scholarly journals Refuse-derived Fuel Energy Recovery by Plasma Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marián Lázár ◽  
Marta Lengyelová ◽  
Mária Čarnogurská ◽  
Ľubomíra Širillová
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Plasma Technology ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel

Restructuring Plant Operations and Contracts to Make a First Generation RDF Plant Competitive in a Cost-Driven Market

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Vrchota
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Ferrous Material ◽  
Heavy Residue ◽  
Plant Operations ◽  
One Year ◽  
Phase Out

In 1989, United Power Association (now Great River Energy) and Northern States Power (now Xcel Energy) formed a partnership and entered a 20 year contract with five local counties to turn MSW (municipal solid waste) into RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) and combust the RDF in converted grate-fired boilers in Elk River, MN. Great River Energy owned and operated the Energy Recovery Station (ERS) and Xcel Energy operated the Resource Processing Plant (RPP) a few miles away. The Resource Processing Plant processed 400,000 tons/year of MSW into RDF for the Energy Recovery Station and other RDF plants owned by Xcel Energy. The project was successful, but required significant subsidies from the counties to maintain competitive tipping fees. At the end of the original 20 year contract, a number of the counties wanted to reduce or end any subsidies and restructure the contracts. In the fall of 2009, lack of contracted MSW created difficult financial conditions that threatened to end the project and divert 400,000 tons/year of MSW to area landfills. In May of 2010, Great River Energy purchased the Resource Processing Plant and reorganized the project to be able to better control operating costs and maintain competitive electric rates for its customers. In 2011, Great River Energy restructured processing contracts with three of the original counties and also directly contracted with the regional MSW haulers while implementing sweeping changes in the processing of MSW. A cleaning system was installed to increase the value of the ferrous material collected during the production of RDF. The installation of a bulky waste shredder and processing changes increased the efficiency of converting MSW to RDF. In addition, the recovery of non-ferrous materials from the MSW and heavy residue was optimized. In one year of operation, the Resource Processing Plant has increased RDF production from 84% to over 95% and decreased landfilling to near zero while increasing the revenue from recovered materials. County subsidies have been significantly reduced and will phase out after 2015, tipping fees have been adjusted to be competitive with local landfills, and electric costs have been stabilized at comparable renewable energy rates.

Superheater Life With Stainless, Inconel, and Carbon Steel Alloys at the Maine Energy Recovery Company

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Robbins ◽  
Ken Huard ◽  
John King
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Production Operation ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Turbine Generator ◽  
Design Changes ◽  
Energy Facility ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Commercial Operation ◽  
History Of

The Maine Energy Recovery Company is a refuse derived fuel (RDF) waste to energy facility that began commercial operation in 1987. The facility consists of an RDF production operation, two B&W boilers which produce 210,000 lb/hr of steam at 650 psig/750F with a design Furnace Exit Gas Temperature of 1700 F, and a 22 MW steam turbine generator. Since startup, the facility has suffered fireside erosion/corrosion of the waterwalls, superheater, and generator bank hot side sections. Through the years, Maine Energy has made various operational and design changes in order to improve combustion and overall boiler availability. While combustion has improved as evidenced by improved emissions, reduced supplemental fuel usage, and lower ash production, superheater availability has suffered. At the same time reliability of the waterwall and generating bank components have improved. This paper will present a history of Maine Energy’s efforts to improve its superheater availability including a summary of the tube wastage rates for various superheater alloys, as well as Maine Energy’s plans for its superheaters.

scholarly journals ENERGY RECOVERY FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE BRAZILIAN SCENARIO

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Y. L. Pilissão ◽  
A. G. Machado ◽  
E. Virmond ◽  
E. S. Watzko
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Basic Sanitation

Municipal solid waste has always been an undesirable asset in society, and its generation grows every year. Inadequate waste disposal may cause many problems, either by the contamination of the environment or by its capacity to serve as a vector for a series of pathogenic elements. The COVID-19 pandemic drew the world’s attention to these challenges and made it clear how they impact society in an unprecedented way. The higher amount of waste and safety supplies discarded, such as masks and facial shields, require an analysis of the current situation of solid waste management along with solutions to increase the capacity for resource recovery. Methods of treating, collecting, transporting, and disposing of municipal solid waste must be integrated with the other levels of the waste hierarchy (prevention, reuse and preparing for reuse, recycling, other recovery (including energy recovery), and disposal). The scientific literature on this subject was verified in this paper, serving as a subsidy for the implementation of possible processes to be used in companies in the area of basic sanitation and city halls, which can benefit from investments that will incur in the generation of products of added value, creating a new link in its business chain. The production and application of integrated municipal solid waste management systems, including energy recovery from refuse derived fuel, can reduce the volume and expenses of municipal administrations with inadequate waste disposal in landfills and promote more sustainable practices in the circular economy scenario. Therefore, this paper sought to highlight the main activities related to municipal solid waste management with an aim to energy recovery.

scholarly journals Quantitative determination of energy potential of refuse derived fuel from the waste recovered from Indian landfill

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkata Ravi Sankar Cheela ◽  
Michele John ◽  
Brajesh Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Ultimate Analysis ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Plastic Content ◽  
Physical And Chemical

