The Gift of RDF

Refuse Derived Fuel is the best gift we can give our planet today. This is because of the dire situation our planet is in. Mother Nature is currently on the track of ultimate demise all because of man’s irresponsible hands. Man has reached great advance in technology and his industries but the price that has been paid makes it all not worth it. Everything was attained in detriment of the surroundings. The energies that power our industries are slowly draining the life off our planet. Sustainability is in peril and time may come that the generations that will follow us will no longer have enough resources to sustain their needs.

The nation strives for greener and efficient sources of energy due to the depletion of our environment because of greenhouse gases. So, the need for projects like Waste-to-Energy that produce Refused Derive Fuel (RDF) will be the trend. Refused Derived Fuel or briefly RDF is a secondary fuel, with high calorific value or combustibility. Facilities that produce RDF undergoes extensive processing of MSW, the processing includes extracting non-combustible recyclables such as metal and glass. Removing non-combustible metals and glass from the waste stream improves the RDF by increasing heating value and reducing the amount of ash produced.

RDF is produced from MSW through a number of processes to meet requirements for particle size, moisture content and non-combustible content dictated by the thermal unit that will recieve RDF. MSW is processed through shredding, magnetic separation, air classification, and screening and then separation for both fuel preparation and materials recovery. The energy content of RDF depends on its initial properties and the pre-processing performed on the incoming MSW.

RDF has moved forward as an experimental technology, and is now becoming a valuable element in the waste industry. It allows us to reduce our dependency on oil and coal it also allow us to recover energy and recyclables waste and gradually eradicate dumpsite. In the coming years waste to energy companies will continue to refine RDF technologies for their facility operations. RDF can help us achieve our goal of having waste to be no longer be a wasted resource but a source from which to obtain green energy on an industrial scale. It is the gift of RDF.