Incineration facility, typical design

MSW incinerators (qv) are typically designed to reduce the volume of solid waste and to generate electricity in condensing power stations. Incineration of unprocessed municipal waste alone recovers energy from about 34,500 t/d or 109 million metric tons of MSW annually in some 74 incinerators throughout the United States. This represents 1.1 EJ (1.05 x 1015 Btu) of energy recovered annually (18). Additionally there are some 20 RDF facilities processing from 200 to 2000 t/d of MSW into a more refined fuel (19). Representative projects are shown in Table 10. 

Fig. 5 A schematic of a typical waste incineration facility. Although incinerators have similar components indicated in the figure, combustion chamber designs vary significantly from application to application. (From Ref...

It is typical for even the most experienced and qualified incineration system contractors to deviate to some extent from design documents or criteria. This is largely because there are no such things as standard or universal incineration systems or typical applications or facilities. Unless design documents are exclusively and entirely based upon and awarded to a specific, preselected incinerator manufacturer, different manufacturers usually propose various... 

It is necessary to ensure in the conceptual design that the basic functional requirements of the incineration facility will be met. These requirements may typically include the following ... 

There is no universal incinerator - No design is universally suited for all applications. Incinerators must be specifically selected, designed, and built to meet the needs of each facility on an individual basis. Manufacturers catalogs identify typical models and sizes, but these are rarely adequate for most facilities without special provisions or modifications. 

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