Commercial Processes for Mixed Solid Waste

Large-scale Commercial Processes for Mixed Solid Waste 

000 and 150,000 ton/year were placed into operation in Japan Power Magazine, May/June 2002). Construction for four plants ranging from about 58,000 ton/year to about 

000 ton/year was also completed in Japan in late 2002 to early 2003. 

In the U.S., the largest pyrolysis plant is ENCOAL Corp. s 1000 ton coal/day pyrolysis plant, which began operation in 1992 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy.14 

14 Coal Refineries, DOE, July, 1991 ENCOAL Mild Coal Gasification Project, A DOE Assessment, NETL, March 2002 

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