WHEELABRATOR HUDSON FALLS L.L.C.
Located in Washington County, New York, the Wheelabrator Hudson Falls waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for Washington and Warren Counties, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Hudson Falls processes up to 500 tons per day of municipal solid. Wheelabrator Hudson Falls has an electric generating capacity of 15,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 22,000 New York homes.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- Washington and Warren counties
- Type of Contract:
- Operate
- Owner:
- Industrial Development Agency of Washington and Warren counties
- Operator:
- Wheelabrator Hudson Falls L.L.C.
- Start-up: 1991
- REFUSE COMBUSTION
- Type of System:
- Mass-burn, waterwall boilers
- Operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Process Lines: 2 @ 250 tons per day each
- Feed System: Overhead refuse cranes with ram feeders
- Grate Design: Detroit stoker reciprocating grates
- Combustion Temperature: 2000°F+
- Waste Volume Reduction: 95%
- Ash Handling System: Semi-dry, vibrating pan conveyor
- Materials Recovery: Ferrous, aggregate
- AIR QUALITY CONTROL
- Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, carbon injection
- ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Type of Energy: Electric power
- Steam Flow to Turbine: 140,000 pounds per hour @ 650 psig; 750*F
- Electric Power Capacity: 15 megawatts/22,000 homes
- Cooling System: Once-through cooling