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♦ Expand the Taylor Sorting and Separating Process to accept mixed solid waste (“MSW”), in addition to wood waste, and waste from construction and demolition debris (“C&D”) as inputs.
♦ Produce a stable, cost-effective, biomass-processed fuel supply from suitable feedstock, reducing landfill waste in the process.
♦ Use the biomass-processed fuel to feed its proprietary gasification process, producing a medium calorific value synthesis gas (syngas), capable of serving as a direct substitute for natural gas.
♦ Connect to the power grid as a first-generation MSW product, providing clean, renewable energy.
♦ Maximize financial investment by conducting the Montgomery Project with a view to cost efficiency, widespread commercial replication; flexible facility design that can meet local needs, and diverse potential for future development of product slate.
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The project will generate a net 20 MW clean, renewable energy and produce enough electricity to power approximately 27,000 homes based 500 kwh/month usage per residence, with an estimated cost over 20 years of around 5 cents per KW.
The Montgomery Project will be located on 95 acres of interchange development property, at 350 Neelytown Road, Montgomery, in Orange County, New York. The site is the current location of Taylor Recycling Facility (TRF) and is “shovel ready” due to local site control and the extensive permitting work completed to date.
The Montgomery Project will expand from its current capacity of 307 TPD of C&D waste and 100 TPD of wood waste, to accommodate a new inflow of 450 TPD of C&D waste, 100 TPD of wood waste, and 500 TPD of municipal solid waste. Proposed site modifications include improvements to the existing C&D Processing Structure, and construction of a new Post Collection Separation Facility Structure, two Biomass Storage Silos, the Gasification Unit and a Power Generation Pad. The Taylor Post Collection Separation Structure will prepare a portion of the biomass feedstock for the gasifier. Additional wood and biomass for the project may be supplied as needed from the existing Construction and Demolition (“C&D”) Processing Structure. Biomass will be stored in two storage silos with a combined storage capacity of five days. The storage silos will be supplied by Ladig and Weaver, vendors with extensive experience in storage and handling of materials. The current silo design is based on performance specifications; the actual design of the equipment will be by the supplier. The current PBF feed design is subject to review and modification by Tom Miles of TR Miles Technical Consultants, a leader in the design of handling and feeding of biomass, including RDF materials.
The design of the Taylor Gasification Process uses three, fluidized-bed reactors: a gasification reactor, a gas conditioning reactor, and a combustion reactor. The gasification and combustion reactors are circulating fluidized beds , while the gas conditioning reactor is of the bubbling fluidized bed type. TBE expects to use a Solar Titan gas turbine as the prime power generation component. A steam turbine based bottoming cycle will complete the power generation system. Grading, concrete work and installation of utilities necessary for the gasification and power generation islands will be completed as part of the project scope. In the final step, all piping associated with the gasification and power generation structure will be completed. Interconnection to the power grid will be completed by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation. The Taylor site has a Central Hudson 13.2/69kv electric transmission line through the center of the 95 acres and a 69kv substation referred to as the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Maybrook substation on its property border. This will simplify the interconnection activities and allow for rapid completion of this task. All unit operations, including all heat recovery and gas compression steps, will be included as a part of the facility. All unit operations for these steps are expected to be fully commercial operations and not require development effort at the Montgomery site.
Site improvements will include revised site access, new emergency access, and multiple vehicle weigh stations to optimize and safely convey the flow of traffic. Building construction will include a new, 7,342 square foot, 2-story Scale House/Office Building, a 15,042 square foot Equipment Maintenance Structure, a 20,000 square foot Recyclables Handling and Recovery Structure, a 30,000 square foot, three-story Corporate Office and a 119,520 square foot post collection separation building. The existing 4,104 square foot Scale House/Office Building will be remodelled and serve as additional office space. In addition the existing C&D processing building will receive a 14,375 square foot addition. This addition will facilitate drive thru tipping with no more backing up to tip your load. Throughout the United States there have been significant deaths attributed to customers backing up to tip their loads. Taylor’s new facilities will not allow for any backing up to tip loads of material on their site.
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