Waste to Energy
Fuels for the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) industry are municipal solid waste (MSW), refuse derived fuel (RDF), and tire derived fuel (TDF). The wide variability of the physical characteristics of MSW and RDF make it a hard fuel to burn consistently but optimizing the combustion process is possible and beneficial to the plant’s operating efficiency. And while TDF is a fairly consistent fuel, combustion optimization benefits both efficiency and emissions at the stack. Jansen has completed the following projects for customers in the industry.
- General troubleshooting and problem root cause analyses.
- Superheater corrosion analyses.
- Feasibility studies for boiler fuel conversion (from prior fuel to MSW/RDF/TDF).
- Review of process design factors, pressure part evaluations, and circulation studies.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of combustion performance and heat transfer characteristics.
- Efficient combustion air delivery systems such as overfire air (OFA) upgrades.
- ASME Code “S” pressure part design (furnace walls, superheater, generating bank, economizer).
- Pressure parts supply, fabrication, and installation.