Power Plant Waste Articles on Environmental XPRT

Why is Energy-from-Waste slow to catch on in the U.S.?

Nithin Coca reports in TriplePundit that Energy-from-Waste (EfW) is growing fast in Europe and parts of Asia. But it’s relatively stagnant here in the United States. In fact, the percentage of waste we burn for energy is actually slightly down in the past five years. What’s holding the U.S. back from this potentially sustainable solution? This stagnation is even more ...

May 17, 2017

By International District Energy Association

Oil Recycling - Case Study

The problem: Waste oil recycling contributes very much to climate protection through (CO2) energy saving. Compared to the production of base oil the re-refining of waste oil uses 34 % less resources. In the sixties the German government was subsidising the re-refining of waste oil. Because of that the use of waste oil as a fuel was neglected. The used oil re-refining is the ...

May 16, 2017

By Dirk European Holdings LTD

Floating nuclear power plants

Nuclear energy, in comparison with other modes of energy generation such as hydro, thermal and non-conventional sources, has high energy density with little environmental pollution or greenhouse gas emissions. The methodologies to check the problems of nuclear radiation hazards and waste associated with this technology are continuously being developed towards perfection. The nuclear plants are ...

Nov. 20, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Demkolec ICGCC power plant

Evaporator/Crystallizer meets stringent zero-discharge waste requirements In 1989, Demkolec B.V. was founded by the Dutch Power Authority N.V., S.E.P., to execute the first integrated coal gasification combined cycle (ICGCC) power plant. For the gasification process, Demkolec selected Shell. The plant, the world’s largest, is located next to the existing Maascentrale power station ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

The Future of Nuclear Power Plants

With the blast of the French nuclear power plant a few weeks ago, safety of nuclear power plant designs has fallen under more scrutiny. Although according to sources the blast took place in the turbine hall and no nuclear leak was found, this event has brought more attention to improved design and operation standards. Following the incident earlier this month Toshiba, a Japanese ...

Feb. 21, 2017

By SoftInWay Inc.

Utilizing Waste Heat For Power

Continuous duty gen-sets provide base-load power generation in diverse applications around the globe. However, high fuel costs and engine maintenance are pain points felt by operators. A low-maintenance path to significant fuel savings and lower emissions is what the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had in mind when they approached ElectraTherm to integrate the company’s Green Machine waste ...

Dec. 2, 2014

By ElectraTherm

Converting plant waste into biofuels

Promising advances using yeast and fungi. Written by Nancy W. Stauffer. You can read the original story in MIT News MIT researchers are genetically engineering yeast to break down stubborn plant fibers into sugars that it can then ferment — a first ...

Sep. 12, 2012

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Turning waste into power

Economic, social and environmental factors dictate the necessity to manage waste to a new level. Wastewater plants, landfills, farms and food plants are all the owners of biomass that can be digested to produce biogas and turned into power. Biogas can be burned directly in boilers for heat recovery and used for manufacturing, heating or cooling; this is the simplest method of direct biogas ...

Aug. 5, 2013

By Hurll Nu-Way

Chemical, Physical, Mineralogical, Morphology Characteristics of a Thermal Power Plant Washing Waste

Most of electricity is generated by thermal power plants in Iran. Shahid Rajaee thermal power plant consists of four 250MW natural gas and fuel oil burning units that is located at 100 km west off Tehran. As a result of fuel oil burning in winter time, boilers air heaters are washed and cleaned frequently. The wastewater originating from air heater washing contains suspended ...

Jan. 1, 2007

By University of Tehran

Determination and use of scaling factors for waste characterization in nuclear power plants

Disposal of radioactive waste requires knowledge of its radioactivity content in terms of the concentrations of specific radionuclides. This information is used by the repository operator and/or regulator to track radionuclide inventories and concentrations, which are generally limited by the repository safety assessment and resulting operating licence. It is normally the responsibility of waste ...

