Transcript Landfill Disposal Cost & Avoided Cost Of Landfill Disposal
Engineered Solid Fuel Introduction Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335 [email protected]
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Engineered Solid Fuel Contents ● Background ● Waste Processing Technology “Study” ● The Technology - ESF ● “Target Zero” – To Landfill Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335 [email protected]
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Engineered Solid Fuel Background ● Currently Operate Two Processing Facilities Which Convert Non-Hazardous Municipal Solid Waste (“MSW”) Into A Fuel Source Called Refuse Derived Fuel (“RDF”) ● Annually - 830,000 Tons Of MSW Subscribed - 740,000 Tons Of MSW Processed - 625,000 Tons Of RDF Generated - 31,000 Metals Recovered & Recycled -Waste Shed Serviced Already Has A Mature Recycling Program In Place 3
Engineered Solid Fuel Background ● Annually (Continued) RDF Supplied To Power Plants Generates Enough “Green” Electricity To Power 55,000 Homes Annually - Supply Three Power Plants – Xcel Energy (two) & Great River Energy 4
Engineered Solid Fuel Background ● My Role - Drive Operational Efficiencies, In Light Of/Anticipation Of Declining County Financial Support, To Maintain Viability Of The Existing Business - Research Waste Processing Technologies For A Practical & Capable Alternative To The RDF Model 5
Engineered Solid Fuel Waste Processing Technology
“Study”
● Not Married To Any One Technology ● Goal - Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (
risk adjusted
) ● Objectives - High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions - Multiple End-Users - Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties - Value Add Product - Environmentally Friendly Operations - No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone 6
Engineered Solid Fuel Waste Processing Technology “Study” ● Discovered That There Is No “Silver Bullet” / “One Size Fits All” Technology For All Waste Streams
Best Use Modeling
● Reduction – Problematic Waste ● Gasification – Biomass, Homogeneous Waste Feedstock ● Anaerobic Digestion – Food & Animal Waste, Homogeneous Waste Feedstock ● Solid Fuel Combustion - Residential & Light Commercial Waste (MSW) 7
Engineered Solid Fuel Waste Processing Technology “Study”
Best Use Modeling
● Solid Fuel Combustion - Residential & Light Commercial Waste (MSW) -
Mass Burn
– Combustion Of Non Processed MSW To Generate On Site Steam And/Or Electricity (raw waste)
Refuse Derived Fuel
– Combustion Of Processed MSW To Generate Electricity At Modified Power Plants (fluff or
compressed
pellet)
Engineered Solid Fuel
– Combustion Of Highly Refined & Reformulated MSW Used As A Fuel Source By Potentially Any Coal Fired Combustor (
extruded
pellet) 8
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
● Goal –
Achieved
…..
- Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (
risk adjusted
) ● Objectives –
All Achieved
…..
- High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions - Multiple End-Users - Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties - Value Add Product - Environmentally Friendly Operations - No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone 9
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
Goal –
Achieved
● Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (
risk adjusted
) - Proprietary Processes (later explained) - First Plant Commenced Operations In The Summer 2008 - 220,000 Ton Facility In Vaughn, Ontario - Product Demand Exceeds Supply - Plant Designs To 600,000 Tons MSW - Satisfies All Technology Objectives
Dongara www.dongara.ca
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The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
Goal –
Achieved
● Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (
risk adjusted
) 11
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
Goal –
Achieved
● Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (
risk adjusted
) 12
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
Objectives –
All Achieved
● High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Multiple End-Users ● Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties ● Value Add Product ● Environmentally Friendly Operations ● No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone
Dongara www.dongara.ca
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The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● High Energy Content -
Coal Substitute
….But With Lower Emissions Customer Spec’d To 12,000+ BTU - Homogeneous Feedstock “Complete” Burn 14
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – How Achieved…..
- Processes Which Result In A Highly Refined & Reformulated MSW -Conventional Materials Separation (~RDF) -Advanced Materials Separation -Dramatically Reduced & Consistent Moisture Content -Introduction Of Low Emission Waste Stream Additives -120,000 +/- Tons For A 600,000 MSW Plant 15
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – How Achieved…..
