Garbage power picks up momentum with $5. 3 million project in Iowa

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States)

OSTI ID:7264049

The municipal utility in Ames, Iowa, has been burning garbage as a coal supplement in three small boilers since November 1975. So far the economics look attractive, operation has been smooth, and no air pollution or corrosion problems have shown up. The success logged by Union Electric in a similar venture in St. Louis is noted. Ames has three boilers putting out about 50 MW: two stoker-fired units (a 1951 Riley and a 1958 model from Union Iron Works) and a 33-MW pulverized coal unit built by Combustion Engineering in 1968. The latter supplies the bulk of the system power output. The boilers are designed for natural gas firing also but coal was used at least half the time in 1975. Ames blends 0.7 percent-sulfur Wyoming coal with 4 percent-sulfur Iowa coal to meet air-pollution regulations. The cost of boiler modification, about $180,000, was minimal. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7264049
• Journal Information: Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States), Journal Name: Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States) Vol. 54:5; ISSN ELLPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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