BEHAVIOR OF CONTAMINATED FOOD PRODUCTS IN A PILOT-SCALE INCINERATOR: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING-SYM PAPER
Citation:
LEMIEUX, P. M., JOE WOOD, M. Denison, AND M. Bockelie. BEHAVIOR OF CONTAMINATED FOOD PRODUCTS IN A PILOT-SCALE INCINERATOR: EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING-SYM PAPER. Presented at IT3 Conference, Montreal, QC, CANADA, May 12 - 16, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
In response to a recall of botulism-tainted canned food, thermal incineration has been selected as the disposal method of choice for the highly contaminated materials. To understand the behavior of single cans and tightly packed groups of cans in an incinerator, testing is being performed in the EPA’s pilot-scale Rotary Kiln Incinerator Simulator (RKIS). Results from these tests have been used to calibrate a computer simulation that predicts the behavior of the same materials in a stoker-fired waste-to-energy facility, to assess the effectiveness of operating parameters in fullscale units on destruction of the Clostridium botulinum spores and the biotoxin that the spores produce.
Description:
Symposium Paper