Grantee Research Project Results
Steam Reforming of Municipal Wastewater Sludge
EPA Contract Number: 68D00046Title: Steam Reforming of Municipal Wastewater Sludge
Investigators: Warren, David W.
Small Business: Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: August 1, 1990 through April 1, 1991
Project Amount: $49,987
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1991) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , SBIR - Waste , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
The MTIC indirect steam reforming process offers a cost effective alternative to the existing waste-to-energy incin- eration of municipal sludge waste (MSW) or refuse-derived fuel (RDF). The process has the potential for resolving many of the environmental issues associated with incin- eration, especially in the control of chlorinated dioxins and furans as well as emissions of toxic metals; particulates and sulfur and nitrogen oxides. The process is a relatively low- temperature (1250'F) process which inhibits the formation of chlorinated dioxins and furans as well as the condensa- tion of metals upon fly ash normally encountered in con- ventional incinerators. The waste-to-energy process produces a hydrogen rich gas of medium Btu content close to natural gas. The reduction in solid waste is anticipated to be greater than 70% with characteristics considerably more benign than power plant ash.The Phase I effort is focused upon a series of feasibility tests utilizing wastewater sludge, RDF and/or MSW in its existing pilot-scale reactor, processing the waste as an alternative to incineration. These tests will also profile a characterization and disposition of the chemical species from the feedstock in the product streams of the steam reformer, e.g., product gas and solid waste residues.
Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Scientific Discipline, Toxics, Waste, Water, Chemical Engineering, Municipal, Wastewater, Environmental Chemistry, HAPS, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Incineration/Combustion, Environmental Engineering, wastewater treatment, Nox, Nitrogen Oxides, municiple wastewater sludge, wastewater sludge, municipal waste, toxic metals, municipal wastewater, waste incineration, refuse-derived fuel, sludge, incineration, refuse-derived fuel (RDF)Progress and Final Reports:
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