Operational Test Report: Effects of Moisture and Composition on Densified Refuse-Derived Fuel and System Operating Parameters RDF-3 and RDF-5.
Abstract
The overall objective of this research was to develop information pertinent to establishing specifications for a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) that would be acceptable as a supplementary fuel for existing and future multi-fuel capable boilers at Navy shore-based installations. In particular, the effort was focused on two forms of RDF, RDF-3 and RDF-5, because these are considered by NCEL to be the only two types of RDF that are technically and economically suitable for Navy boilers. The specific objective of this effort was to perform testing required to evaluate the effects of refuse moisture and composition on the quality of prepared RDFs. Using simulated feed stocks, RDF-3 and -5 were produced on the Navy's RDF line at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. Manufacturing conditions, moisture and conditions, moisture and constituent components were systematically varied, using Simplex Lattice experiment design for the last group of variables. The products resulting were evaluated using a special battery of test procedures to describe eleven different RDF properties. Correlation analyses confirmed expectations concerning manufacturing and the moisture variable; compositional variations produced some interesting although not strong correlations. Regressions analytical results were poor. Keywords: Alternative boiler fuels.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA168906
Entities
People
- Gary Smith
- Helen Belencan