1976•Public Power; (United States)Requires access
Burning refuse-derived fuel: solid waste recovery provides supplemental fuel for Ames, Iowa, plant
M.C. Hove
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Abstract
A feasibility study was conducted to evaluate the utilization of municipal solid wastes for fuel in the power plant at Ames, Iowa. It was found that a solid-waste recovery system offered Ames these benefits: an economical alternative to landfilling; compatibility with existing furnaces that could be converted to burn solid waste as a supplementary fuel at a reasonable cost and without air pollution problems; a new, readily available source of low-sulfur power plant fuel; a more environmentally acceptable method of waste disposal; and a method of recovering metals of value. The plant has a design flow rate of 50 tons per hour. (MCW)