A Pollution-Free System for the Economic Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste for the City of New York. Phase I. Project Definition -The Recommended Solution in Principle,

摘要

A pollution-free system is developed for the economic utilization of municipal refuse with specific reference to New York City. Based on a technical and economic appraisal of advanced technology applicable to the collection and disposal of solid waste,an integrated solution is proposed which embraces,among others,the following elements to be integrated and implemented over a period of five to ten years: (1) demonstrate the Union Carbide Oxygen Refuse Converter (ORC) on a scale of 200to 250tons per day to confirm technical feasibility and cost projections; (2) initiate the design of a 1000 tpd OTC plant to replace the obsolescent 1000 tpd incinerator at Betts Avenue, Queens; (3) make plans for the replacement of the remaining six obsolescent air-polluting incinerators with ORC units and do not proceed with the expenditure of sixty million dollars for upgrading the quality of stack emissions from these incinerators as currently planned;and (4) develop plans for discontinuing all landfill operations as additional ORC units are authorized,constructed,and put into operation. In order to document the technical and economic considerations that have led to the selection of the high-temperature slagging pyrolysis (Union Carbide ORC System) as the key element in the proposed solution, a series of four position papers was prepared to assess advanced technology in four categories of solid waste technology:Thermal Oxidation Processes,Biochemical Conversion Processes,Refuse Collection Technology,and Reclamation and Recycling.