Waste Conversion Technologies

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Waste Conversion Technologies

• What is Acceptable?
• Assess, Permit Commission Clean Waste
  Conversion Technologies as Economically
  Environmentally Preferred Alternatives to Land
  Disposal, Incineration Illegal Dumping
• Co-Locate Clean Waste-to-Energy Generation CTs
  with Recycling, Resource Recovery
  Waste-to-Product Remanufacturing Operations for
  Maximum Recycling
• Optimize Design, Operations Maintenance for
  Combined Thermal, Electric Commodities
  Management Efficiency

NCRA CT PANEL 12-4-04
Michael Theroux
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When are CTs Most Appropriate?

• CLEAN CTs can be matched with Available
  Post-Recycling Wastes
• Costly Handling, Transport, Disposal of Wastes
  Bi-products
• Known Composition and Volume/Tonnage of In-coming
  Wastes and Bi-Products Good Control of Feedstock
• Recycling Incentives are High but Options /
  Returns are Low (especially for difficult
  high-volume wastes like food, oil and grease,
  animal wastes, and non-recyclable forms of
  plastic waste) 
• Energy Costs/Usage High Power
  Availability/Quality Low 
• CT Systems Can be Fully Integrated with Waste
  Management Recycling Processes for Optimal
  Efficiency
• On-site Heat Power are needed for Cooling /
  Refrigeration, Hot Water / Steam, Recycled
  Product Manufacturing, and for Employee
  Customer Comfort, Safety Health

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Imperial County Waste Tire-to-Energy CT
FacilityIntegration with Co-located Recycling
and ReManufacturing
Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Roof power DC
building lighting
INCOMING WASTE TIRES
Retread Remarket

Waste Tire Processing Materials Recovery
Facility (Dedicated Waste Stream MRF)
Usable Tire Wheel Materials
Size Control Shredding
POWER TO GRID
Electric Sub-Station
Crumb Rubber
Remolding
Conversion Chamber
Heat Exchanger
Dry Feedstock Storage
Reprocessing Wastes
Fuel Storage
GENSET
Catalysis
Syngas