Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. | A Waste Management Company

Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, the Wheelabrator North Andover waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste, while generating clean electric energy for sale to the local utility. The North Andover facility processes up to 1500 tons per day of municipal solid waste from northeast Massachusetts. At full capacity, the plant, which sells electricity to a local utility company, can generate more than 40,000 kilowatt-hourssof electrical energy per hour. This is the equivalent of supplying all of the electrical needs of nearly 50,000 Massachusetts homes.

GENERAL
Area Served: Northeastern Massachusetts / 750,000 people
Type of Contract: Full service/own and operate
Financing: Revenue Bonds / Taxable debt
Start-up: 1985

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: Overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
Grate Design: Martin reciprocating grates
Combustion Temperature: 2500°F+
Waste Volume Reduction: 90%
Ash Handling System: Semi-dry, vibrating pan conveyor
Materials Recovery: 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: 396,000 pounds per hour @ 600 psig/750*F
Electric Generating Capacity: 40 megawatts
Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower