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Thermal Treatment. ENVE 649. Thermal Processes. Incineration turn to ash Other thermal process heat desorb breakdown. Incineration. Volume reduction Some contaminants completely oxidized and destroyed Organics frequently reduced or eliminated Metals into ash
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Thermal Treatment ENVE 649
Thermal Processes • Incineration • turn to ash • Other thermal process • heat • desorb • breakdown
Incineration • Volume reduction • Some contaminants completely oxidized and destroyed • Organics frequently reduced or eliminated • Metals into ash • Radioactive materials stay
Uses • Municipal solid Waste • Industrial and hazardous waste • Sludges
Advantages of Incineration • Volume and weight reduction • 90% volume and 75% weight MSW typical • Volume reduction is immediate • Landfill is hundreds of years • Can be done at point of generation • medical waste • Energy recovery • Control of air discharge
Disadvantages of Incineration • High initial cost • Skilled operators required • Not all materials can be burned • Some materials require supplemental fuel • Public Disapproval
Exhaust Gases • “Dioxin” • TCDD • Made by burning • Some chlorinated compounds • A little produced • PCBs • A lot produced
Exhaust Gasses • Hydrochloric acid • Particulates • If incinerator is not working properly • incomplete combustion • vaporization
DRE • Destruction and Removal Efficiency
DRE Required • Usually 99.99% for each POHC • Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent • Need permit for each POHC, which might specify more stringent • 99.9999% for chlorinated aromatic wastes
Key Design Parameters • Temperature • Residence time • Turbulence • Pressure • Air supply • Materials of construction • Auxiliary Features
Flue Gas AIR in Pile of HW What’s wrong with this picture?
http://www.takuma.co.jp/english/product/boiler/ryudou/index.html Look at Fluidized-Bed Features, on left. RDF is Refuse Derived Fuel - pellets • Inciner8 (go to incinerators and look at pictures of types.)
Soil treatment by heating and volatilization Exhaust hot air To small burner Hot air from propane burner