Published 1990 | Version v1
Book

First year of operation at the SEMASS WTE facility

  • 1. Bechtel Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  • 2. SEMASS Operations, Rochester, MA (United States)

Description

SEMASS is a large, privately owned, prepared fuel, waste-to-energy facility located in South Eastern Massachusetts. This paper reviews significant aspects of the facility along with operating data from the first year of operation (1989) for this new 1900 TPD (19.95 kg/s) Shred Burn facility. Presentation topics include: Brief description of the facility. A more detailed description of some of the unique features of SEMASS. Summary of waste throughput for the first year, and energy production. A discussion of the first year's operational highlights

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (United States)
ISBN
0-7918-0507-7
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 1990 national waste processing conference
Imprint Pagination
450 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8.

Conference

Title
integrated waste management--the challenge increases.
Acronym
14. biennial national waste processing conference
Dates
3-6 Jun 1990.
Place
Long Beach, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23060249
Subject category
S09: BIOMASS FUELS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; OPERATION; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-9006157--.