Evaluation of AFBC co-firing of coal and hospital wastes
The purpose of this program is to expand the use of coal by utilizing CFB (circulating fluidized bed) technology to provide an environmentally safe method for disposing of waste materials. Hospitals are currently experiencing a waste management crisis. In many instances, they are no longer permitted to burn pathological and infectious wastes in incinerators. Older hospital incinerators are not capable of maintaining the stable temperatures and residence times necessary in order to completely destroy toxic substances before release into the atmosphere. In addition, the number of available landfills which can safely handle these substances is decreasing each year. The purpose of this project is to conduct necessary research investigating whether the combustion of the hospital wastes in a coal-fired circulating fluidized bed boiler will effectively destroy dioxins and other hazardous substances before release into the atmosphere. If this is proven feasible, in light of the quantity of hospital wastes generated each year, it would create a new market for coal -- possibly 50 million tons/year.
- Research Organization:
- Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG21-88MC25033
- OSTI ID:
- 5849868
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/25033-2937; ON: DE92008797
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ANTHRACITE
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
BITUMINOUS COAL
HOSPITALS
WASTES
PROGRESS REPORT
TOXIC MATERIALS
BLACK COAL
BUILDINGS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MATERIALS
MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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Lignite
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320305 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management