Proceedings of the 18th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC 18)

Note: Papers are Abstracts

May 11-13, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA

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• Developing a 21st Century Energy From Waste Facility in American Samoa
  Rogoff, M.J.; Keyser, M.; Nicholls, M.M.
• Economic Feasibility of a Plasma ARC Gasification Plant, City of Marion, Iowa
  Clark, B.J.; Rogoff, M.J.
• The Latest and Greatest on the Resurgence of Waste-to-Energy and Conversion Technologies
  Gershman, H.W.
• DyNOR(TM) DeNOx Performance Confirmed in Further MSW Plants
  Sigg, F.; Halter, R.; Chromec, P.
• Optimizing System Performance and Revenue From Metals Recovery Systems at Waste-to-Energy Facilities
  White, T.M.; Nederveld, D.L.
• Comparison of Acid Gas Control Technologies in EFW Facilities
  Kedrowski, C.; Hug, D.; Frey, R.; Kaspar, A.
• Plant Upgrade: Recovery of Non-Ferrous Metals From a Municipal RDF Facility
  Egosi, N.G.; Raabe, M.E.; Freel, G.A.; Weidner, R.
• Updated Case Study of Fireside Corrosion Management in an RDF Fired Energy-From-Waste Boiler
  Vrchota, S.; Peterson, T.
• Industrial Scale R&D in Challenging Times
  Koralewska, R.
• Plasma Gasification: Lessons Learned at Eco-Valley WTE Facility
  Willerton, K.L.; Osada, S.; Willis, K.P.
• Behind the Scenes: Historic Agreement to Develop U.S. Virgin Islands' First Alternative Energy Facilities
  Brickner, R.H.
• Generating Renewable Electric Power and Reducing Carbon Footprint by Converting Low-Grade Heat to Electrical Energy
  Halsband, A.
• Emerging Technology for Multi-Pollutant Control on the Emissions of a Biomass Fired Boiler
  Ginger, B.
• Status of Existing Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis Facilities in North America
  Pytlar, T.S.
• Rear-Ventilated Boiler Wall Protection or How to Reduce Maintenance Costs
  Mulch, S.; Horn, M.
• Fishing for Energy Partnership Cleans up Marine Debris Pollution and Promotes Benefits of Recycling and Energy-From-Waste
  McCoy, C.
• Fuel-Specific On-Load Boiler Cleaning Solutions in Waste Incineration Plants: Challenges, Concepts, Experiences
  Mueller, C.; Frach, M.; Tirkschleit, M.; Tandra, D.; Breeding, C.
• Palm Beach County WTE Expansion Model
  Henderson, T.M.; Richter, L.K.
• Renewable Energy at Sustainable Cost Using a Combined Heat and Power WTE-Facility in the Paper Industry
  De Greef, J.; De Proft, J.; Lopez, M.A.; Villani, K.
• Procurement of Emerging Waste-to-Energy Technologies
  West, T.A.
• Experimental Research on Microwave Induced Thermal Decomposition of Printed Circuit Board Wastes
  Zhang, Z.; Zhao, X.; Kwon, E.; Castaldi, M.J.
• A Risk Assessment Framework for Evaluating Health Risks From New and Emerging Waste Management Technologies
  Zemba, S.G.; Binder, J.J.; Ames, M.R.; Lester, R.R.
• Energy-From-Waste and Dioxin Emission Control: Is There a Role for PVC Separation?
  Venezia, D.; Joshi, S.; Van Brunt, M.; Szurgot, A.
• Potential for Energy-From-Waste Carbon Offsets in North America
  Van Brunt, M.; Bahor, B.
• Concepts and Experiences for Higher Plant Efficiency With Modern Advanced Boiler and Incineration Technology
  Maghon, T.; Main, A.
• Waste Composition in the Northeast U.S.: Implications for Resource Recovery
  Bobman, M.; Culbertson, J.
• 2400 Tons Per Day Refuse Derived Fuel Facility With Advanced Boiler and Air Pollution Control Systems
  Abrams, R.F.; Toupin, K.; Popovic, N.; Costa, J.T.
• Measuring the Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) of Waste-to-Energy
  Williams, J.F.; Parker, J.C.
• Integrated Recycling Strategy at Waste-to-Energy Facilities
  Sfeir, H.; Gutner, S.
• High Temperature Corrosion in a 24 MW Waste-to-Energy Plant
  Ma, W.; Rotter, V.S.; Shao, D.; Chen, G.
• Conditioning Rotor-Recycle Process With Particle Conditioning: A Simple and Effective Process for the Gas Cleaning Downstream Waste Incinerators
  Margraf, R.
• Sustainability in Energy From Broward County's Waste-to-Energy Plants
  Tewari, R.; Gosine, J.; McIlavine, S.
• Transforming Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Into Fuel via the Gasification/Pyrolysis Process
  Kwon, E.; Castaldi, M.J.; Westby, K.J.
• Dry Sorbent Injection of Sodium Sorbents for SO2, HCl and Mercury Mitigation
  Kong, Y.; Davidson, H.
• Energy Recovery Improvement Using Organic Rankine Cycle at Covanta's Haverhill Facility
  Cui, H.; Lynch, J.; McQuillan, D.; Becker, J.; Sundel, T.
• A Study on Performance and Emissions of a 4-Stroke IC Engine Operated on Landfill Gas With Syngas Addition
  Lee, J.; Castaldi, M.J.
• Bio Green Waste-to-Energy: An Old Technology With a New Future
  Norton, J.W.
• High Efficiency Waste to Energy Power Plants Combining Municipal Solid Waste and Natural Gas or Ethanol
  Ribeiro, S.G.; Kimberlin, T.
• Energy Recovery From Municipal Solid Waste in California: Needs and Challenges
  Helou, A.E.; Tran, K.; Buncio, C.
• Advancements in Grate Cooling Technology
  Owens, E.M.; Szczepkowski, J.
• Chlorine Sources, Sinks, and Impacts in WTE Power Plants
  Themelis, N.J.
• New Generation of Tube Surface Treatments Help Improve EFW Boiler Reliability
  Epelbaum, G.; Hanson, E.; Seitz, M.
• Ultrafine Particles From WTE and Other Combustion Sources
  Themelis, N.J.; Yinon, L.; McNeill, F.V.
• Analysis of Thermal Plasma-Assisted Waste-to-Energy Processes
  Ducharme, C.; Themelis, N.J.