Evaluation of the Ames, Iowa refuse derived fuel recovery system
Abstract
The City of Ames, Iowa has been commercially operating a system of materials and energy recovery from municipal solid waste since November 1975. The EPA implemented a three-year detailed evaluation of the Ames system, which began in February 1976. The major tasks of the EPA study were: (1) environmental emission evaluation at the Ames Power Plant, (2) assessment of stoker boiler performance, (3) corrosion study in the stoker boiler, and (4) an economic evaluation and flow stream characterization at the solid waste process plant. This paper summarizes the results of the first year's evaluations and presents recommended plant modifications.
- Publication:
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In: Energy and the environment; Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978enen.proc..306W
- Keywords:
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- Combustion;
- Materials Recovery;
- Waste Disposal;
- Waste Energy Utilization;
- Energy Technology;
- Ferrous Metals;
- Nonferrous Metals;
- Energy Production and Conversion