Waste automotive lubricating oil as a municipal incinerator fuel

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1973

OSTI ID:4312910

Chansky, S; McCoy, B; Surprenant, N

The technical, economic, and environmental impact of utilizing waste automotive lubricating oils to improve the municipal incineration combustion process was examined. Utilization of the heating value of waste oil in a municipal incinerator can help to alleviate the high level of combustible air pollutants and poor residue quality resulting from the firing of wet and/or low Btuvalue refuse. Laboratory analyses of selected physical properties of waste oil and a waste oil burner testing program were conducted to complement an information search program. The physical and chemical properties of waste oil were reviewed in relation to its suitability as a fuel oil. The auxiliary fuel heat fiux requirements to offset the adverse effects of wet refuse were estimated utilizing a combustion model of a refise bed. Various methods were evaluated for transferring this required heat fiux to the refuse bed. Suggested designs for monitoring and control; and waste oil storage and feed systems were presented. The impact on air quality from the combustion of waste oil in a municipal incinerator was estimated. Three-month average ground level concentrations for lead were calculated and presented as concentration isopleths. Capital investment and operating costs were developed for auxiliary waste oil systems in conjunction with municipal incinerators. (54 references) (auth)

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (USA). Office of Research and Development
• NSA Number: NSA-29-023749
• OSTI ID: 4312910
• Report Number(s): EPA-R--2-73-293
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*INCINERATORS-- WASTE DISPOSAL
*LUBRICATING OILS-- WASTE DISPOSAL
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ENVIRONMENT
LIQUID WASTES
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RESIDUES