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Engineered Solid Fuel. Introduction Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335 kim.erickson@rrtmn.com kimberickson@comcast.net. Engineered Solid Fuel Contents. Background Waste Processing Technology “Study” The Technology - ESF “Target Zero” – To Landfill Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335
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Engineered Solid Fuel Introduction Kim Erickson, President 612-750-1335 kim.erickson@rrtmn.com kimberickson@comcast.net
Engineered Solid FuelContents • Background • Waste Processing Technology “Study” • The Technology - ESF • “Target Zero” – To Landfill • Kim Erickson, President • 612-750-1335 • kim.erickson@rrtmn.com • kimberickson@comcast.net
Engineered Solid FuelBackground • Currently Operate Two Processing Facilities Which Convert Non-Hazardous Municipal Solid Waste (“MSW”) Into A Fuel Source Called Refuse Derived Fuel (“RDF”) • Annually • 830,000 Tons Of MSW Subscribed • 740,000 Tons Of MSW Processed • 625,000 Tons Of RDF Generated • 31,000 Metals Recovered & Recycled • Waste Shed Serviced Already Has A Mature Recycling Program In Place
Engineered Solid FuelBackground • Annually (Continued) • RDF Supplied To Power Plants Generates Enough “Green” Electricity To Power 55,000 Homes Annually • Supply Three Power Plants – Xcel Energy (two) & Great River Energy
Engineered Solid FuelBackground • My Role • Drive Operational Efficiencies, In Light Of/Anticipation Of Declining County Financial Support, To Maintain Viability Of The Existing Business • Research Waste Processing Technologies For A Practical & Capable Alternative To The RDF Model
Engineered Solid FuelWaste Processing Technology “Study” • Not Married To Any One Technology • Goal - Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (risk adjusted) • Objectives • High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Multiple End-Users • Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties • Value Add Product • Environmentally Friendly Operations • No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone
Engineered Solid FuelWaste Processing Technology “Study” • Discovered That There Is No “Silver Bullet” / “One Size Fits All” Technology For All Waste Streams Best Use Modeling • Reduction – Problematic Waste • Gasification – Biomass, Homogeneous Waste Feedstock • Anaerobic Digestion – Food & Animal Waste, Homogeneous Waste Feedstock • Solid Fuel Combustion - Residential & Light Commercial Waste (MSW)
Engineered Solid FuelWaste Processing Technology “Study” • Best Use Modeling • Solid Fuel Combustion - Residential & Light Commercial Waste (MSW) • Mass Burn – Combustion Of Non Processed MSW To Generate On Site Steam And/Or Electricity (raw waste) • Refuse Derived Fuel – Combustion Of Processed MSW To Generate Electricity At Modified Power Plants (fluff or compressed pellet) • Engineered Solid Fuel – Combustion Of Highly Refined & Reformulated MSW Used As A Fuel Source By Potentially Any Coal Fired Combustor (extruded pellet)
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW • Goal – Achieved….. • Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (risk adjusted) • Objectives – All Achieved….. • High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Multiple End-Users • Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties • Value Add Product • Environmentally Friendly Operations • No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW Goal – Achieved • Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (risk adjusted) • Proprietary Processes (later explained) • First Plant Commenced Operations In The Summer 2008 • 220,000 Ton Facility In Vaughn, Ontario • Product Demand Exceeds Supply • Plant Designs To 600,000 Tons MSW • Satisfies All Technology Objectives Dongara www.dongara.ca
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW Goal – Achieved • Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (risk adjusted)
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW Goal – Achieved • Leading Edge, But Proven Technology (risk adjusted)
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW Objectives – All Achieved • High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Multiple End-Users • Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties • Value Add Product • Environmentally Friendly Operations • No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone Dongara www.dongara.ca
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • High Energy Content • Coal Substitute….But With Lower Emissions • Customer Spec’d To 12,000+ BTU • Homogeneous Feedstock • “Complete” Burn
