Co-firing of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge in the rotary O'Connor combustor

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6722667

Ettehadieh, B; Lee, S Y ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Resource Energy Systems Div., Pittsburgh, PA (US)

Co-firing of wet sewage sludge, with approximately 90% moisture, and municipal solid waste (MSW) was studied in a waste-to-energy plant which uses the rotary O'Connor combustor. The test results indicate that the rotary O'Connor combustor is capable of efficient MSW and sewage sludge co-incineration with mix ratios of up to 11:1. Combustion and heat recovery efficiencies, fly ash and bottom ash properties, flue gas CO, NO{sub x}, SO{sub x} HCl, HF and trace heavy metal concentrations and particulate loadings were measured both with and without sludge addition and compared to each other. The test results confirm continued performance of the process with the burning of sewage sludge.

• OSTI ID: 6722667
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA), Vol. 51; Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL (USA), 24-26 Apr 1989; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
MUNICIPAL WASTES
COCOMBUSTION
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
OPTIMIZATION
SEWAGE SLUDGE
CARBON MONOXIDE
FLY ASH
HEAT RECOVERY
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
NITROGEN OXIDES
PARTICLES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
AEROSOL WASTES
ASHES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
CONTROL
ENERGY FACILITIES
ENERGY RECOVERY
GASEOUS WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INORGANIC ACIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
RECOVERY
RESIDUES
SEWAGE
SLUDGES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
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