Asbury Power Plant, Asbury, Missouri

From the outside, Empire District Electric Co's 35-year-old, 212-MW Asbury Power Plant looks like your typical coal-fired generating station. But looks can be deceiving. In July 2002, the plant's operators began mixing tire-derived fuel (TDF) into its supply of Powder River Basin and local...

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Published in:Power 2005-08, Vol.149 (6), p.34
Main Author: Wicker, Ken
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
09 BIOMASS FUELS
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
Alternative energy sources
AWARDS
Awards & honors
COAL
Coal-fired power plants
COCOMBUSTION
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
Heavy metals
Landfill
MISSOURI
Outdoor air quality
Pollution control
Power plants
Scrap
SOLID WASTES
TIRES
USA
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Summary:From the outside, Empire District Electric Co's 35-year-old, 212-MW Asbury Power Plant looks like your typical coal-fired generating station. But looks can be deceiving. In July 2002, the plant's operators began mixing tire-derived fuel (TDF) into its supply of Powder River Basin and local bituminous coals. For finding a way to burn TDF with only minor modifications to the plant's fuel conveyors, and for demonstrating an economic and environmentally friendly solution to waste tire disposal, Asbury earns a 2005 Top Plant award from POWER. Empire's managers learned that replacing even a small percentage (1% to 2% by weight) of the coal supply with TDF yields disproportionately large benefits. Among them: 1. TDF has a higher energy content than most coals. 2. According to EPA studies, burning TDF emits about the same level of heavy metals and air pollutants as burning coal. 3. The loading on local landfills is reduced.
ISSN:0032-5929
1936-7791