Patent ID: 8091492

Claim:
A process for producing a refuse derived solid fuel and feeding said fuel to a combustion plant, which comprises: providing a first component consisting of a dry fraction of solid urban waste in a shredded form; providing at least one second component in a shredded form selected from an elastomeric material and a thermoplastic material, or mixtures thereof; separately metering and feeding said first shredded component and said at least one second shredded component onto a continuous conveyor in such a way so as to form successive layers of said shredded components on said continuous conveyor, wherein each of said layers comprises a top and a bottom surface and wherein the top surface of a previously formed layer is in contact with the bottom surface of a successively formed layer and wherein the successive layers have a bulk density which increases from the bottom toward the top; discharging said shredded components so assembled into at least one temporary accumulation container so as to form the refuse derived solid fuel; and feeding and metering the refuse derived solid fuel so obtained to a combustion plant.