WHEELABRATOR MCKAY BAY INC.
Located in Tampa, Florida, the Wheelabrator McKay Bay waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for the City of Tampa Florida, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Wheelabrator McKay Bay processes up to 1,000 tons per day of municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator McKay Bay has an electric generating capacity of 18,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 12,000 Florida homes.
- GENERAL
- Area Served:
- City of Tampa
- Type of Contract:
- Design, construction, operation
- Ownership:
- City of Tampa
- Start-up: 1985
- REFUSE COMBUSTION
- Type of System:
- Mass-burn, water wall boilers
- Operation:
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Number of Process Lines:
- 4 @ 250 tons per day each
- Feed System: Overhead refuse cranes and 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
- 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: 275,347 pounds per hour @ 650 psig/700*F
- Electric Generating Capacity: 22 megawatts/12,000 homes
- Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower