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Burn, baby, burn

Today, Explained

The Claw of the Municipal Waste Combustor

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This is where we're burning waste at about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. By the time the waste gets to this wall, it's reduced to ash. The way we're generating electricity is we have water wall tubes inside of the boiler. You're heating up water to convert steam. Steam goes with generator and turns the blades to generate electrical energy.

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