Report on the Feasibility Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Production for the DoD

Abstract

The following report and projects were completed as a fulfillment of funds provided to AFIT by AFCEC. Each of the projects were based on the central idea of Waste-to-Energy gasification as a method of waste diversion for the DoD. To help model the problem, computational programs such as Aspen Plus and SimaPro were used in addition to techno-economic and life-cycle analysis methods. A complete gasification system based on a deployed recipe was modeled using Aspen Plus to help determine its viability. Contacts were formed with other related agencies including DOE NETL, DLA, and Sierra Energy Inc. This opens the door for future collaborations and more extensive projects in the field. Two papers, currently in editor review, were written to help expand the field of knowledge related to WTE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 04, 2019
Accession Number
AD1084194

Entities

People

  • Alfred Thal
  • Chandrani Mukherjee
  • Dave Chester
  • Eric G. Mbonimpa
  • Jacob Denney
  • Jeremy Slagley
  • Tom Hornstein

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cycles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Energy Production
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Life Cycles
  • Production
  • Solid Waste
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.