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Main Title Fluidized vortex incineration of waste /
Author Holman, J. P. ; Holman, Jack P.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Razgaitis, Richard,
CORP Author Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, Tex. Dept. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/600-2-76-225; EPA-R-801078; EPA-ROAP-21AQQ
Stock Number 20460
OCLC Number 02903603
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Air--Pollution--United States ; Factory and trade waste--United States ; Fluidization ; Incinerators
Additional Subjects Air pollution control ; Solid waste disposal ; Incinerators ; Fluidized bed processors ; Vortices ; Heat recovery ; Propane ; Sawdust ; Electric power consumption ; Performance evaluation
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101620L.PDF
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EKBD  EPA-600/2-76-225 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/20/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-76-225 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-76-225 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-258 071 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xiii, 324 pages : illustrations, graphs ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of an experimental investigation of an incineration concept utilizing fluidized wastes in a confined vortex flow with simultaneous heat recovery. The incinerator consisted of a vortex combustion chamber and a cooled vertical furnace column 5 feet long and half a foot in diameter. (No transition section was used.) The vortex incinerator was operated using propane, sawdust/propane, and sawdust. The principal experiments were performed using propane at air/fuel ratios and total mass flow rates (in lbs per hour) in three combinations: 15 and 125, 20 and 220, and 20 and 280. Radial temperature profiles and heat transfer to the wall of the vortex tube were measured as a function of air/fuel ratio, vertical position, total gas flow rate, and inlet/outlet configurations. Maximum energy fluxes experienced were on the order of 37,000 Btu/hr-sq ft. A helicoidal flow-model correlation was developed which was about 4 times that predicted for the Colburn j-Factor using the Reynolds analogy for fluid friction for turbulent flow past a flat plate.
Notes
Prepared by Southern Methodist University, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Dept., Dallas, Tex., under grant no. R801078, ROAP no. 21AQQ, program element no. 1AB013. Includes appendices. "August 1976." Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-323).