WHEELABRATOR CLAREMONT COMPANY, L.P.
Located in Claremont, New Hampshire, the Wheelabrator Claremont waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for communities in New Hampshire and Vermont, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Claremont serves 70,000 residents by processing up to 200 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Claremont has an electric generating capacity of 5,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 5,600 New Hampshire homes.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- Communities on New Hampshire/Vermont border
- 70,000 people
- Type of Contract:
- Own and operate
- Start-up: 1987
- REFUSE COMBUSTION
- Type of System:
- Mass-burn, waterwall boilers
- Operation:
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Number of Process Lines:
- 2 @ 100 tons per day each
- Grate Design: Von Roll reciprocating grates
- Combustion Temperature: 2000°F+
- Auxiliary Fuel: Propane
- Waste Volume Reduction: 90%
- Ash Handling System: Water quench, drag conveyor
- AIR QUALITY CONTROL
- Type of Equipment: Spray dried absorbers, fabric filters, carbon injection
- ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Type of Energy: Electric power steam
- Flow to Turbine: 59,000 pounds per hour @ 600 psig/620*F
- Electric Generating Capacity: 5 megawatts/5,600 homes
- Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower