Guidelines for cofiring refuse-derived fuel in electric utility boilers: Volume 1, Executive summary: Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7177113

Fiscus, D E; Wolfs, K E; Ege, H D; Kimber, A; Joensen, A W; Savage, G M

The quidelines address the procedures for evaluting proposed RDF (refuse-derived fuel) cofiring projects, RDF specifications and preparation, impact of RDF cofiring on power plant performance and operation, design criteria for RDF handling and other equipment, environmental control systems, capital and O and M cost estimates, economic analysis, and the breakeven RDF value to the utility. The economic analysis examples suggest that the value of RDF to the utility is only a fraction of the value of the fuel being replaced. This is because the incremental fuel savings derived from RDF cofiring are at least partially offset by the incremental capital and O and M costs. In order to maximize RDF value, it is important to select units for RDF cofiring that have at least 15 years of remaining life, operate at high capacity factor, are of sufficient size to consume the available RDF stream, and do not exihibit boiler slagging and fouling, electricstatic precipitator, or unit derating problems while burning coal or oil. 1 ref., 18 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7177113
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-5754-Vol.1; ON: TI88013640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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