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Part 1, Pages T - 39, 5.16MB |
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Title Page, Disclaimer, and Abstract |
T - A |
| LIST OF FIGURES |
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| LIST OF TABLES |
vii |
| ACRONYMS |
ix |
| ABBREVIATIONS |
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| EQUATION PARAMETERS |
xi |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
xii |
| INTRODUCTION |
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| RESOURCE ASSESSMENT |
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Sewage Sludge
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Indianapolis
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago
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Regional Cities
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Nationwide
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Used Railroad Ties
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Urban, Mill, and Forest Wood Residues
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Nationwide
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Municipal Solid Waste
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Nationwide
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Waste Tires/Tire-Derived Fuel
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Nationwide
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Agricultural Residues
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| FEED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE |
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Procurement of Fargo Sludge for Pilot Testing
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Estimation of Particle Size for Entrainment
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Drop-Tube Furnace Testing
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Feeding Across the Pressure Boundary
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Pump Vendor Discussions
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Pressure Vessel/Piping for Pump Testing
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Testing Pump Options
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Part 2, Pages 40 -
48, 4.54 MB |
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Dispersion/Injection of Sewage Sludge
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Mechanical Dispersion
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Screw Feeding with Pneumatic Dispersion
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Dual-Fluid Nozzle Injection
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42 |
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Part 3, Pages 49 -
58,3.88 MB |
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Containment System for Sludge Dispersion Testing
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Nozzle Testing
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Part 4, Pages 59 -
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Dispersion Tests in Pressurized Vessel
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Alternative Nozzle Design
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Estimation of Dispersion Gas Pressure Requirements
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Sludge-Receiving, Storage, and High-Pressure Pumping Concept
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Receiving Station
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Live Storage
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High-Pressure Feeding
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Sludge Preheating to Reduce Viscosity
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Sludge Nozzle Design and Cost Estimation
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Economic Analysis of the Sludge-Receiving, Storage, and Feeding
System
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Drying of Municipal Sewage Sludge
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Thermal Drying
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Non-thermal Drying
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Part 5
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DRY BIOMASS FEED SYSTEM |
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High-Pressure Feeding Systems: Classification and Status
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Lock Hopper Systems
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Rotary Feeders
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Part 6- 87 - 91,
6.01 MB |
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Plug-Forming Feeders
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Part 7, 92 -
95, 4.66 MB |
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Non-Plug-Forming Feeders
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Part 8, 96
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Patent Database Search for High-Pressure Solids Feed Systems
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Procurement of Feedstock Samples
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RDF Sorting
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Report 9 - Pages 101 - 118, 2.54 MB |
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Cleaning RDF with Commercial Air Classifier
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Feedstock Analysis
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Feed System Approaches to Pursue
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Plug-Screw Feeder
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EERC Design for Non-Plug-Forming Feeder
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Design and Cost Analysis for RDF Preparation and Feed System
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Estimation of RDF-Processing Rate
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Major Unit Operations
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Vendor Discussions
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Alternative Processing Methods for MSW/RDF
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| CONCLUSIONS |
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Part 10 -
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RECOMMENDATIONS |
119 |
| REFERENCES |
119 |
| Appendix |
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| A |
PARAMETERS FOR TERMINAL VELOCITY EQUATIONS |
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| B |
NOZZLE TESTING PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Part 11 - App C. |
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SLUDGE-RECEIVING, STORAGE, AND FEEDING SYSTEM |
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Part 12 - App D, |
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PATENTED HIGH-PRESSURE COAL FEED SYSTEMS |
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Report
13 - App E-1 - E3,4.31 MB
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App
E4 - E6, 5.36 MB |
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RDF SORTING AND CLEANING PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Report 14 - App F,
6.55.pdf |
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AS-RECEIVED AND SIZED BIOMASS PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Report 15 -
App G - I, 1.28.pdf |
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TR MILES DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE FOR RDF LOCK HOPPER SYSTEM |
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| H |
PROJECT-RELATED WEBSITES |
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LIST OF CONTACTS |
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