Cotton gin trash incinerator-air heat project. Consultant report (final)

Technical Report · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6541409

The California Energy Commission has funded the final phase of a four year project resulting in development of a successful system for burning cotton gin trash as a fuel providing the heat for ginning. The incinerator - air heater system installed in Corcoran, California operates continuously throughout the ginning season. Trash feeding and burning rate is automatically controlled from the combustion temperature, hot air temperature is controlled by the drying needs, and ashes are automatically removed from the system and pneumatically conveyed to the disposal site. The system complies with state and county air pollution codes by means of baghouse collectors. Savings in fossil fuel and trash disposal costs have demonstrated the equipment system is feasible for a four year payback at large, well utilized gins.

• Research Organization: Pitt (Norman), Inc., Montebello, CA (USA). Agrotherm Div.
• OSTI ID: 6541409
• Report Number(s): PB-80-193592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
COMBUSTION
COTTON
AIR FILTERS
AIR HEATERS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BAGHOUSES
CALIFORNIA
COTTON PLANTS
DESIGN
ECONOMICS
FARM EQUIPMENT
INCINERATORS
PROCESSING
SCRAP
SOLID WASTES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
EQUIPMENT
FILTERS
HEATERS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC WASTES
OXIDATION
PLANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WESTERN REGION
320303* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Equipment & Processes