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5. COM BU STIO N ........................................................................................................ 65
Common Issues for Mass Burn and RDF .................................................................. 65
Pollution Control, New Source Performance Standards for
Combustors, and Effects of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 ................................................................................................................ 65
Energy Recovery ................................................................................................ 66
Lim itations on the Cost D ata ............................................................................. 66
M ass Burning ........................................................................................................... 68
Technology Description .................................................................................... 68
Commercial Status ............................................................................................. 70
Energy Balance .................................................................................................. 70
Energy Requirements ................................................................................... 70
Energy Production ...................................................................................... 70
Net Energy Balance ..................................................................................... 70
Cost Considerations ........................................................................................... 71
M ass Burn: Field Erected ........................................................................... 71
M ass Burn: M odular ................................................................................... 71
Environmental Releases .................................................................................... 75
Air ................................................................................................................ 75
W water ............................................................................................................ 75
Land ............................................................................................................. 75
Integrated Strategy Example: Mass Burning of MSW with
Electricity Generation and Ash Disposal in a Monofill .................. 75
Other Integrated Strategies Described in the Data Base .................. 77
Refuse-Derived Fuel ................................................................................................. 80
Technology Description .................................................................................... 80
RD F Production ........................................................................................... 80
RDF Combustion ......................................................................................... 81
Commercial Status ............................................................................................. 81
Prevalence .................................................................................................... 81
A pplications and M arkets ............................................................................ 82
Energy Balance .................................................................................................. 82
Energy Requirements for RDF Preparation ................................................ 82
Energy Produced by RD F Com bustion ........................................................ 82
Net Energy Balance ..................................................................................... 82
Cost Considerations ........................................................................................... 83
Environm ental Releases .................................................................................... 83
Air Emissions ............................................................................................... 83
Water Emissions .......................................................................................... 83
Land Use ...................................................................................................... 86
Integrated Strategy Example: RDF Preparation and Combustion
with Electricity Generation, Ash Disposal in a Monofill, and
Landfilling O rganic Rejects ............................................................................ 86
Other Integrated Strategies Described in the Data Base ........................................... 89ix
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