Technical evaluation study: solid waste heat reclamation at Naval Air Test Center, patuxent, Md. Technical report

A study was initiated to evaluate the solid waste disposal system at Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, MD, and to ascertain the feasibility of solid waste heat reclamation at the base. The solid waste stream was analyzed, applicable standards were evaluated, and the cost and performance characteristics of current solid waste heat reclamation units were reviewed. Recommendations were based on consideration of the facility benefit to cost ratio. It was found that continuing the current method of solid waste disposal, an on-base landfill operation, would be economically and environmentally sound. New solid waste collection equipment and altered procedures at the landfill site were recommended to substantially improve the economics and life expectancy of the on-base refuse management system.