Evaluation of Gasification and Novel Thermal Processes for the Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste

<p>This report identifies seven developers whose gasification technologies can be used to treat the organic constituents of municipal solid waste: Energy Products of Idaho; TPS Permiska Processer AB; Proler International Corporation; Thermoselect Inc.; Batelle; Pedco Incorporated; and ThermoChem Incorporated. Their processes recover heat directly produce a fuel product or produce a feedstock for chemical processes. The technologies are on the brink of commercial availability. This report evaluates for each technology several kinds of issues. Technical considerations were material balance energy balance plant thermal efficiency and effect of feedstock contaminants. Environmental considerations were the regulatory context and such things as composition mass rate and treatability of pollutants. Business issues were related to liklihood of commercialization. Finally cost and economic issues such as capital and operating costs and the refuse-derived fuel preparation and energy conversion costs were considered. The final section of the report reviews and summarizes the information gathered during the study.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>