Westinghouse Waste-to-Energy Facility

Historic Project: Groundbreaking Work From Earlier in Fluor’s History

Client: Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Location: Panama City, FL, U.S.

Business Segment: Energy Solutions

Industry: Power

Map showing the location of Westinghouse Waste-to-Energy Facility

Executive Summary

Fluor was selected by Westinghouse to provide construction management services and to self-perform the majority of construction for this 510-ton-per-day, mass-burn, solid waste-to-energy facility near Panama City, Florida.

The project cost was $38.5 million, including start-up, and was completed by Fluor in 18 months.

Client's Challenge

The facility, owned by the government of Bay County, Florida, has the capacity to generate 12,000 kilowatts of power from the combustion of refuse. The plant was designed by Sanders and Thomas and was originally operated by Westinghouse.

Fluor's Solution

The project consisted of two trains of waste handling and weighing systems, rotary combustors and boilers, residual fly ash removal systems, air-pollution control devices and stacks. Each train was capable of incinerating 255 tons daily of as-received municipal solid waste and wood refuse. A single steam turbine-generator set was used.

A truck scale, electrical substation and mechanical-draft cooling tower were part of the scope of work for the facility. The project's manpower was over 200 craft workers at peak with the construction performed on an open-shop basis.

Conclusion

Through incineration, the Bay County facility reduced the volume of refuse it received by about 90%. Ash and unburnables left from the process were in an inert state acceptable for burial in landfills. Electricity generated by the incineration process was purchased by Florida Power Corporation.