EPA site demonstration of the Sonotech frequency-tunable pulse combustion system

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:69807

Richards, M K ^[1]; Waterland, L R ^[2]; Partymiller, K G ^[3]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Office of Research and Development
2. Acurex Environmental Corp., Mountain View, CA (United States). Incineration Technology Development Programs
3. PRC Environmental Management, Inc., Lexington, KY (United States)

Sonotech, Inc. (Sonotech), of Atlanta, Georgia, has developed a pulse combustion burner technology that claims to offer benefits when applied in a variety of combustion processes. The burner system incorporates a pulse combustor that can be tuned to excite large-amplitude sonic pulsations inside a conventional combustion chamber, such as a boiler or incinerator. Sonotech claims that large-amplitude resonant pulsations excited by a table pulse combustor will significantly improve an incinerator`s performance by increasing the rates of beat release, mixing, and mass transfer within the incinerator. The Sonotech SITE demonstration developed test data to evaluate whether this technology results in decreased carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO{sub x}), and soot emissions; increased destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of principle organic hazardous constituents (POHC); decreased combustion air and fuel requirements; and increased incineration capacity when compared to conventional, nonpulsed combustion. The tests were conducted in summer and fall 1994 using the rotary kiln incineration systems at the EPA Incineration Research Facility in Jefferson, Arkansas.

• OSTI ID: 69807
• Report Number(s): CONF-941189--; ISBN 1-56590-016-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBON MONOXIDE
COMBUSTION
EMISSION
INCINERATORS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SOOT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT