Energy Recovery—Incineration

Household refuse Household Mainly landfill Some incineration Some resource and energy recovery... 

I he direct-flame incinerator is the simplest type of thermal oxidation system. It comprises a combustion chamber and supplementarv fuel-injection system with no energy-recovery equipment. Direct-flame incineration is suitable only for gases that support combustion without requirements for auxiliary fuel (concentrated streams) or for intermittent use. 

Incineration, as well as returnables and recovered scrap, is an alternative to recycling. Because of the new polymeric barriers this technique can be used where the municipal incineration system incorporates energy recovery. This arrangement depends, however, on the availability of properly designed incinerators with scrubbers and energy recovery. 

There is an important feedback factor which cannot be properly evaluated at this time. It concerns future municipal investment in a specific waste control system. This could result in legislation controlling the input of important potential waste materials to the municipality. For example large capital investment in a heat/energy recovery system based on incineration might induce legislative restrictions on low calorific materials like metals and glass. 

Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators (with Energy Recovery)... 

Integrated collection with household waste and incineration in an MSWI with energy recovery... 

As for routes (2) and (3), the conclusion in this paper, as one can find back in many LCAs, is that the difference in environmental terms is not big. After all, both routes make use of the energy content (or carbon content) of the plastics, with a (close to) 100% efficiency. This is a striking point, since route (2) is labelled as incineration with energy recovery whereas route (3) is labelled as recovery , and hence in legal terms an option that scores... 

Incineration with energy recovery is examined as a means for the disposal of plastics waste, and data are presented for the calorific values of a number of materials. Chemical recycling techniques are also briefly reviewed. 

PVC INCINERATION, PYROLYSIS, CHEMICAL RECYCLING, ENERGY RECOVERY, ELAMMABILITY AND TOXICITY... 

A survey is made of methods for the recycling of PVC and mixed waste containing PVC, including incineration with energy recovery, pyrolysis and chemical recycling. Consideration is also given to the flammability of PVC and the toxicity of its combustion products. 82 refs. 

ENERGY RECOVERY THROUGH COMBINED INCINERATION OF MIXED PLASTICS WASTE AND SOLID MUNICIPAL WASTE... 

The origins and composition of plastics wastes and factors affecting their recycling are discussed. Partieular attention is paid to chemical recycling and incineration, with and without energy recovery, and a number of developments in chemical recycling techniques are examined. 19 refs. 

This paper introduces the Twin-Interchanging Fluidised Bed Incinerator (TIF) from EBARA Corp. of Japan, and describes a combustion test carried out by the company in collaboration with the Plastic Waste Management Institute, on waste plastic separated from municipal refuse, verifying the level of non-polluting combustion and high-efliciency energy recovery. The results of the test are presented, with considerations and conclusions. JAPAN... 

The recycling of plastics waste is eonsidered with respect to energy recovery through incineration. It is claimed that burning solid municipal waste could produce nearly 10% of Europe s domestic electricity and heat and conserve resources by replacing, for example, over half of current coal imports to Western Europe. The potential for power from waste plastics and examples of energy from waste in action are described. 

An integrated approach to municipal waste management is put forward as the only sensible solution, selecting from a range of resource management and reeovery options. These are examined and diseussed, with particular reference to incineration with energy recovery. 

This paper discusses waste management in the city of Paris. Data on solid wastes in Paris is provided, then the role of incineration, and the use of energy from incineration (heating network, production of electricity, total energy recovery), is examined. Air pollution standards are listed, and a comparison made between the different energies used for a heating network. Finally, future considerations are discussed. 

This article discusses the UK Government s plan to make incineration with energy recovery play a larger role in waste management, following a report from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Recommendations from the report are included. UK,GOVERNMENT UK,ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY INDUSTRY GROUP EUROPEAN COMMUNITY EUROPEAN UNION UK WESTERN EUROPE... 

With reference to the latest UK government s attempts to tackle the problem of the disposal and/or recycling of packaging waste, comments are reported from Cameron McLatchie, chief executive of British Polythene Industries. He calls for a landfill levy and increased use of incineration with energy recovery. According to recent studies, the capacity for mechanical recycling is presently insufficient. Statistics relating to waste production are included and the case for incineration in the UK is propounded. 

Dunn, K. S. and Tomkins, A. G. (1975) Inst. Mech. Eng. Conference on Energy Recovery in the Process Industries, London. Waste heat recovery from the incineration of process wastes. 

Burners Used oil burners are handlers who burn used oil for energy recovery in boilers, industrial furnaces, or hazardous waste incinerators. 

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