Economics of using horse manure and MSW as primary fuels
The cost of removing horse manure, which in the past was sold to mushroom growers as compost, has placed a serious financial drain on many race track facilities. Additionally, energy costs have risen rapidly in the past several years due to increased fuel costs and time-of-day pricing schemes utilized in various states. Communities which must dispose of the horse manure in their landfills are also faced with the burden of disposing of their municipal solid waste (MSW). Such a combination of events has occured in Ontario County, New York. Finger Lakes Race Track must dispose of its horse manure in the Towns of Victor, Farmington, East Bloomfield, and West Bloomfield which are in close proximity to the race track. Also, these towns face the ongoing challenge of finding appropriate landfills. A cogeneration scheme which uses the ''unwanted'' horse manure and the MSW from the surrounding communities as fuel has been devised. The scheme utilizes excessive air incineration of the manure and the MSW, along with heat recovery from the incinerator to produce steam, electricity, or both. A parametric study which takes into account the cost of horse manure disposal, electrical buy-back rates, investment tax credits, tax credits for using renewable fuels and cogeneration, the cost of money, the cost of issuing bonds for the capital investment, the effect of time-of-day utility pricing, the capital cost of the cogeneration plant, and operation and maintenance costs has been performed and is presented here.
- OSTI ID:
- 5392017
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820217-
- Journal Information:
- Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Vol. 9; Conference: 9. energy technology conference, Washington, DC, USA, 16 Feb 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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