Discussion of and reply to ``Operational costs of breakdowns at the Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Facility``

Conference · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:118711

Eaton, M; Smisko, J ^[1]; Norton, J W

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1. County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Commerce, CA (United States)

Matthew Eaton and Joe Smisko have presented a useful tool for comparing the cost of downtime with the cost of various options for maintenance during such downtime. By knowing the cost of downtime, the plant manager can consider the economic effect of using overtime and/or contract labor to shorten total system outage time. The author has several questions on the presentation concerning the values of power sold, natural gas purchased, and unprocessed refuse. The reader should also be provided with some statistics surrounding the issue of power sales pricing and gas purchase pricing. This article also contains the original authors` reply to the comments and questions.

• OSTI ID: 118711
• Report Number(s): CONF-940652-; ISBN 0-7918-1209-X; TRN: IM9546%%112
• Resource Relation: Conference: 16. biennial national waste processing conference, Boston, MA (United States), 5-8 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1994 national waste processing conference: Supplement -- Discussions; PB: 94 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
CALIFORNIA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
OPERATING COST
REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
COMBUSTION
POWER GENERATION
ELECTRIC POWER