Municipal Composition

Samples from municipal wastewater treatment plants and samples of industrial discharges often are collected as 24-h composites. Samples are obtained using an automatic sampler that periodically removes individual grab samples. The volume of each sample increment and the frequency of sampling may be constant or may vary in response to changes in flow rate. 

Table 16. Char and Gas Composition from Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste Organics ...

Table 1. Product Composition for Municipal Solid Waste, Wt %...

Ash Characteristics. The elemental ash composition of biomass waste and municipal soHd waste differs dramatically from that of coal (qv). ... 

Physical Composition Information and data on the physical composition of solid wastes including (1) identification of the individual components that make up industrial and municipal sohd wastes, (2) density of solid wastes, and (3) moisture content are presented below. 

Addition of suitable builders, such as sodium silicates or sodium tripolyphosphate, could increase the detergency of soap-LSDA blend even further. A systematic investigation of three-component systems, soap-LSDA builder, showed that a detergency maximum could be attained which corresponded to a certain fixed ratio of components. Maximum detergency corresponded to an approximate composition of 75% soap, 10% MES, and 15% metasilicate. The tests were carried out at 50°C and at 300 ppm water hardness which is well above that of U.S. municipal water supplies. The principle of detergency potentiation of soap by an LSDA and builder was always evident, even when using other artificially soiled cloths, such as those supplied by U.S. Testing Co. or Testfabrics Inc. 

Keywords Refused Derived Fuels (RDF), Dry Stabilization Process (DSP), Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Waste composition, Waste amount, Heating value, Emission Factor (EF)... 

Dioxin-like compounds are known to be one of the most harmful persistent organic pollutants of the chlorine based compounds. Dioxins are repeatedly synthesized and decomposed by complicated mechanisms and temperature changes at different locations in municipal solid waste incineration processes and the final streams discharged are commonly exhaust gas and incineration ash. Dioxins in different discharge types and compositions of effluents could be affected by incineration conditions such as temperature, feeding and discharging methods and incinerator type [47]. 

Tables 4.4 and 4.5 show the effect of temperature on product yield and composition from the pyrolysis of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) and bituminous coal. Other data11 show that beyond a certain temperature char yield does...

Municipal solid waste (MSW), 25 864 as biomass, 3 684 cadmium in, 4 489-490 characteristics of leachates in, 25 867t characterizing, 25 866-869 collection of, 25 869-870 composition analysis for, 27 365t ferrous scrap in, 27 411 incineration of, 25 872-873 mixed, 27 367-369 preparation of, 27 367-369 processing, 27 364-371 quantity and composition of, 27 362-364 recovery rates for, 27 364, 366-367t recycled, 27 360, 362-371 toxic chemicals in, 25 875-876 Municipal waste sludge, as biomass, 3 684 Municipal water, for aquaculture, 3 198 Municipal water softening methods,... 

States in 2001 the rate was about 2 kg (4.4 lb) per capita per day, or nearly 208 Tg (229 M short tons) per year. Table 24-4 shows that the composition of miscellaneous refuse is fairly uniform, but size and moisture variations cause major difficulties in efficient, economical disposal. The fuel value of municipal solid wastes is usually sufficient to enable self-supporting combustion, leaving only the incombustible residue and reducing by 90 percent the volume of waste consigned to landfill. The heat released by the combustion of waste can be recovered and utilized, although this is not always economically feasible. 

Biogas can be obtained from digesting the organic material of municipal solid wastes (MSW). The composition of MSW varies by the somce of waste however, in all cases the major constituents of MSW are organic in nature and the organics accoimts for more than 50% of MSW. The economic exploitation of methane is worthwhile after one year from the start of the landfill operation. 

Some of these government agencies and private companies, because of the nature of their business, will utilize the services of an analytical chemistry laboratory as part of their overall need to assure the required quality operation. For example, municipal governments will employ the use of an analytical chemistry laboratory to test their water supply on a regular basis to make sure it is free of toxic chemicals. The pharmaceutical company will house an analytical chemistry laboratory within its facility to routinely test the products it produces and the raw materials that go into these products to make certain that they meet the required specifications. A fertilizer plant will utilize an analytical chemistry laboratory to confirm that the composition of its product meets the specifications indicated on the individual bags of fertilizer. Companies that produce a food product, such as snack chips, cheese, cereal, or meat products, will have an analytical chemistry laboratory as part of their operation because they want to have the assurance that the... 

The term municipal solid wastes (MSW) is used to describe the wide range of waste materials produced by individual, family, and community activities. The graph shows the approximate composition of the municipal solid waste found in the United States today. 

Greenberg, R. R, Gordon, G. E. Zoller, W. H. Composition of Particles from the Nicosia Municipal Incinerator,... 

The Beijing area in north China is well situated for investigating relationships between the elemental composition of atmospheric particulate matter and air mass movements. The municipality of Beijing (Beijing shi) has a population of 7 million, half of whom live in the city proper, and pollution sources of trace gases... 

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