Combustion operating conditions for municipal Waste-to-Energy facilities in the U.S.

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Author(s)Giraud, Robert J.
Author(s)Taylor, Philip H.
Author(s)Huang, Chin-pao
Date Accessioned2023-12-05T16:50:13Z
Date Available2023-12-05T16:50:13Z
Publication Date2021-08-01
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Waste Management. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.015. © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
AbstractHighlights • Survey of U.S. municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities identified 188 boilers. • These WTE boilers were stratified into nine categories by combustion technology. • WTE boilers typically operate at a gas residence time > 2.4 s above 1160°C. Abstract This paper reports the first known comprehensive survey of combustion operating conditions across the wide range of municipal waste-to-energy facilities in the U.S. The survey was conducted in a step-wise fashion. Once the population of 188 units operating at over 70 facilities was defined, this population was stratified by distinguishing characteristics of combustion technology. Stratum-level estimates for operating conditions were determined from data collected in the survey. These stratum-level values were weighted by corresponding design capacity share and combined to infer national-level operating parameter estimates representative of the overall population. Survey results show that typical municipal waste-to-energy combustion operating conditions in the U.S. are (1) furnace temperature above 1160 °C, (2) gas residence time above 2.4 s, (3) exit gas concentrations of nearly 10% for oxygen (dry basis), and (4) over 16% for moisture. These operating parameter values can serve as benchmarks for laboratory-scale studies representative of municipal waste-to-energy combustion as typically practiced in the U.S. Graphical abstract Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.015
SponsorThe authors thank Maria Zannes, Wolfram Schuetzenduebel, Tim Porter, Gary Thein, Jeff Hahn, Bill Wilson, Marc Vachon, Paul Gilman, Brian Bahor, Daryll Fickling, and Bob Barker for providing guidance and/or waste-to-energy facility data. The Interlibrary Loan staff at the University of Delaware library are acknowledged and appreciated for their valuable assistance in obtaining references. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. R.J.G. is an employee of The Chemours Company.
CitationGiraud, Robert J., Philip H. Taylor, and Chin-pao Huang. “Combustion Operating Conditions for Municipal Waste-to-Energy Facilities in the U.S.” Waste Management 132 (August 1, 2021): 124–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.015.
ISSN1879-2456
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33654
Languageen_US
PublisherWaste Management
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywordswaste-to-energy
Keywordsenergy-from-waste
KeywordsMSW
KeywordsRDF
Keywordsoperating parameter
Keywordstemperature profile
Keywordsresponsible consumption and production
TitleCombustion operating conditions for municipal Waste-to-Energy facilities in the U.S.
TypeArticle
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