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Waste in, fuel out. The arithmetic.

Tonnes a day in, the fraction that leaves at sorting, the moisture that leaves at drying. The page gives the fuel out, a day and a year, and shows the mass balance. The fractions are yours to supply: they differ by city and season, and this page does not invent them. Nothing is sent.

The mass balance

Enter the tonnes in and your two fractions, then press Run the estimate.

Templates that go with it

Feedstock and fuel data sheetThe columns a kiln operator and a fuel plant both fill: energy value, moisture, size, ash, chlorine, test method, limit and measured.
Consortium partner briefThe one page a prospective partner fills before the NDA: entity, seat, what it brings, experience, references.

Questions

Why are the fractions empty?

Because they differ by city, by season and by what the collection system already pulls out. AERC has not published measured values for its feedstock, and this page does not invent them. Put in the figures from your own waste audit or your feedstock data sheet.

What does the tool assume?

Four steps in a line: the fraction removed at sorting (recyclables and inert material) leaves the plant as material, not fuel; moisture driven off at drying leaves as water; whatever remains is fuel. It ignores process losses, so treat the result as an upper figure for the first look.

Is 7,500 tonnes a day the plant's throughput?

It is AERC's design capacity for municipal waste in, as stated on this site. The tool starts there; change it to your own catchment.

Is my answer stored?

Only on this page, in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you use the form below.

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Partner with AERC

Funders, operators, off takers and technology partners. Two questions, then your details. The concept summary follows, and the consortium brief under NDA.

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How would you like to be involved?

Pick the seat that fits. It decides which brief you receive.

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