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SONOTECH, INC. FREQUENCY-TUNABLE PULSE COMBUSTION SYSTEM (CELLO PULSE BURNER) - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION REPORT
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Partymiller, K. G. SONOTECH, INC. FREQUENCY-TUNABLE PULSE COMBUSTION SYSTEM (CELLO PULSE BURNER) - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION REPORT. EPA/540/R-95/502, 1997.
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Sonotech, Inc. (Sonotech) of Atlanta, Georgia, has developed a pulse combustion burner technology that claims to offer benefits when applied in a variety of combustion processes. The technology incorporates a combustor that can be tuned to induce large-amplitude acoustic or sonic pulsations inside combustion process units, such as boilers or incinerators. This report summarizes the findings of an evaluation of the pulse combustion burner system developed by Sonotech. The Cello Pulse Burner system was demonstrated in the autumn of 1995 at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Incineration Research Facility (IRF) in Jefferson, Arkansas, under the EPA Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program. The information is intended for remedial managers, environmental consultants, and other potential users who may consider using the technology to treat Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) hazardous wastes. It presents an overview of the SITE program, describes the Sonotech system, and lists key contacts; discusses information relevant to the technology's application, including an assessment of the technology related to the nine feasibility study evaluation criteria, potential applicable environmental regulations, and operability and limitations of the technology; summarizes the costs associated with implementing the technology; presents the waste characteristics, demonstration approach, demonstration procedures, and the results and conclusions of the demonstration; summarizes the technology status; and includes a list of references. The Appendix presents case studies provided by the developer.
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