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – How Achieved….. • Processes Which Result In A Highly Refined & Reformulated MSW • Conventional Materials Separation (~RDF) • Advanced Materials Separation • Dramatically Reduced & Consistent Moisture Content • Introduction Of Low Emission Waste Stream Additives • 120,000 +/- Tons For A 600,000 MSW Plant
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – How Achieved….. • Conventional Materials Separation (~RDF) • Metals (ferrous & non-ferrous) • Non-combustibles
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – How Achieved….. • Advanced Materials Separation • Remove Unacceptable Plastics Which Spike Emissions • Utilize Optical Sensors • Currently Can Identify 128 Grades Of Plastics • Remove “Fines” From Improperly Disposed Electronic Equipment & Batteries (transition (“heavy”) metals) • = Lower Emissions
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – How Achieved….. • Dramatically Reduced & Consistent Moisture Content • High Moisture Content Requires More Fuel Combustion To Attain Required Energy Output = Higher Emissions • Inconsistent Moisture Content Results In Incomplete Burn; Incomplete Burn = Higher Emissions • Processed Metro MSW Moisture Content Ranges From <5% To 40%+ • ESF Spec’d At A Constant 8% = Lower Emissions
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – How Achieved….. • Introduction Of Low Emission Waste Stream Additives • Utilization Of Select Plastics Ensures • High BTU Fuel • Homogeneous Fuel • Low Emissions Fuel • Contracted Separately From MSW Stream • Generally Would End Up In Landfills
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions • Emissions Certifications In Progress • Cement Kilns • Green Houses • Results Showing Dramatically Reduced SOX, NOX & CO2 • Low To Substantially No Sulfur • NOX Lower Than Coal Mixture • CO2 Lower Than Coal Mixture
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions • Have Conducted In Depth Analysis For Three States “Of Interest” Having Strict Standards • Exceed State Requirements
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions • Exceed Requirements Of Customer Coal Mixture • Of Particular Interest • Sulfur • Mercury • Lead • Chromium
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Low Emissions – Chemical Analysis - Elements Measured Antimony Chromium Silver Arsenic Lead Thallium Barium Mercury Vanadium Beryllium Nickel Zinc Cadmium Selenium Sulfur
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Multiple End-Users • Coal Fired Combustors • Primary Target • Deemed To Be The Highest Emitter Of Greenhouse Gases • Gasification Projects • Near Perfect Homogeneous Feedstock
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Multiple End-Users • Potentially Any Coal Fired Combustor • Cement Kilns – ESF In Use • Power Plants • Green Houses – ESF In Use • Ethanol Plants • Pulverized – ESF In Use • Chunk / Briquette – ESF In Use • Low To Substantially No Chlorine (covalent compound)
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties • Stable • Shelf Life Of Months / Years • Virtually No Odor • Consistent • Spec’d To Customer Requirements • Reliable Supply – Inventory Reserves Addresses MSW Supply Volatility • Transportable • Trade Region Similar To Coal • Piggyback Coal Transportation Infrastructure
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Value Add Product • 500,000 Ton MSW ESF Facility • ~5 MW Power Input Translates Into 80 - 90 MW Power Output • Homogeneous With Coal But With Dramatically Lower Emissions • Value To End User? Self-Explanatory…..
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Environmentally Friendly Operations • Operations Are Common To Transfer & Recycling Facilities • Essentially A Transfer Station • Mated To A Sorting & Recycling Plant • Zero Processing Emissions • Power Source Solely Electricity • No Thermal Processing • No Ground Contamination Risk • Not A User Of Water, But A Net Generator Of Water
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW – Objectives All Achieved Environmentally Friendly Operations • Operations Are Common To Transfer & Recycling Facilities • All Commodities Are Transported Off Site • ESF • Recyclables • Reusable's
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)“Target Zero” • Zero Processed MSW To Landfill • ESF • Metals Recycled • Unacceptable Plastics Recycled • Non-Combustibles For Concrete Products
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW • Goal – Achieved….. • Identify A Leading Edge, But Proven Technology • Objectives – All Achieved….. • High Energy Content Fuel With Low Emissions • Multiple End-Users • Stable, Consistent, Transportable Fuel Properties • Value Add Product • Environmentally Friendly Operations • No Bonding, No Subsidies – Stand Alone • “Target Zero” Waste To Landfill
The Technology - Engineered Solid Fuel (ESF)Best Use For MSW Dongara www.dongara.ca • Kim Erickson, President • 612-750-1335 • kim.erickson@rrtmn.com • kimberickson@comcast.net