AbstractLandfills are urban stocks and resource reservoirs for potential energy recovery. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the amount of energy that could be recovered from aged waste (around 5–20 yr old) recovered from landfills. Investigations were conducted on the physical and chemical properties of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared from recovered landfill waste (RLW) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Waste characterization studies include determination of waste composition, proximity analysis, ultimate analysis, and energy content. The moisture content ranged between 25.7 to 31.3% and no trend was observed with age. In the ultimate analysis, the percentage of carbon increased from 42.9 to 71.7% with the age of the samples, this is due to an increase in the plastic content over time. The calorific value of the recovered landfill waste ranged from 10.4 to 21.8 MJ kg− 1. From the findings, it can be summarized that the RDF can potentially be utilized as a feedstock for the recovery of energy from RLW. The results from this study will assist policy makers and local authorities in designing and developing strategies for resource and energy recovery from landfills in different urban cites across the globe.

scholarly journals Waste to Carbon: Densification of Torrefied Refuse-Derived Fuel

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Białowiec ◽  
Monika Micuda ◽  
Jacek Koziel
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Water Glass ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Recycling Technology ◽  
Lower Volume ◽  
Practical Information ◽  
First Time

In this work, for the first time, the feasibility of obtaining carbonized refuse-derived fuel (CRDF) pelletization from municipal solid waste (MSW) was shown. Production of CRDF by torrefaction of MSW could be the future of recycling technology. The objective was to determine the applied pressure needed to produce CRDF pellets with compressive strength (CS) comparable to conventional biomass pellets. Also, the hypothesis that a binder (water glass (WG)) applied to CRDF as a coating can improve CS was tested. The pelletizing was based on the lab-scale production of CRDF pellets with pressure ranging from 8.5 MPa to 76.2 MPa. The resulting CS pellets increased from 0.06 MPa to 3.44 MPa with applied pelletizing pressure up to the threshold of 50.8 MPa, above which it did not significantly improve (p < 0.05). It was found that the addition of 10% WG to 50.8 MPa CRDF pellets or coating them with WG did not significantly improve the CS (p < 0.05). It was possible to produce durable pellets from CRDF. The CS was comparable to pine pellets. This research advances the concept of energy recovery from MSW, particularly by providing practical information on densification of CRDF originating from the torrefaction of the flammable fraction of MSW–refuse-derived fuel. Modification of CRDF through pelletization is proposed as preparation of lower volume fuel with projected lower costs of its storage and transportation and for a wider adoption of this technology.

Startup and Shakedown of Albany New York Solid Waste Energy Recovery System

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-406
Author(s):  
A. R. Nollet ◽  
R. H. Greeley
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Heating Value ◽  
Boiler Plant ◽  
Energy Recovery System ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Waste Energy ◽  
The City

This paper describes the Albany New York Solid Waste Energy Recovery System (ANSWERS), which consists of two plants — a City-owned refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plant, and a State-owned boiler plant in which RDF is burned. This paper is chiefly concerned with the City-owned RDF plant, and describes shakedown tests, problems encountered and solutions developed. Operational statistics and operations policies for the City-owned plant are discussed. Laboratory measurements of the heating value of RDF samples are compared with results actually achieved in the State boilers.

scholarly journals Quantitative determination of energy potential of refuse derived fuel from the waste recovered from Indian landfill

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V R Sankar Cheela ◽  
Michele John ◽  
Brajesh Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Ultimate Analysis ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Plastic Content ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Abstract Landfills are urban stocks and resource reservoirs for potential energy recovery. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the amount of energy that could be recovered from aged waste (around 5-20 yr old) recovered from landfills. Investigations were conducted on the physical and chemical properties of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared from recovered landfill waste (RLW) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Waste characterization studies included determination of waste composition, proximity analysis, ultimate analysis, and energy content. The moisture content ranged between 25.7 to 31.3%, however, no trend was observed with age. In the ultimate analysis, the percentage of carbon increased from 42.9 to 71.7% with the age of the samples, this is due to an increase in the plastic content over time. The calorific value of the recovered landfill waste ranged from 10.4 to 21.8 MJ kg-1. From the findings, it can be summarized that the RDF can potentially be utilized as a feedstock for the recovery of energy from RLW. The results from this study will assist policy makers and local authorities in designing and developing strategies for resource and energy recovery from landfills in different urban cites across the globe.

scholarly journals Quantitative determination of energy potential of refuse derived fuel from the waste recovered from Indian landfill

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V R Sankar Cheela ◽  
Michele John ◽  
Brajesh Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Ultimate Analysis ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Plastic Content ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Abstract Landfills are urban stocks and resource reservoirs for potential energy recovery. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the amount of energy that could be recovered from aged waste (around 5 - 20 years old) recovered from landfills. Investigations were conducted on the physical and chemical properties of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared from recovered landfill waste (RLW) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Waste characterization studies included determination of waste composition, proximity analysis, ultimate analysis, and energy content. The moisture content ranged between 25.70 to 31.30%, however, no trend was observed with age. In the ultimate analysis, the percentage of carbon increased from 42.94% to 71.66% with the age of the samples, this is due to an increase in the plastic content over time. The calorific value of the recovered landfill waste ranged from 10.35 MJ/kg to 21.83 MJ/kg. From the findings, it can be summarized that the RDF can potentially be utilized as a feedstock for the recovery of energy from RLW. The results from this study will assist policy makers and local authorities in designing and developing strategies for resource and energy recovery from landfills in different urban cites across the globe.

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