Title: Co-utilization of municipal solid waste and wood residues for small-scale resource recovery: a preliminary assessment
Abstract: The availability of municipal solid waste and wood residues in the Northeast region is assessed. General statements are supported by specific quantitative data gathered from published sources. Included are a number of observations with respect to the geographical interrelationships of the two resources. The technologies and equipment for converting each feedstock into usable energy and for combining the two in a co-utilization mode are discussed, emphasizing equipment appropriate to small scale applications. It is assumed that municipal solid waste technologies are more amenable to the additions of wood wastes than wood equipment is to municipal solid waste. Energy markets are examined for the major energy products from waste recovery - steam and electricity. A single idealized model of a typical market and its sources of feedstock is derived based on patterns of energy demand and resource availability. Case studies of two Vermont projects are presented. One is designed to use municipal solid waste as its primary feedstock, whereas the second seeks to use municipal solid waste as a supplement to industrial wood residue. (LEW)
Publication Year: 1982
Publication Date: 1982-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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