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Accession Number
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ADA560108
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Title
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Research and Development for Robotic Transportable Waste to Energy System (TWES).
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Publication Date
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Jan 2012
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Media Count
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102p
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Personal Author
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A. M. Schmidt C. A. Lindsey C. H. Hessmer J. T. Olmsted S. B. Aaserud
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Abstract
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The TWES is designed to trigenerate electricity, chilled water and steam by burning waste. The system processes mixed refuse, burns it completely in a novel furnace, vents the flue gas through a steam generator from which steam will run an organic rankine cycle generator and an absorption chiller before being routed back to the steam generator. Emissions testing demonstrates the system is orders of magnitude below the Florida Environmental Protection Agency's emissions limits. The system of three trailers would be a deployable asset to alleviate some of the need for trash removal and diesel to run electric generators. TWES could have a profound effect on base security by potentially eliminating the need for third country national access to the base for waste pickup. TWES could also alleviate the strain placed on local landfills, both deployed and CONUS alike. Since humans will always produce waste, it is the epitome of renewable energy systems.
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Keywords
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Absorption
Biohazard disposal
Cooling
Deployment
Diesel engines
Electric generation
Electric generators
Emission
Energy
Flue gases
Generators
Humans
Landfills
Military facilities
Mixing
Rankine cycle
Removal
Renewable energy
Robotics
Security
Solid wastes
Steam
Steam generators
Test and evaluation
Transportable
Twes(Transportable waste to energy system)
United states
Vents
Waste reduction
Wastes
Water
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Source Agency
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Non Paid ADAS
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NTIS Subject Category
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97I - Electric Power Production
89B - Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering
68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control
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Corporate Author
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Air Force Research Lab., Tyndall AFB, FL. Airbase Technologies Div.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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Final technical rept. 24 Sep 2008-30 Dec 2011.
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NTIS Issue Number
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1221
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Contract Number
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FA4819-08-C-0007
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