Energy recovery from automotive shredder residue through co-combustion with municipal solid waste
This project was commissioned by the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) and the American Plastics Council (APC) to evaluate the operational and environmental impacts associated with the co-combustion of automotive shredder residue (ASR) with municipal solid waste (MSW) in a modern, commercial waste-to-energy plant. This paper describes the shredding and combustion facilities utilized for the program, discusses study protocols and test results, and presents analytical results of ASR characterizations, raw and clean boiler gas sampling and solid residues sampling. The study concludes that cocombustion of ASR and MSW improved burnout, did not adversely impact boiler performance, stack emissions or disposal or the combustion residues (ash) and is, therefore, an environmentally sound method of recovering the energy value in ASR.
- Research Organization:
- Dow Europe S.A., Horgen (CH)
- OSTI ID:
- 20017384
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6th Annual Waste-to-Energy Conference, Miami Beach, FL (US), 05/11/1998--05/13/1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: In: 6th annual waste-to-energy conference, 328 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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