Wheelabrator Frackville
Wheelabrator Frackville
Located in Frackville, Pennsylvania, the Wheelabrator Frackville cogeneration facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of the anthracite coal mining waste (culm) dumped and abandoned in eastern Pennsylvania, while generating clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility. Designed, constructed and operated by Wheelabrator, Wheelabrator Frackville consumes up to 500,000 tons of culm per year. Wheelabrator Frackville generates more than 300 million kilowatt-hours of electricty for sale to the local utility and produces over 60 million pounds of steam for sale to Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institution at Frackville.
GENERAL
Area Served: Eastern Pennsylvania
Land Reclaimation: 135 acres
Type of Contract: Design, construct, own, operate
Start-up: 1988
COMBUSTION SYSTEM
Type of System: Kvaerner Circulation Fluidized Bed
Operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Turbine/Generator: 4 extraction condensing, 56,500 KVA
Fuel Consumption: 500,000 tons/year of anthracite culm
Ash Reduction: 350,000 tons
AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Type of Equipment: Dry scrubbers, spray drier absorbers, fabric filters, SNCR (NOx controls), carbon injection
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Type of Energy: Electric Power
Steam Flow to Turbine: 410,000 pounds per hour @ 1300 psig/955*F
Electric Generating Capacity: 56.5 megawatts
Cooling System: Mechanical draft cooling tower
