Thermal systems for conversion of municipal solid waste. Volume 6. Fluidized-bed combustion: a technology status report

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:7140995

Trezek, G J

The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District's wastewater-treatment and sludge-disposal facility at Duluth, Minnesota, is the only commercial-scale plant that burns municipal solid waste in a fluidized bed. This facility has experienced a number of operational problems connected with refuse processing, refuse-derived-fuel and sludge feeding, fuel quality, and product disposal. The Duluth system and its problems are discussed, and systems treating other types of waste (such as sludges, wood waste, and tires) are also considered. System operational problems notwithstanding, economic projections indicate that fluidized-bed combustion is a feasible alternative for municipal-solid-waste treatment. Codisposal of refuse-derived fuels and sludges also appears economically attractive. Numerous R and D requirements that could lead to improved technical performance for these systems have been identified. Areas in which further R and D efforts should prove beneficial include fuel preparation, feed-port location and number, internal-geometry optimization, bed performance, and air-emission evaluation. Also, design models adequate to determine proper unit scaling are needed.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7140995
• Report Number(s): ANL/CNSV-TM-120-Vol.6; ON: DE84011440
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
COMMERCIALIZATION
ECONOMICS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
OPERATION
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
SLUDGES
TIRES
WOOD WASTES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
OXIDATION
SOLID WASTES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
320604* - Energy Conservation
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& Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Municipal Waste Management- (1980-)