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MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION ASSESSMENT: FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION
Citation:
Nelson, L. MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION ASSESSMENT: FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-89/061.
Description:
The report documents the results of an assessment of fluidized bed combustors (FBCs) to minimize air emissions from municipal waste combustors (MWCs). Objectives of the assessment were to identify the population of existing and planned refuse fired FBC facilities in the U.S., examine the design characteristics and operating practices employed, define representative model plants, and develop recommendations for implementing good combustion practices (GCPs) for the control of organic emissions from FBCs. The report describes the FBC configurations currently ueed and projected for use in refuse firing applicaiions. It gives operating and emissions data for the two existing U.S. facilities and one Swedish circulating bed plant. The GCP design, operating/control, and verification recommendations developed for FBCs as part of the assessment are summarized. Quantitative recommendations are provided for several of the components; where lack of data or dependence on site- specific factors precludes quantitative guidance, generic recommendations are given. Two model plants developed to represent the projected FBC population are described. The models are evaluated to determine the extent to which the GCP recommendations are incorporated in the projected population.