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Title: Refcom Refuse( Conversion To Methane)-A Project Review
Author: Peter J. Ware
Source: American Gas Association 1979
Year Published: 1979
Abstract: In 1975, the U.S. Depanment of Energy (formerly ERDA) awarded Waste Management, Inc. a contract to design and construct a proof-of-concept experimental facility to demonstrate the biological gasification of urban solid waste and sewage sludge to produce methane-rich gas. Named RefCOM, the facility will process between 50 and 100 tons per day of the organic fraction of shredded urban refuse. Jacobs Constructors, Inc., a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Company of Pasadena, California, was the engineering/ construction management sub-contractor for the project. Construction of the facility was completed by May 1st, 1978, and was followed by a sixmonth start-up phase. The plani has been in daily operation since November, 1978, and is being run in accordance with a predetermined experimental program which will be of two-tofour years duration. Waste Management, Inc. has been awarded an operating contract to manage the program and operate the facility.

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