Co-feeding and co-firing biomass with non-hazardous waste and natural gas

✍ Scribed by A. Green; H. van Ravenswaay; J. Wagner; B. Green; T. Cherry; D. Clauson

• Book ID: 103982145
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 591 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-8524
• DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(91)90226-a

✦ Synopsis

Previously we developed the concept of co-firing non-hazardous waste (NHW) with cellulosic biomass (CB) and natural gas (NG) in a modular waste to energy system as a source of energy which is economically competitive with natural gas even during periods of low oil prices. The practical pursuit of this NHW-CB-NG co-combustion concept in a region which can provide a variety of lowcost wood waste or cultivated biomass requires a versatile biomass feeding system, which needs minimal CB preprocessing. In this report we describe a multichannel biomass feeding system developed for co-feeding a variety of CB types with NHW and NG. We also tabulate the properties of natural gas and cultivated biomass types used in our co-firing experiments. Finally, we briefly describe how NHW-CB-NG co-firing can help reduce our balance of payments deficit and serve as a greenhouse mitigation measure.