Evaluation of AFBC co-firing of coal and hospital wastes. Technical report, January 1989--August 1990
The purpose of this program is to expand the use of coal by utilizing CFB (circulating fluidized bed) technology to provide an environmentally safe method for disposing of waste materials. Hospitals are currently experiencing a waste management crisis. In many instances, they are no longer permitted to burn pathological and infectious wastes in incinerators. Older hospital incinerators are not capable of maintaining the stable temperatures and residence times necessary in order to completely destroy toxic substances before release into the atmosphere. In addition, the number of available landfills which can safely handle these substances is decreasing each year. The purpose of this project is to conduct necessary research investigating whether the combustion of the hospital wastes in a coal-fired circulating fluidized bed boiler will effectively destroy dioxins and other hazardous substances before release into the atmosphere. If this is proven feasible, in light of the quantity of hospital wastes generated each year, it would create a new market for coal -- possibly 50 million tons/year.
- Research Organization:
- Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG21-88MC25033
- OSTI ID:
- 10126610
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/25033-2937; ON: DE92008797
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Feb 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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