| List of Figures |
iii |
| List of Tables |
iv |
| Executive Summary |
v |
| Introduction |
1 |
| Resource Assessment |
3 |
| |
Sewage Sludge |
3 |
| |
Indianapolis |
3 |
| Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago |
4 |
| Regional Cities |
6 |
| Nationwide |
7 |
| Used Railroad Ties |
7 |
| Urban Wood Waste |
9 |
| |
Indiana |
9 |
| Nationwide |
10 |
| Municipal Solid Waste |
13 |
| |
Indiana |
13 |
| Illinois |
14 |
| Nationwide |
15 |
| Waste Tires/Tire-Derived Fuel |
17 |
| |
Indiana |
17 |
| Illinois |
17 |
| Nationwide |
17 |
| Feed System Development |
18 |
| |
Estimation of Terminal Velocities
for Feedstocks |
18 |
| Drop-Tube Furnace Testing |
19 |
| Sewage Sludge Feeding Across
Pressure Boundary |
20 |
| Dispersion/Injection of Sewage
Sludge |
22 |
| |
Mechanical Feeding/Dispersion |
22 |
| Screw Feeding |
23 |
| Pneumatic Injection |
26 |
| Evaluation of Feed System
Components |
28 |
| |
Pressure Vessel/Piping for Pump
Testing |
29 |
| Evaluation of Sludge Dispersion |
31 |
| Patent Database Search for
High-Pressure Solids Feed Systems |
32 |
| Procurement of Samples and Sample
Analysis |
32 |
| Commercial Dry Biomass Feed
Systems |
34 |
| Conclusions and Future Plans |
36 |
| References |
37 |
| Parameters for Terminal Velocity
Equations 80kb |
Appendix A |
| Patented High-Pressure Coal Feed
Systems 71kb |
Appendix B |
| RDF Fraction Photographs 6891kb |
Appendix C |