May 18, 2009

By The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Solving waste oil management and removal problems in power generating plants

If your plant is like most, it is doing a good job of preventing oily water waste and waste oils from escaping into the environment. But at what cost? As labor resources dwindle, operating and maintaining drainage systems, oil separators, and sometimes inadequate oil removal equipment is expensive. Paying higher than needed costs for waste oil disposal, filtration and water treatment due to these ...

Dec. 26, 2011

By Oil Skimmers, Inc.

Review of Selected Waste Streams: Sewage Sludge, Construction and Demolition Waste, Waste Oils, Waste from Coal-fired Power Plants and Biodegradable Municipal Waste

Five waste streams are reviewed in this technical report: sewage sludge, construction and demolition waste, waste oils, waste from coal-fired power plants and biodegradable municipal waste. The review focuses on the quantities of wastes produced and on systems used to collect and treat them in several European countries and ...

Jan. 1, 2002

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Captive power plant efficiency for Africa

Power distribution networks across Africa are notoriously unreliable. Frequent power interruptions can be enormously costly for many of the continent’s factories. Not only do power outages disrupt production batches, they can also damage or reduce the life of important plant components such as kilns. This too has a knock-on effect on wider the country’s gross domestic product – ...

Mar. 10, 2016

By Clarke Energy

Waste tyre pyrolysis plant cost

How to convert waste tyres to useful resources? Now, it is no longer a problem. With 18 years' experience in the field of tyre pyrolysis, and continuous research, development and improvement, Doing group provides the latest waste tyre pyrolysis plant which has reached a high level in technology. The Waste tyre ...

Apr. 26, 2017

By Pyrolysis plant for recycling waste tyre/plastic to fuel oil

Huge scope of tiny thermal power plants

Steam energy is coming back very fast as blessing for distributed generation.There is bright scope of establishing 10 million tiny thermal power plants in India. Capacity of most of such tiny power plants will be from 2 kw to 20 kw and rarely up to 100 kw. Liberalization of power generation has opened vast opportunities for small generation capacities in villages. Such tiny power plants will have ...

May 3, 2016

By AADHUNIK GLOBAL ENERGY

Case study - Commercial nuclear power plants decontamination

Customers Include: Nuclear Power Plants: Perry, Ontario Power Generation, Peach Bottom, Savanna River, etc. Service/Product Providers: Alaron, RADeco, UniTech Applications Include: Decontamination of waxed concrete and painted diamond plate, with DFs of 100 percent in a single pass on surfaces with 100-200k dpm/100 cm2 ...

Jun. 29, 2015

By KT Chemicals, Inc.

Waste treatment Wernsing Anaerobic Digestion Plant (Germany)

Wernsing biogas plant Addrup The Wernsing biogas plant was one of the first biogas weser-ems plants to treat waste from food industry since its commission in 2001. Up to 200 tonnes of white cabbage and potatoes waste are used as main input material per day. In addition to the biogas plant, the facilities owned by the Wernsing group include a waste water treatment plant to treat the sewage ...

Oct. 22, 2014

By bwe biogas-weser-ems GmbH & Co. KG

Solar power plant plans move ahead in California

After a long drought, large-scale solar power is getting closer to returning to the U.S. desert. The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday gave the green light to power purchase agreements which two utilities have with solar power project ...

Aug. 13, 2010

New decommissioning system for nuclear power plants in Japan

The subject matter of this paper discusses the new decommissioning system for nuclear power plants in Japan, including the system for the disposal of demolition waste and the decommissioning cost allowance system. The Nuclear Regulations Law, established in 1957, ordering that decommissioning be carried out, it was naturally impossible to set proper safety regulations. While the present safety ...

May 8, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Koyambedu Sewage Treatment Power Plant - Case Study

Established in 1979, Enviro Control Associates (I) Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading Indian companies operating in the domain of Environmental Engineering. The company has a strong foothold in water treatment, sewage treatment, effluent treatment, municipal solid waste management, tertiary treatment and biogas based energy generation. Under the ...

Mar. 17, 2016

By Clarke Energy

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