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Main Title Control of Transient Incinerator Emissions with an Oxygen Based Combustion System.
Author Ho, M. D. ; Rossi, R. ; Stumbar, J. P. ; Perdek, J. M. ; Freestone, F. J. ;
CORP Author Union Carbide Industrial Gases, Inc., Tarrytown, NY. ;Foster Wheeler Enviresponse, Inc., Edison, NJ.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
Publisher 1990
Year Published 1990
Report Number EPA-68-03-3255; EPA/600/D-91/059;
Stock Number PB91-182725
Additional Subjects Air pollution control ; Incineration ; Kilns ; Combustion efficiency ; Waste disposal ; Performance evaluation ; Case studies ; Nitrogen oxides ; Design criteria ; Combustion products ; Hazardous materials ; Portable equipment ; Field tests ; Reprints ; Oxygen combustion system ; Principal organic hazardous constituent ; Destruction and removal efficiency
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NTIS  PB91-182725 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The subject of the paper is the experience with a novel and field-proven method for the enhanced control of transient emissions from rotary kiln incinerators using oxygen enrichment. When high-BTU content wastes are fed into rotary kiln incinerators in an intermittent mode (typical of ram feed systems), the transient combustion behavior of these materials creates unsteady releases of combustible gases which may momentarily deplete the oxygen content of kiln gases. These temporary oxygen-deficient conditions could cause the release of products of incomplete combustion (PICs). Release of PICs from incinerators has raised public concern and has been the subject of research projects sponsored by the EPA. The enhanced control of transient emissions was demonstrated by the field operation of the EPA Mobile Incineration System (MIS) at the Denney Farm Superfund Site in McDowell, Missouri. During the field operation of the MIS, large quantities of high-BTU content wastes were burned periodically. These materials were ram-fed into the rotary kiln at a frequency of about twice a minute. To respond to the transient oxygen demand resulting from the burning of these materials, a unique oxygen feedforward-feedback control logic was designed into the LINDE Oxygen Combustion System (OCS) which was retrofitted into the MIS in 1987. After implementation of the OCS, transient upset conditions were significantly reduced during the operation of the MIS. Low NOx emissions were also achieved.