Covanta Mid-Conn

Covanta Mid-Conn

COVANTA Mid-Conn., Inc.
Hartford, Connecticut

Covanta Mid-Connecticut, Inc. (Covanta Mid-Conn) operates the Mid-Connecticut Resource Recovery Facility for the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority (CRRA). Covanta Mid-Conn is owned by its parent company Covanta Energy Inc.

The Mid-Conn. Resource Recovery Facility located on the site of an old utility plant on the banks of the Connecticut River, began commercial operation in October 1987. The facility operates 24-hours a day 7-days a week. The facility processes approximately 2,000 tons of refuse derived fuel (RDF) per day or 624,000 tons per year while operating two 45-Megawatt (MW) electrical generators with an output of 68.5 MW. This is equivalent to an estimated savings of 750,000 barrels of oil per year or the equivalent of the electrical consumption of 70,000 homes. The facility is also designed to burn coal when solid waste is unavailable.

Technical Data

Facility Address:	Reserve Road, Gate 20-40 Hartford, CT 06114 (860) 240-7100
Site:	57 acres in Hartford, Connecticut
Commercial Operation:	October 1987 (Covanta acquired the facility in 1993 from Combustion Engineering/ABB)
Energy-from-Waste System:	Three 676 ton-per-day (RDF) waterwall furnaces with CE traveling grates
Boiler Design:	880 psig/825°F
Air Pollution Control Equipment:	Semi-dry flue gas scrubbers injecting lime, fabric filter baghouses, nitrogen oxide control system and continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) system
Rated Refuse Capacity:	2000 tons per day (RDF)
Energy Generation @ Rated Capacity:	up to 68.5 megawatts from two condensing steam turbine generators
Sold to:	Connecticut Light & Power Company

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