Burning chemical wastes as fuels in cement kilns

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Am. Pollution Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1982.10465463· OSTI ID:6134951

Lauber, J D

Hazardous wastes in the environment represent one of our most serious problems. Ever increasing quantities of toxic wastes have contaminated our land, air, and water. Lack of adequate hazardous waste disposal facilities is a critical problem. Landfilling toxic wastes is no longer considered safe. The tragedy of the Love Canal has demonstrated the need for proper hazardous waste disposal facilities. The best organic chemical waste disposal method is process incineration. Cement kilns have been used for burning toxic chemical industrial wastes in Canada, Michigan, New York, Sweden, etc. Existing cement kilns, when properly operated, can destroy most organic chemical wastes. Even the most complex chlorinated hydrocarbons, including PCB can be completely destroyed during normal cement kiln operations, with minimal emissions to the environment. Burning toxic chemical wastes in cement kilns, and other mineral industries, is mutually beneficial to both industry, who generates such wastes, and to society and government, who want to dispose properly of such wastes in a safe, environmentally acceptable manner. The added benefit of energy conservation is important, since large quantities of valuable fuel can be saved in the manufacture of cement when such techniques are employed. (Refs. 16).

• Research Organization: New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY
• OSTI ID: 6134951
• Journal Information: J. Am. Pollution Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 32:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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HAZARDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
KILNS
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