Vertical combustor for refuse combustion
A vertical combustor for refuse-particle combustion was analyzed for waste-to-energy recovery. A one-dimensional model was constructed that consisted of fuel particles, inert solid particles, and the gaseous mixture. The gaseous mixture was divided further into six chemical species that are involved in combustion at temperatures below about 2000/sup 0/F. It was concluded that such combustors may be viable in the United States since US refuse contains large amounts of volatile matter. Combustion of the relatively small char, however, may not be cost-effective in the present combustor where the fuel residence time is on the order of 2 s for a combustor height of 20 to 30 ft. A computer solution was designed to optimize a given combustor system. A simplified version of the solution was programmed for a TI-59 programmable hand calculator for field use.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Illinois Univ., Chicago (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6310379
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CNSV-TM-80; ON: DE81030002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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