Olmsted Waste-to-Energy Facility (OWEF)

The pages below will give you a 'virtual tour' of the OWEF.

If you follow the pages as listed below, your 'virtual tour' will follow the path that waste takes through OWEF in real life.

Flow Diagram
(Gives a graphical representation of how waste flows through OWEF) 

Scale House
(This is where your Waste Hauler enters the facility)

Tipping Floor
(Here is where the waste is delivered by your waste hauler)

Storage Pit
(Used to store waste before it is placed into the Fuel Loading Chute)

Crane & Grapple
(Used to 'grab' waste to deliver it to the Fuel Loading Chute)

Control Room
(The operator runs the Crane and Grapple from this room)

Fuel Loading Chute
(Feeds waste into the Combustion Chamber)

Combustion Chamber
(Waste is 'burned' for fuel)

Boiler
(Water is heated for Turbine Generator - Fun Fact on the Amount of Waste use for fuel)

Turbine Generator
(Used to produce Electrical Power)

Ash Removal
(End product of process is moved in bins)

Air Pollution Control System
(Cleans the ash from the exhaust before it is released into the air)

District Energy System
(Steam and electricity produced at the Facility are supplied to multiple buildings in Rochester)