Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. | A Waste Management Company

Located in Washington County, New York the Wheelabrator Hudson Falls waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for Washington and Warren counties while generating clean electricity for sale to the local utility. The Hudson Falls facility, owned by the Industrial Development Agency of Washington and Warren counties and operated by Wheelabrator, process up to 500 tons per day of municipal solid waste. At full capacity, the plant can generate more than 14,500 kilowatts of electrical energy for sale to Niagara Mohawk Company. This is enough energy to supply the electrical needs of more than 20,000 New York homes.

GENERAL
Area Served: Washington and Warren counties
Type of Contract: Full service/operate
Owner: Industrial Development Agency of Washington and Warren counties
Operator: Wheelabrator Hudson Falls L.L.C.
Start-up: 1991

REFUSE COMBUSTION
Type of System: Mass-burn, waterwall boilers
Operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
Process Lines: 2 @ 240 tons per day each
Feed System: Overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
Grate Design: Detroit stoker reciprocating grates
Combustion Temperature: 2500 F+
Waste Volume Reduction: 95%

AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, carbon injection

ENERGY PRODUCTION
Type of Energy: Electric power
Steam Flow to Turbine: 140,000 pounds per hour @ 650 psig; 750 F
Electric Power Capacity: 14.5 megawatts
Cooling System: Once through cooling
Electric Power Customer: Niagara Mohawk