6.5 MWe Fluidized Bed Power Plant
73,275 LB/hr (33 tonne/hr) Steam
595 psi, 716 deg. F (41 bar, 380 deg C.)

Owner

Project Location
Ravenna, Italy

Project Completion
Spring 1999

Project Description
A.R.E.A.  selected the team of EPI, Caldareria Costruzioni Termomeccaniche (CCT) and Technologie Progetti Lavori (TPL) as the best suited to provide the waste-to-energy system for this state-of-the-art municipal waste facility.  The A.R.E.A. facility receives the municipal and industrial waste from the city of Ravenna, processes the waste to remove the recyclable and non-combustible fraction, and sizes the balance for conversion to energy in the EPI fluidized bed system.  The energy system produces 83 MBtu/hr (87 GJ/hr) of usable energy.  Superheated steam from the process produces six million watts of electricity (6.5) MWe) in a steam turbine/generator set.

EPI's patented fluidized bed technology was selected because of the excellent operating characteristics and superior emissions performance when burning waste fuels.  The EPI energy system at the Ravenna RDF plant meets stringent air emissions requirements established by the plant operating permit.  This unique system uses selective non-catalytic reduction to reduce No_x emissions by as much as 75%, well below levels achievable with other competing grate or suspension technologies.  Emissions of other pollutants such as SO_x, CO and VOC's are also inherently low in the EPI energy system

Scope of Supply

EPI supplied the fluidized bed combustion system, NO_x abatement system, bed additive system, bed recycle and storage system, and the process design for the entire boiler island.

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