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Turn Municipal Solid Waste Into Fuel Pellets

Date: 08/24/2020 08:29:15 From: wood-pellet-plant.com Clicks:

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Pelletization of municipal solid waste involves the processes of segregating, crushing, mixing high-and low-heat value organic waste material and solidifying it to produce fuel pellets or briquettes, also referred to as refuse derived fuel (RDF). The process condenses the waste or changes its physical form and enriches its organic content through removal of inorganic materials and moisture. The calorific value of RDF pellets can be around 4000 kcal/ kg depending upon the percentage of organic matter in the waste, plus additives and binder materials used in the pelletization process.

The calorific value of raw MSW is around 1000 kcal/kg while that of fuel pellets is 4000 kcal/kg. On an average, about 15–20 tons of fuel pellets can be produced after treatment of 100 tons of raw garbage. Since pelletization enriches the organic content of the waste through removal of inorganic materials and moisture, it can be very effective method for preparing an enriched fuel feed for other thermochemical processes like pyrolysis/ gasification, apart from incineration.

Turn Municipal Solid Waste Into Fuel Pellets
Turn Municipal Solid Waste Into Fuel Pellets

Production of fuel pellets

An RDF production line consists of several unit operations in series in order to separate unwanted components and condition the combustible matter to obtain the required characteristics. The main unit operations are screening, shredding, size reduction, classification, separation (either metal, glass or wet organic materials), drying and densification. These unit operations can be arranged in different sequences depending on the raw waste composition and the required RDF quality.

Based on the requirement, about 5 to 10 per cent binder/additives are mixed with the fluff to produce good quality fuel pellets. The pellets coming out of the densification unit are cooled, bagged and stored in the pellet storage yard for dispatch. Municipal waste requires pre-processing to prepare fuel pellets to improve its consist-consistency, storage and handling characteristics, combustion behaviour and calorific value. Technological im provements are taking place in the realms of advanced source separation, resource recovery and production/utilisation of recovered fuel in both existing and new plants for this purpose. There has been an increase in global interest in the preparation of RDF containing a blend of preprocessed MSW with coal suitable for combustion in pulverised coal and fluidised bed boilers.

Advantage Associated With Pelletization

• High calorific value fuel

• Uniform physical and chemical composition • Low moisture content

• Ease of storage, handling and transportation

• Lower pollutant emissions

• Reduction of excess air requirements during combustion

• Use of the main by-product, ash, in brick-kilns

• Improved energy conversion efficiency

• Can be used in a variety of stoker boilers and standalone facilities.

Since pelletization enriches the organic content of the waste through removal of inorganic materials and moisture, it can be very effective method for preparing an enriched fuel feed for other thermo-chemical processes like pyrolysis/gasification, apart from incineration. Pellets can be used for heating plant boilers and for the generation of electricity. The important applications of RDF are found in the following spheres:

• Cement kilns

• RDF power plants

• Coal-fired power plants

• Industrial steam/heat boilers

• Pellet stoves

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