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Lesson Seven. Solid Waste. Organic biodegradable infectious Recalcitrant Toxic Metals Earth and soil Plant mater Liquids Building materials. Type of material in solid waste. Land fill, Composting, Incineration Waste to Energy Other Alternatives. Methods of Disposing Solid Waste.
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Lesson Seven Solid Waste
Organic biodegradable infectious Recalcitrant Toxic Metals Earth and soil Plant mater Liquids Building materials Type of material in solid waste
Land fill, Composting, Incineration Waste to Energy Other Alternatives Methods of Disposing Solid Waste
Leachate Stopping leachate Leachate Treatment Recycling Methane Gas Byproducts Land Fill
Conventional Incineration Cyclone furnace Circulating bed combustor Incineration
Need to maintain high temperature Mix waste and fuel Extra fuel may be needed Operation Conventional Incinerator
INCINERATOR Wastes of a toxic or hazardous nature are mixed with ambient air and fuel, and burnt. 2 ENERGY RECOVERY BOILER Hot gases are then pass into boiler. 3 QUENCHFlue gases are sprayed with water to cool them before they enter downstream equipment.. 4 SCRUBBERFinal cleaning of flue gases is done in the scrubber. 5 INDUCED DRAFT FAN 6 STACK Incineration Plant
In the USA Covanta Co: 32,000 tons/day -- > 800 megawatts 1,800 degrees F Ash is 10 % of original offset the need to use 1.67 million barrels of oil recover ferrous and non-ferrous metals Waste to Energy
Microwaving hospital waste Vitrification Bioremediation Other Alternatives
A vitreous state is a noncrystalline solid or glass For hazardous or radioactive wastes, contaminants > extremely high temperatures The organic compounds are destroyed inorganic elements become part of the glass's molecular structure. Radioactive elements can't leach out. Vitrification
metals, plastic, and paper Recycling of Material