Municipal refuse analysis

At the Taylor Road landfill (originally intended for the disposal of municipal refuse only), unknown quantities of hazardous wastes from industrial and residential sources were deposited. During the period when the landfill was active, soil and groundwater samples collected at the site were found to contain concentrations of volatile organic compounds and metals above acceptable safe drinking water standards. Analysis of samples collected from private drinking water wells indicated that contamination... 

Municipal Refuse. In Table-I, average values of component of municipal refuse are shown. Table-II shows the values of chemical analysis which were made after pulverization. As shown in Table-II, moisture content is lower than that of usual average... 

Analysis of municipal refuse (before pulverization, weight ratio on dry basis)... 

Chemical and physical analysis of pulverized municipal refuse... 

Pyrolysis of Pulp and Paper Sludge. The filter cake containing about 80% moisture was supplied for the cracking reactor without predrying. Heavy oil was fed to the incinerator as the auxiliary fuel. This is different from the case of municipal refuse, but the combustible gas composition and calorific value, flue gas composition and ash were similar to that of municipal refuse. The chemical analysis of combustible gas and flue gas are shown in Tables IX and X. 

Some wastes, which are combustible, are burned in a high-temperature furnace, like a boiler or incinerator. The heat released by the combustion process is recovered by producing high-temperature steam to supply heat or to drive a turbine to generate electricity. The heating values of some combustible materials are shown in Table ll.ll.26 The proximate analyses and heating values of municipal refuse, wood, and peat are listed in Table 11.12.26 If the ultimate analysis is known for a waste, the heating values can be estimated by means of Equation 11.44. 

Patel-Mandlik, K. J., C. G. Manos, and D. J. Lisk. 1988. Analysis of municipal refuse incinerator ashes for asbestos. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41 (6) 844-46. 

Mass spectral analysis of the municipal refuse-derived oil ( ) identified only two long chain fatty acids with certainty however, not more than traces of aromatics were determined to be present. The manure-derived oil was found to be largely alicyclic hydrocarbon but contained heterocyclic nitrogen and alkyl phenollcs ( ). These claims of the saturated hydrocarbon nature of the oil products are at odds with the reported elemental analyses (see Table I). The low hydrogen to carbon ratios dictate that the oil products must contain a large fraction of aromatic or, at least, highly unsaturated compounds. 

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