuel,'' was held in Madison, Wisconsin, November 20-22, 1985 and was attended by more than 90 representatives from utilities, equipment vendors, and federal, state, and municipal governments. The papers presented at the seminar addressed mass burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) and semi-suspension firing of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) in dedicated boilers; preparation and cofiring of RDF with coal in utility boilers; guidelines for design and operation of RDF preparation, handling, and cofiring equipment at utility power plants; and the environmental issues of refuse-to-energy technology.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6981001
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-4900-SR; CONF-8511251-; ON: DE87003411
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACTS
AIR POLLUTION
BOILERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MATERIALS
MEETINGS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
OXIDATION
POLLUTION
PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
SOLID WASTES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES