WHEELABRATOR NORTH BROWARD INC.
Located in Pompano Beach, Florida, the Wheelabrator North Broward waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for Broward County Florida, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed, owned and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator North Broward processes up to 2,250 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator North Broward has the electric generating capacity of 68,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 61,000 Florida homes.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- Broward County
- Type of Contract:
- Own, operate
- Start-up: 1991
- 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 grates
- 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 metals
- AIR QUALITY CONTROL
- Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, fabric filters, SNCR (NOx controls), carbon injection
- ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Type of Energy: Electric Power
- Steam Flow to Turbine: 558,000 pounds per hour @ 900 psig/830*F
- Electric Generating Capacity: 68 megawatts/61,000 homes
- Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower
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