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Main Title Application of staged combustion and reburning to the co-firing of nitrogenated wastes: chemical and biological analyses [microfiche] /
Author Linak, W. ; McSorley, J. A. ; Hall, R. E. ; Srivastava, R. K. ; Ryan, J. V.
CORP Author Acurex Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. ;Environmental Health Research and Testing, Inc., Durham, NC. ;Battelle Columbus Div., OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1990
Report Number EPA-68-02-3988; EPA-68-02-4456; EPA/600/D-90/046
Stock Number PB90-221946
Additional Subjects Afterburning ; Waste disposal ; Air pollution control ; Nitrogen oxides ; Combustion efficiency ; Fuel oil ; Natural gas ; Burners ; Performance evaluation ; Experimental design ; Public health ; Gas analysis ; Staged combustion ; Cocombustion ; Emission factors ; Air pollution detection ; Biological effects
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NTIS  PB90-221946 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Abstract
The paper gives results of an evaluation of a 0.6 MW precombustion chamber burner, designed for in-furnace NOx control and high combustion efficiency (CE) for high nitrogen content waste co-firing. The 250- to 750-ms residence time precombustion chamber burner mounted on a prototype water-tube package boiler simulator used air staging and in-furnace natural gas reburning to yield up to four stoichiometric zones. Natural gas doped with ammonia and No. 2 distillate fuel oil doped with pyridine were used to simulate high nitrogen content fuel/waste mixtures. Minimum NO emission levels correspond to about 85% reduction in NOx emissions compared to uncontrolled emissions from a conventional swirl burner mounted on a 0.7-MW commercial package boiler. CO emissions for these burner characterization tests indicated CEs>999%. The low NOx precombustor was then used to examine the co-firing characteristics of a nitrogenated pesticide containing dinoseb in a fuel-oil/xylene solvent. The dinoseb formulation as fired contained 6.4% nitrogen. NO emissions without in-furnace NOx control exceeded 4400 ppm (at 0% O2). When NOx controls in the form of air staging and natural gas reburning were employed, these emissions were reduced to < 150 ppm (96% reduction). Average CO and total hydrocarbon emissions were typically < 15 and 2 ppm, respectively.
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"EPA 600/D-90/046." Microfiche.