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3.0 Worldwide Experience mf Waste Processing Technologies and Vendors Avahety ofVVPTare discussed in Appendix B and a summary matrix is in A, Table A-2. This section discusses the past and current experience ofVVPTin the U.S' and elsewhere. 3.1 Mass-Burn/Waterwall Combustion No new mass-burn WTE facilities have been built in the United States for the past ten years, although there have been acquisitions and ownership and operator changes at ----in existing facilities, as well as some plant expansions. Asa result, the firms associated with mass-burn V7E are operators, owners, or owner/operators o� existing facilities. As shown in the Table 3-1 , Covanta and Vhea|abnatorovn and ~r---- -- m-`- h Y of privately-owned VTE facilities. Most ofthe VTE plants, both public and private, are operated by Covanta , Munten ay/vev |ia or Vhee|abrator. . Table 3-1 also shows the range in tons processed per day between facility owners and operators, with publicly operated facilities processing smaller amounts ofwaste than those operated privately. Table 3-1. UU.S. Masm-Surn/WatenwaUl FacUKitUem s Entity Owned Tons processed per day - Operated Tons processed Publi: 39 200-3,000 12 200-500 Covanta 11 400-3,000 27 400-3,000 Wheelabrator 10 200-2,250 16 200-2,250 Some of the mass-burn technology had been purchased from American firms such as Detroit Stoker, Combustion Engineering and Babcock &Wilcox, but the majority of these existing systems are of European design. The two leading suppliers ofVVTE grata systems in the United States and overseas are The Martin Company of Germany and Von Roll of Switzerland. While new VTEhyd|ity procurements have declined in the United States, the market for this equipment has increased in Europe and in Eastern Asia, with European and Japanese systems suppliers actively marketing their systems, and consistently improving their performance. This technology is well tested and is used more than any other for large VVTE facilities in the United States and overseas. 3.2 Mass-Burn/Modular Combustion Modular systems are used for smaller VVTE facilities 80 - 360 TPDl and for industrial applications. Unlike mass burn/vatenwaU systems, there are a number of American firms supplying such systems in the United States, and they are vary ��t s w�|| The more active of these suppliers are competitive in overseas markets a . Consubech Systems of Richmond, Virginia, Enercon Systems, Inc. of Elyria, Ohio, and a Integrated Waste Management Services Association, 2004 Directory ofVVTE Plants. GBB/C08027-01 5 August 15, 2008