Oxygen flow calorimeter for determining the heating value of kilogram size samples of municipal solid waste

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6530163

Domalski, E S; Churney, K L; Ledford, A E; Ryan, R V; Reilly, M L

A calorimeter to determine the enthalpies of combustion of kilogram size samples of minimally processed municipal solid municipal waste (MSW) in flowing oxygen near atmospheric pressure is discussed. The organic fraction of 25 gram pellets of highly processed MSW was burned in pure oxygen to CO/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/O in a small prototype calorimeter. The carbon content of the ash and the uncertainty in the amount of CO in the combustion products contribute calorimetric errors of 0.1 percent or less to the enthalpy of combustion. Large pellets of relatively unprocessed MSW have been successfully burned in a prototype kilogram size combustor at a rate of 15 minutes per kilogram with CO/CO/sub 2/ ratios not greater than 0.1 percent. The design of the kilogram size calorimeter was completed and construction was begun.

• Research Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6530163
• Report Number(s): N-8310580
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320304* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
CALORIMETERS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
ELEMENTS
ENTHALPY
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLID WASTES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
WASTES
WATER