100 ton/hr fume incinerator recovers 52 million Btu/hr

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States)

OSTI ID:6716664

The fume incinerator at the Neville Island plant of USS Chemicals in Pittsburgh, PA required substantial maintenance and yearly overhaul to keep it operating. Because the plant operates 7 days/week, 24 hours/day, downtime represented a serious problem, and the incinerator used to burn the waste gas from the phthalic anhydride reactor was causing problems. To solve this problem, the plant installed an 80 ft long thermal oxidation system capable of incinerating 100 tons of waste gas maintaining clean exhaust from its 100 ft stack. A heat recovery system added to this incinerator saved approximately 1.5 million Btu/hr by preheating the combustion air. (JMT)

• OSTI ID: 6716664
• Journal Information: Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Process. (Chicago); (United States) Vol. 45:5; ISSN CHPCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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