Recuperative incineration

The units typically range from 5000 to 100,000 scfm and wei several tons. The size and weight restrict the location of the incinerator. The recuperative incinerator should be considered when airflow rates are several thousand scfm. 

The technologies used in the control of gaseous organic compound emissions include destruction methods such as thermal and catalytic incineration and biological gas treatment and recovery methods such as adsorption, absorption, condensation, and membrane separation. The most common control methods are incineration, adsorption, and condensation, as they deal with a wide variety of emissions of organic compounds. The most common types of control equipment are thermal and fixed-bed catalytic incinerators with recuperative heat recovery, fixed-bed adsorbers, and surface condensers. The control efficiencies normally range between 90% and 99%. 

In incineration, gaseous organic-vapor emissions are converted to carbon dioxide and water through combustion. There are two types of thermal incinerator, based on heat recovery employed, regenerative and recuperative. 

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