PMID: 15253501Jul 16, 2004Paper

Process control in municipal solid waste incinerators: survey and assessment

Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
R El Asri, D Baxter

Abstract

As there is only rare and scattered published information about the process control in industrial incineration facilities for municipal solid waste (MSW), a survey of the literature has been supplemented by a number of waste incineration site visits in Belgium and The Netherlands, in order to make a realistic assessment of the current status of technology in the area. Owing to the commercial character, and therefore, the confidentiality restrictions imposed by plant builders and many of the operators, much of the information collected has either to be presented in a generalized manner, and in any case anonymously. The survey was focused on four major issues: process control strategy, process control systems, monitors used for process control and finally the correlation between the 850 degrees C/2 s rule in the European waste incineration directive and integrated process control. The process control strategies range from reaching good and stable emissions at the stack to stabilizing and maximizing the energy output from the process. The main indicator to be monitored, in cases in which the focus is controlling emissions, is the oxygen content in the stack. Keeping the oxygen concentration in a determined range (usually between 8...Continue Reading

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Jun 24, 2010·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Bijaya K AdhikariSuzelle Barrington
Jul 3, 2018·Environmental Science & Technology·Jianheng ZhengWeidong Qu

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