- Conventional Materials Separation (~RDF) -Metals (ferrous & non-ferrous) -Non-combustibles 16
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – How Achieved…..
- Advanced Materials Separation -Remove Unacceptable Plastics Which Spike Emissions -Utilize Optical Sensors -
Currently
Can Identify 128 Grades Of Plastics Remove “Fines” From Improperly Disposed Electronic Equipment & Batteries (transition (“heavy”) metals) - = Lower Emissions 17
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – How Achieved…..
- Dramatically Reduced & Consistent Moisture Content -High Moisture Content Requires More Fuel Combustion To Attain Required Energy Output = Higher Emissions -Inconsistent Moisture Content Results In Incomplete Burn; Incomplete Burn = Higher Emissions -Processed Metro MSW Moisture Content Ranges From <5% To 40%+ ESF Spec’d At A Constant 8% = Lower Emissions 18
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – How Achieved…..
- Introduction Of Low Emission Waste Stream Additives -Utilization Of Select Plastics Ensures -High BTU Fuel -Homogeneous Fuel -Low Emissions Fuel -Contracted Separately From MSW Stream -Generally Would End Up In Landfills 19
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions - Emissions Certifications In Progress -Cement Kilns -Green Houses -Results Showing Dramatically Reduced SOX, NOX & CO2 -Low To Substantially No Sulfur -NOX Lower Than Coal Mixture -CO2 Lower Than Coal Mixture 20
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions Have Conducted In Depth Analysis For Three States “Of Interest” Having Strict Standards -Exceed State Requirements 21
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions - Exceed Requirements Of Customer Coal Mixture -Of Particular Interest -Sulfur -Mercury -Lead -Chromium 22
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions ● Low Emissions – Chemical Analysis - Elements Measured Antimony Chromium Silver Arsenic Barium Lead Mercury Thallium Vanadium Beryllium Cadmium Nickel Selenium Zinc
Sulfur
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The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Multiple End-Users ● Coal Fired Combustors - Primary Target - Deemed To Be The Highest Emitter Of Greenhouse Gases ● Gasification Projects - Near Perfect Homogeneous Feedstock 24
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Multiple End-Users ● Potentially Any Coal Fired Combustor - Cement Kilns – ESF In Use - Power Plants - Green Houses – ESF In Use - Ethanol Plants - Pulverized – ESF In Use - Chunk / Briquette – ESF In Use - Low To Substantially No Chlorine (covalent compound) 25
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties ● Stable - Shelf Life Of Months / Years - Virtually No Odor ● Consistent Spec’d To Customer Requirements - Reliable Supply – Inventory Reserves Addresses MSW Supply Volatility ● Transportable - Trade Region Similar To Coal - Piggyback Coal Transportation Infrastructure 26
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Value Add Product ● 500,000 Ton MSW ESF Facility - ~5 MW Power Input Translates Into 80 - 90 MW Power Output ● Homogeneous With Coal But With Dramatically Lower Emissions - Value To End User? Self Explanatory…..
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The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Environmentally Friendly Operations ● Operations Are Common To Transfer & Recycling Facilities - Essentially A Transfer Station - Mated To A Sorting & Recycling Plant - Zero Processing Emissions -Power Source Solely Electricity -No Thermal Processing - No Ground Contamination Risk - Not A User Of Water, But A Net Generator Of Water 28
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved
Environmentally Friendly Operations ● Operations Are Common To Transfer & Recycling Facilities - All Commodities Are Transported Off Site -ESF -Recyclables -Reusable's 29
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF) “Target Zero” ● Zero Processed MSW To Landfill - ESF - Metals Recycled - Unacceptable Plastics Recycled - Non-Combustibles For Concrete Products 30
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
● Goal –
Achieved
…..
- Identify A Leading Edge, But Proven Technology ● Objectives –
All Achieved
…..
- High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions - Multiple End-Users - Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties - Value Add Product - Environmentally Friendly Operations - No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone ● “Target Zero” Waste To Landfill 31
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)
Best Use For MSW
Dongara
www.dongara.ca
Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335 [email protected]
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