Abstract
The use of waste to energy has attracted interest as an important way to the effective utilization of not used domestic energy resources. 4.2t/h steam generation capacity demonstration thermal power plant using RDF has been operated from Oct. 1997 until today more than 13,200hrs at Wakamatsu Coal Utilization Research Center, Electric Power Development Co.,LTD, supported by the METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Agency of Natural Resources and Energy. This paper is described about outline of the test facility and classification of the used RDF, and history of the development and operation results of the Wakamatsu RDF thermal power plant.
