Evaluation of gasification and novel thermal processes for the treatment of municipal solid waste
- Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
This report identifies seven developers whose gasification technologies can be used to treat the organic constituents of municipal solid waste: Energy Products of Idaho; TPS Termiska Processor AB; Proler International Corporation; Thermoselect Inc.; Battelle; Pedco Incorporated; and ThermoChem, Incorporated. Their processes recover heat directly, produce a fuel product, or produce a feedstock for chemical processes. The technologies are on the brink of commercial availability. This report evaluates, for each technology, several kinds of issues. Technical considerations were material balance, energy balance, plant thermal efficiency, and effect of feedstock contaminants. Environmental considerations were the regulatory context, and such things as composition, mass rate, and treatability of pollutants. Business issues were related to likelihood of commercialization. Finally, cost and economic issues such as capital and operating costs, and the refuse-derived fuel preparation and energy c onversion costs, were considered. The final section of the report reviews and summarizes the information gathered during the study.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 378836
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-430-21612; ON: DE96013093; ON: DE96013093; TRN: AH200037%%401
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Supercedes report DE96013093; PBD: Aug 1996; PBD: 1 Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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