As a boilermaker i can tell you that we have units that are fueled by bio mass / garbage. Also ethanol refineries dry and burn the left overs from the mash after the alcohol is extracted to produce steam. All of these plants meet epa guidelines for emissions. There is no reason why you couldnt go and make a package boiler sized incinerator or a small 50mw boiler fueled by the material of your choice. You would need to recover the heat and clean the emissions for it to work efficiently and legally. But the emissions controls you talked about are the exact same setup as we build. The smoke goes through the catalyst first, the fabric filter second, the scrubber third, then out the stack. Im not an engineer, i just do what they tell us to do. The problem going large scale is getting the permits and paying off all the politicians to make it happen.
package boiler:
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me in the green jacket working on a very small locomotive boiler for a small scale model railroad:
http://local83.shutterfly.com/236
standard emissions/generation schematic:
Diagram of a thermal CHP power plant (Source: ATP). - Image - Power Technology
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