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Waste-to-Energy Evaluation in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Waste-to-Energy Evaluation in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Speaker: Matthew Evans, Solid Waste Engineer, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Session Description: In 2011, HDR and the City of Cheyenne, CO completed a waste-to-energy study that reviewed the feasibility of building and operating a WTE facility. This eSession will go over some of the basics of WTE, as well as how the study was constructed and what it concluded, covering areas such as:
- Cheyenne’s current solid waste management situation and the basis for the waste-to-energy evaluation.
- The waste-to-energy facility options that were reviewed, including both demonstrated technologies (e.g. anaerobic digestion, gasification, mass burn waste-to-energy, and refuse derived fuel waste-to-energy), as well as developing technologies (e.g. plasma arc gasification and pyrolysis).
- The energy recovery potential of the technologies. Depending on the technology, energy could conceivably be recovered in the form of heat, steam, electricity, and/or synthetic gas.
- The environmental factors that would need to be addressed, including air, solid waste, and water permitting.
- The siting considerations that were evaluated at three locations in the Cheyenne area.
- The facility cost evaluation of two technologies that were identified as the most viable for the Cheyenne area and their anticipated impact on existing tipping fees.
- Conclusions and recommendations from the study.
The City of Cheyenne is currently in the process of determining their long-term solid waste management disposal plan. As part of this web seminar, the status of the City’s plan will be discussed. This will include the City’s consideration for waste-to-energy and how it fits in with the City’s overall long-term plan.
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