WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE, L.P.
Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the Wheelabrator Baltimore waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for the City and County of Baltimore, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, built, owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Baltimore serves 850,000 residents by processing up to 2,250 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Baltimore has an electric generating capacity of 60,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 68,000 Maryland homes. Wheelabrator Baltimore also supplies steam to the downtown heating loop.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- Baltimore City and County 850,000 people
- Type of Contract:
- Design, construct, operate
- Start-up: 1985
- REFUSE COMBUSTION
- Type of System:
- Mass-burn, waterwall boilers
- Operation:
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Number of Process Lines:
- 3 @ 750 tons per day each
- Feed System: 2 overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
- Grate Design: Von Roll reciprocating
- Combustion Temperature: 2000°F+
- Auxiliary Fuel: Natural gas
- Waste Volume Reduction: 90%
- Ash Handling System: Semi-dry, vibrating pan conveyor
- Materials Recovery: Ferrous, aggregate
- AIR QUALITY CONTROL
- Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, SNCR (NOx controls), carbon injection
- ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Type of Energy: Electric power and steam
- Steam Flow to Turbine: 585,000 pounds per hour @ 900 psig/830*F
- Electric Generating Capacity: 60 megawatts/68,000 homes
- Cooling System: Once-through cooling
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