Technical assessment of the CLEERGAS moving grate-based process for energy generation from municipal solid waste
© The Author(s) 2014.
Veröffentlicht in: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 32(2014), 8 vom: 05. Aug., Seite 772-81 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA |
Schlagworte: | Evaluation Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Gasification NO x reduction large-scale moving grate municipal solid waste syngas Air Pollutants mehr... |
Zusammenfassung: | © The Author(s) 2014. A technical analysis has been completed for a commercial-scale two-stage gasification-combustion system. The CLEERGAS (Covanta Low Emissions Energy Recovery GASification) process consists of partial combustion and gasification of as-received municipal solid waste (MSW) on a moving grate producing syngas followed by full combustion of the generated syngas in an adjoining chamber and boiler. This process has been in operation since 2009 on a modified 330-tonne day(-1) waste-to-energy (WTE) line in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Material balances determined that the syngas composition is 12.8% H2 and 11.4% CO, the heating value of the gas in the gasifier section is 4098 kJ Nm(-3), and an aggregate molecular formula for the waste is C6H14.5O5. The analysis of gas measurements sampled from the Tulsa unit showed that the gasification-combustion mode fully processed the MSW at an excess air input of only 20% as compared to the 80-100% typically found in conventional WTE moving grate plants. Other important attributes of the CLEERGAS gasification-combustion process are that it has operated on a commercial scale for a period of over two years with 93% availability and utilizes a moving grate technology that is currently used in hundreds of WTE plants around the world |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 11.05.2015 Date Revised 10.12.2019 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1096-3669 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0734242X14543813 |