PILOT SCALE PRODUCTION AND COMBUSTION OF LIQUID FUELS FROM REFUSE DERIVED FUEL (RDF) - PART II

摘要

EnerTech is developing a process for producing pumpable slurry fuels, comparable to Coal-Water-Fuels (CWF), from solid Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF). Previous reports (Klosky, April 1995 and Klosky, October 1995) have described the characteristics of the enhanced carbonized RDF slurry fuels. This paper summarizes those fuel characteristics and reports on the latest combustion tests performed with the final product fuel. The objective of this research was to determine the boiler and emission performance from the carbonized RDF slurry fuel using statistical screening experiments. Eight combustion tests were performed with a pilot scale pulverized coal/oil boiler simulator, with CO, SO{sub}2, and NO{sub}x emissions determined on-line. The combustion tests produced simultaneous CO and NO{sub}x emissions well below and SO{sub}2 emissions comparable to the promulgated New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). This research will form the basis for later combustion experiments to be performed with the carbonized RDF slurry fuel, in which dioxin/furan and trace metal emissions will be determined.