What do you mean by refuse derived fuel?
RDF stands for Refuse Derived Fuel. This fuel is produced from combustible components that the industry calls Municipal Solid Waste – MSW for short. This waste, usually taken from industrial or commercial sites, is shred, dried, baled and then finally burned to produce electricity.
Where is refuse derived fuel used?
RDF can be used in a variety of ways to produce electricity or as a replacement of fossil fuels. It can be used alongside traditional sources of fuel in coal power plants. In Europe RDF can be used in the cement kiln industry, where strict air pollution control standards of the Waste Incineration Directive apply.
Is RDF a recycling?
Unlike other methods of recycling, the process of creating RDF allows for the processing of a wide range of materials. This includes non-recyclable plastics, paper, card, organic waste and more.
What are RDF plants?
A Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plant transforms sorted and collected flammable refuse (including house hold waste and plastics) into valuable solid fuel with a heat value of 16 to 20 MJ/kg.
What is the difference between refuse derived and mass burn?
A mass burn system uses all the refuse, without prior treatment or preparation. A refuse-derived fuel system separates combustible wastes from noncombustibles such as glass and metal before burning.
What is SRF and RDF?
RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) and SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel) are methods used to turn general waste into a fuel that can be used in Energy from Waste facilities to generate heat and power, rather than sending the waste to landfill.
Is RDF good for the environment?
When making the case that RDF is negative, it’s quite easy to tarnish it with the same brush as other waste-burning technologies, for these reasons: It traditionally produces both greenhouse gases and toxic ash, which are harmful to the environment.
What is a Refuse Derived Fuel incinerator?
Heat and power from trash: Our RDF-fired waste-to-energy plant (WTE) at Industriepark Höchst incinerates your pre-treated municipal solid waste and harnesses the resulting energy to produce steam and electricity in a highly efficient process.
What are derived fuels?
Biofuels are fuels derived from crop plants, and include biomass directly burnt, and especially biodiesel from plant seed-oil, and bioethanol from fermenting grain, sap, grass, straw or wood.
What is RDF and SRF?
What is RDF made of?
What is RDF made from? RDF can be made from municipal shared waste (MSW), industrial waste and commercial waste. Specifically, RDF consists of combustible materials such as non-recyclable plastics and paper, which can be burned to create energy.
What is the difference between RDF and waste to fuel technologies?
The main difference is how refined and processed the final product is. SRF is a more time consuming process, but the resulting material is very usable as fuel across the rest of industry. RDF on the other hand is less refined and typically not as ‘efficient’ as fuel.