WHEELABRATOR GLOUCESTER COMPANY, L.P.
Located in Westville, New Jersey, the Wheelabrator Gloucester waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for Gloucester County, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed, owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Gloucester serves 257,000 residents by processing up to 575 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Gloucester has an electric generating capacity of 14,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 15,000 New Jersey homes.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- County of Gloucester
- 257,000 people
- Type of Agreement:
- Regulated disposal utility
- Start-up: 1989
- REFUSE COMBUSTION
- Type of System:
- Mass-burn, water wall boilers
- Operation:
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Number of Process Lines:
- 2 @ 287.5 tons per day each
- Feed System: 2 overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
- Grate Design: Von Roll reciprocating grates
- Combustion Temperature: 2000°F+
- Auxiliary Fuel: Natural gas
- Waste Volume Reduction: 90%
- Ash Handling System: Water quench, drag conveyor
- AIR QUALITY CONTROL
- Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, fabric filters, SNCR (NOx control), carbon injection
- ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Type of Energy: Electric power steam
- Flow to Turbine: 130,000 pounds per hour @ 650 psig/750*F
- Electric Generating Capacity: 14 megawatts/15,000 homes
- Cooling System: Once-through cooling
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