TIRES AND TDF AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL IN ELECTRIC UTILITY BOILERS

This section discusses electric utility plants that use whole tires or TDF supplementally to produce power in boilers. Facilities that combust 100 percent tires to produce power were discussed in Chapter 3, Dedicated Tires-to-Energy Facilities. 

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Tires and TDF as Supplemental Fuel in Electric Utility Boilers... 

Most often, boilers bum tires or TDF as a supplemental fuel for either coal, gas, refuse-derived-fuel (RDF), or wood waste. The two industries where supplemental use of TDF is most prevalent are electric utilities, where the primary fuel is most often coal, and pulp and paper mills, where the primary fuel is most often wood waste, also known as hog fuel. These industries are discussed further in Chapter 5, TDF Use in Waste Wood Boilers, and Chapter 6, Tires as Supplemental Fuel in Electric Utility Boilers. 

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