Gaseous and particulate emission control on industrial solid waste incinerators using wet scrubbers

Conference · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6870673

Brady, J D; Andros, J H

The type of waste which is burned in a solid waste incinerator dictates whether or not secondary air pollution control equipment will be required and the type of air pollution control equipment which must be used. Both gas phase and particulate emissions are produced by these incinerators. The most common emission is HCl gas produced by the combustion of chlorine containing plastics used in packaging and in waste containment bags. HCl is both corrosive and toxic and is regulated by virtually every state in the United States and by most foreign countries. Frequently, sulfur dioxide is also produced by combustion of sulfur containing plastics, rubber, and vegetable and animal residues. Sulfur dioxide is also corrosive and can create acid rain. Sulfur dioxide is regulated in most countries of the world. Because of the relatively high temperatures which must be achieved in most of these incineration systems, oxides of nitrogen are also formed due to fixation of nitrogen at elevated temperatures. The predominant nitrogen oxide is NO (nitrous oxide). This paper deals with the nature of the contaminants produced by combustion of solid waste in incinerators, the types of equipment used to control these emissions, and their performance characteristics.

• Research Organization: Andersen 2000 Inc. Peachtree City, Georgia
• OSTI ID: 6870673
• Report Number(s): CONF-830617-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 83-59.2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
424000 -- Engineering-- Pollution Control Equipment-- (1980-1989)
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
DECOMPOSITION
EMISSION
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
INORGANIC ACIDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PYROLYSIS
RAIN
REGULATIONS
SCRUBBERS
SOLID WASTES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES