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EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
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B&W: Waste-to-Energy For the Future
Municipal waste is a promising but under-utilized renewable
fuel source for power generation in North America and around the
world. Lower in net greenhouse gas emissions than coal, oil or even
natural gas, waste-to-energy technologies can play an important
role in clean energy generation, landill management and job
creation.
he Babcock & Wilcox Company's (B&W) waste-to-energy
technologies include boilers and fuel-handling systems designed
for both " mass-burn " municipal solid waste (MSW) fuel and
processed refuse-derived fuel (RDF), as well as state-of-the-art
environmental control equipment to reduce all environmental
emissions to comply with state and federal regulations.
B&W and its Denmark-based subsidiary, B&W Vølund, have
designed more than 500 WTE and biomass combustion units
worldwide. Recently announced B&W projects include a contract
to provide a boiler for what will be the world's largest WTE plant, to
be located in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, and multiple
units for plants in the U.K. and elsewhere in northern Europe.
B&W also led the team that designed and constructed North
America's most-advanced waste-to-energy plant, the Solid Waste
Authority of Palm Beach County's Palm Beach Renewable Energy
Facility No. 2 (PBREF No. 2), which began commercial operation in
mid-2015.
B&W designed and manufactured PBREF No. 2's three massburn,
waste-to-energy boilers, capable of generating up to 95
The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No.
2 is located adjacent to the SWA's original waste-to-energy plant, which was also designed
and built by B&W. PBREF No. 2 is the cleanest and most-advanced waste-to-energy facility in
North America.
megawatts of electricity, and its environmental control system.
he facility features DynaGrate air-cooled and water-cooled
combustion grates designed by B&W Vølund and is also operated
by a B&W subsidiary.
PBREF No. 2 generates power for an estimated 44,000 homes
and businesses in the West Palm Beach area, while processing more
than 1 million tons of post-recycled municipal solid waste each
year. By reducing the volume of waste sent to the county's landill
by up to 90 percent, the facility will extend that landill's life by
several decades, while also recycling an estimated 27,000 tons of
steel, aluminum, copper and other metals annually.
PBREF No.'s emissions control technologies were designed by
B&W and including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system,
pulse jet fabric ilters, spray-dry absorbers (SDA) and continuous
emissions monitoring system (CEMS) are designed to capture and
control pollutants, including mercury and heavy metals, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates, within permitted levels.
Whether in North America, Europe, Asia or anywhere else
around the world, B&W's waste-to-energy technologies are
reliable, economical and environmentally sound options for
steam production and electrical generation for commercial power
producers, municipalities and others
B&W Vølund's state-of-the-art combustion grate, the DynaGrate, is one of the most advanced
combustion grates on the waste-to-energy market. The DynaGrate provides excellent
performance with low maintenance costs due to a design technology that causes little wear
and tear.
interested in reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, solving waste disposal challenges and
generating afordable energy.
To learn more about B&W's waste-to-energy capabilities, please
visit www.babcock.com.
www.babcock.com/Pages/contact-us.aspx
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