Wheelabrator Millbury Inc.
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 46,000 kilowatts; the equivalent of supplying the electrical needs of 57,000 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
