American Ref-Fuel
Company of SEMASS, L.P.
141 Cranberry Highway
West Wareham, MA 02576
508/291-4400
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mmaranha@ref-fuel.com
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Materials
Separation Plan (691kB MS Word document)
The SEMASS Resource
Recovery Facility provides southeastern Massachusetts communities with an
alternative to landfilling their municipal solid waste. Since opening in
1989, the facility has employed a shred-and-burn process developed by
Energy Answers Corporation (EAC), the SEMASS facility?s developer,
enabling the plant?s processing of approximately one million tons of solid
waste each year. The resulting electricity meets the needs of more than
75,000 homes. The facility also recovers nearly 20,000 tons of recyclable
metals from bottom ash annually.
American Ref-Fuel
Company acquired controlling interest in SEMASS Partnership, the
facility?s owner, in 1996. Energy Answers Corporation and ESI Energy,
Inc. previously composed the SEMASS Partnership.
Among the numerous
operational and environmental prizes awarded to the SEMASS facility is the
American Academy of Environmental Engineers? Honor Award for EAC?s ash
technology. The SEMASS Resource Recovery Facility received its OSHA Star
facility designation in 2000 and was recertified as a VPP Star in 2003.
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Key
Project Facts
Service Area: Southeastern
Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Boston vicinity
Owner: SEMASS Partnership, which is
90 percent owned by American Ref-Fuel Company of SEMASS, L.P.
Financing Method: Private financing
Waste Supply: Participating
municipalities and private haulers to deliver approximately one million tons per year
Energy Market: Electricity
generation for plant use and export to Commonwealth Electric Co.
Capacity:
3,000 tons per day
Number of Process Lines: Three
Riley-Stoker boilers.
Steam Conditions at Boiler Outlet: 300,000
lbs/hr @ 650 psia/750år
Turbine-Generator: One 54-megawatt
nominal condensing unit and one 30-megawatt condensing unit
Air Quality Control:
Units 1 and 2 have dry scrubbers with a 5-field electrostatic precipitator and COHPAC baghouse, along with carbon injection. Unit 3 uses a dry scrubber and baghouse.
Stack Height: 345 feet
Secondary Materials Recovery:
Recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals |