Co-firing of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge in the rotary O'Connor combustor

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6722667

Ettehadieh, B; Lee, S Y ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Resource Energy Systems Div., Pittsburgh, PA (US)

Co-firing of wet sewage sludge, with approximately 90% moisture, and municipal solid waste (MSW) was studied in a waste-to-energy plant which uses the rotary O'Connor combustor. The test results indicate that the rotary O'Connor combustor is capable of efficient MSW and sewage sludge co-incineration with mix ratios of up to 11:1. Combustion and heat recovery efficiencies, fly ash and bottom ash properties, flue gas CO, NO{sub x}, SO{sub x} HCl, HF and trace heavy metal concentrations and particulate loadings were measured both with and without sludge addition and compared to each other. The test results confirm continued performance of the process with the burning of sewage sludge.

• OSTI ID: 6722667
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA) Journal Volume: 51
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBON COMPOUNDS
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SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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