Garbage power: a proven concept

Journal Article · Mon Aug 16 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States)

OSTI ID:7337019

In the United States, eighteen facilities are operating or are proposed to produce steam or electric power by utilizing garbage. Nine of the units are waterwall incinerators, three are refractory-wall incinerators with waste heat boilers, five are boilers burning solid waste as supplementary fuel, and the Monsanto Baltimore plant is pyrolysis. Ronald Alvarez of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers thinks that companies with garbage-to-energy experience could be more helpful if they released complete, unbiased design and operational data. He believes that, during the 1975 ASME survey, the utilities did not candidly release all available information. The waterwall incinerators yield steam that's not suitable for electric generation. The steam is used in-plant, distributed for district heating, sold to hospitals, or used for other miscellaneous purposes. The system at Saugus, Mass., is an exception, though, where the incinerator produces steam at 875/sup 0/F, 690 psig for a General Electric plant. The proposed Hempstead, N. Y. incinerator will produce steam at 750/sup 0/F, 625 psig for a turbine generator owned by Long Island Lighting Co. Five units of interest are the utility-type boilers retrofitted to burn garbage as supplemental fuel. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7337019
• Journal Information: Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States), Journal Name: Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States) Vol. 54:8; ISSN ELLPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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