Use of energy and mass balance for RD and D permit evaluation

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA)

OSTI ID:5156394

Clark, W; Seeker, W R ^[1]; Lee, C C ^[2]

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1. Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)
2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (US)

This paper describes an energy and mass balance procedure, tailored to hazardous waste incinerators, based on standard engineering principles and correlations. As illustrated, the procedure is specifically designed to help permit writers with all phases of the permitting process including Research, Demonstration and Development (RDandD) permits, construction permits, trial burns, and full permits. For RDandD and construction permits the program can be used to evaluate the feasibility of the design, assessing whether the applicant's claims are consistent with sound engineering principles. For trial burns the program can be used to determine whether the data are consistent and believable and to translate the data into a standard form suitable for entry into the DOE/EPA Hazardous Waste Control Technology Data Base. For full permits the program can be used to interpolate and extrapolate between trial burn conditions to set permit limits, to establish operating envelopes, and to identify sensitive parameters which must be monitored closely to ensure safe operation. This paper demonstrates the use of energy and mass balance to help evaluate an actual RDandD permit application.

• OSTI ID: 5156394
• Report Number(s): CONF-870695--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA) Journal Volume: 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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