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WHEELABRATOR MILLBURY INC.

Located in Millbury, Massachusetts, the Wheelabrator Millbury waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for more than 30 communities in Massachusetts, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed, owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Millbury processes up to 1,500 tons per day of municipal solid. Wheelabrator Millbury has an electric generating capacity of 57,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 41,000 Massachusetts homes.

GENERAL: Area Served:
Central Massachusetts: Type of Contract:
Design, construct, own, 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 @ 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 and Non-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: 390,000 pounds per hour @ 900 psig/830*F; Electric Generating Capacity: 46 megawatts/57,000 homes; Cooling System: Mechanical wet draft cooling tower

WHEELABRATOR MILLBURY INC.

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