Transcript Miami Dade Resources Recovery Facility Operated By: Montenay Power Corporation Miami Dade Resource Facility •The facility is the largest and most comprehensive waste-to-energy facility in the world. •Processes.

Miami Dade Resources
Recovery Facility
Operated By: Montenay
Power Corporation
Miami Dade Resource Facility
•The facility is the largest and most
comprehensive
waste-to-energy
facility in the world.
•Processes more than 1.2 million
tons of garbage and trash per year.
•The facility adopted operational
policies and utilized state-of-the –art
technical systems to prevent pollution,
reduce
resource
consumption,
conserve energy, and protect air
quality.
•The company has received the
ISO14001 by the International
Organization for Standardization for
creating a common worldwide
approach
to
environmental
management systems that will lead to
the protection of the earth’s
environment.
Commercial
&
Wood
Garbage
Resources
Trash
●Commercial waste
●House waste
●Used lumber
●Food, paper, plastic
●Yard waste
●Food containers
The Power Plant processes
1,200 tons of trash
3,000 tons of garbage
More than 1.2 million tons of
garbage and trash per year.
Amounting to 4,200 tons per day
Ferrous metals
Annually Waste-to-Energy
recovers and recycles more
than 60,000 tons of ferrous
metals, over 3000 tons of
aluminum and 80,000 tons
of high grade soil. In
addition, 24,000 tons of
specialty wastes are
diverted from landfills and
thermally destroyed.
Aluminum
High grade soil
Wastes (landfills & thermally
destroyed)
14%
36%
Waste-to-Energy facilities
recover and/or recycle
materials from the waste
stream that would otherwise
be disposed of in landfills.
The primary material
recovered is ferrous metal.
48%
2%
Garbage
Overhead cranes transfer the
garbage from pit to pan conveyor
belts on one of to garbage
processing lines.
Materials that can’t be processed are
removed from the cherry pickers prior
to entering the primary trommel.
Garbage that is larger than six inches
in diameter passes directly through
the trommel to a shredder.
Trash
Trash Processing facility
consists primarily of commercial
waste, yard waste and lumber.
Trash is places on the tipping
floor and front end loaders .
Sorted and separate nonprocessable material from the
waste stream.
The remaining material is then
pushed into the pits.
Ash residue from the Waste-to-Energy process represents about 10% by
volume of the original MSW stream. Ferrous metals are removed from the
ash at mass burn facilities. The ash is tested in accordance with strict state
and federal regulations, and is consistently shown to be safe for land
disposal and re-use.
Ash is beneficially reused as:
● Landfill roadbed material
● Daily and final landfill cover
● Road aggregate
●Granular base
●Asphalt mix and even in the construction for artificial reefs and cement blocks
Waste-to-Energy Solutions
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Recovery: includes metals, soil.
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Recycling: includes metals, soil, biomass.
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Specialty Waste: out-of-date consumer packaging, offspecification pharmaceuticals and returns, post
judicial evidence, manufacturing remnants.
Many countries have built waste-to-energy plants to
capture the energy in their trash. There are more than
600 waste-to-energy plants in 35 different countries.
The graph shows the top five countries that burn their
trash to recover the energy in it
Waste-to-Energy PlantsResponsive to the Environment
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New Clean Air Act rules
for municipal waste
combustors ensure that
waste-to-energy is one
of the CLEANEST
SOURCES OF POWER
IN THE WORLD.
Due to the Clean Air
Act- the plants can
actually improve the air
quality in the
communities where they
operate.
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Waste-to-energy
technology is a major
part of a plan to reduce
carbon dioxide
emissions in the United
States.
Continuous Improvement
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Waste-to-energy power plants are
constantly improving themselves by
regularly auditing themselves.
As well as reviewing their environmental
performance.
In addition, the waste-to-energy plants
strive for cost-effective environmental
management by improving operations
and also by promoting synergy between
each plant.
The Future of America’s Trash
Disposal
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There are 102 waste-to-energy operating in 31 states
throughout the U.S.
These plants burn about 14% of the trash generated nationwide
or about 97,000 tons each day.
They generate more than 2,800 megawatts of electricity to meet
the power needs of nearly 2.5 million homes.
They serve the disposal needs of more than 37 million people.
Waste-to-energy plants represent a national capital investment
of more than $10 billion.
A recent survey conducted in 70 cities nationwide and published
in Solid Waste and Power Industry Sourcebook indicates that
almost three-quarters of the Americans polled believe waste-toenergy plants are vital components for the nation’s
environmental and economic future. Respondents also believe
that waste-to-energy programs mean.
Hypothesis:
If waste prevention and recycling is being preferable to energy
recovery and disposals, then waste-to-energy plants like the
Montenay Power Group will emit less greenhouse gases
and other pollutants.
Observation:
Waste-to-Energy Plants like the Montenay Power Group in Doral are
more environment friendly than traditional MSW landfills and other
types of waste management companies. Everything that is
emitted(gas-wise) from this plant is clean. More Than 80% of the
garbage/trash is brought into the plant gets recycled.