Geiselbullach refuse incineration plant
The vast diversity of wastes, heightened awareness of environmental problems, and unabating demand for power and raw materials, are making it imperative to minimize waste-dumping. Refuse incineration power plants present an ecologically and economically sound answer to this problem, since they also enable communities and large industrial facilities to convert their wastes into electricity and energy for district heating. The refuse produced each year by 1,000,000 people represents a resource equivalent to $30 million of fuel oil. This plant is now converting into energy the waste produced by a population of 280,000. The conversion and expansion were completed without any significant interruption to plant operation. The modernized plant complies fully with today's stringent legal requirements for obtaining an operating license in West Germany. Because landfill sites are becoming increasingly scarce everywhere, thermal processes that dispose of refuse and simultaneously generate electrical power and heat are creating a great deal of interest.
- OSTI ID:
- 6751724
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Power Engineering Review; (USA), Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0272-1724
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
ENERGY CONVERSION
REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS
ECONOMICS
COMBUSTION
DISTRICT HEATING
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
LEGAL ASPECTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONVERSION
EUROPE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEATING
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE
200103* - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste-Fueled Systems
320603 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Public Utilities- (1980-)
320304 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization