Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. | A Waste Management Company

Located in Millbury, Massachusetts, the Wheelabrator Millbury waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for 35 communities while generating clean electricity for sale to the local utility. The Millbury facility processes up to 1500 tons per day of municipal solid waste from central Massachusetts. At full capacity, the plant, which sells electricity to New England Power Company, can generate more than 46,000 kilowatt-hours of electrical energy per hour. This is the equivalent of supplying all of the electrical needs of 57,000 Massachusetts homes.

GENERAL
Area Served: Central Massachusetts
Type of Contract: Design, construct, own and operate
Start-up: 1987

REFUSE COMBUSTION
Type of System: Mass-burn, waterwall boilers
Operation: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
Number of Process Lines: 2 @ 750 tons per day each
Feed System: 2 Overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
Grate Design: Von Roll reciprocating
Combustion Temperature: 2500°F+
Auxiliary Fuel: Natural Gas
Waste Volume Reduction: 95%
Ash Handling System: Semi-dry, vibrating pan conveyor
Materials Recovery: Ferrous and Non-Ferrous

AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Type of Equipment: Selective non-catalytic reduction, dry scrubbers, fabric filters, carbon injection

ENERGY PRODUCTION
Type of Energy: Electric Power Steam
Flow to Turbine: 384,000 pounds per hour @ 850 psig/835*F
Electric Generating Capacity: 46 megawatts
Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower
Customer: New England Power Company