Municipal-waste combustion study: combustion control of organic emissions. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6191696

Kilgroe, J

This report discusses the combustion practices expected to result in decreased emissions of organic compounds from municipal-waste combustion facilities. The objectives of the study were: to determine the current state of combustion control of municipal solid waste combustion technology; to formulate a combustion-control strategy based upon best engineering practice that will minimize the emission of trace organics from waste-to-energy plants; to define the research which is necessary to develop and verify this combustion-control strategy. Although the focus of the study was concerned with the best combustion practices that will minimize the emissions of organics, including polychorinated dibenzo (p) dioxin and furans (PCDDs/PCDFs), the interrelationship with other pollutants such as particulate matter, metals, NOx, other organics, and carbon monoxide was also considered. The study focused on the design of new units and the operation and monitoring of new and existing units from the viewpoint of the combustor/boiler subsystem. The report discusses current technologies for mass-burn refuse- derived fuel, and starved-air combustions, and the strategies for achieving improved, combustion from these technologies.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6191696
• Report Number(s): PB-87-206090/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320604* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INCINERATORS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
SAMPLING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES