Alternate fuels and energy sources for electric department: City of Tallahassee, Florida
Summarized are studies on alternate fuels, resource recovery systems, alternate energy sources, and system improvements possible to reduce reliance of Tallahassee's electric department on natural gas and oil fuels. The existing electric system is briefly summarized as well as the projected loads and fuel consumption. Conventional fuels are discussed including coal and nuclear power. Renewable nonconventional utility fuels considered include municipal solid waste, municipal sewage sludge, wood and other cellulosic materials, synthetic fuels, liquefaction of coal, gasification of coal, coal oil mixtures, nonconventional burning methods, and oil shale. Load management and fuel conservation are included, as are such alternate energy sources as solar, geothermal, and wind power. Installation of a new steam generator at a plant to burn solid fuel is discussed, as well as conversion of existing boilers and improvement of existing units. Generating units fired by renewable fuels are considered, along with central heating and cooling plant with cogeneration. There is a comparison of a new coal-fired boiler's economic feasibility with that of using a coal-oil mixture. (LEW)
- Research Organization:
- Tallahassee, City of, FL (USA); Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co., Kansas City, MO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG01-80RA50318
- OSTI ID:
- 7090178
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RA/50318-1; ON: DE83001694
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BOILERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CENTRAL HEATING PLANTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COMBUSTION
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION IV
FLORIDA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL OILS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
GASIFICATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
MODIFICATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR POWER
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
SLURRIES
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLID WASTES
STEAM GENERATORS
SUSPENSIONS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
VAPOR GENERATORS
WASTES
WIND POWER
WOOD