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Main Title Transient Suppression Packaging for Reduced Emissions from Rotary Kiln Incinerators.
Author Lemieux, P. M. ; Linak, W. P. ; McSorley, J. A. ; Wendt, J. O. L. ;
CORP Author Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. ;Acurex Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA-68-02-4701; EPA/600/D-91/154;
Stock Number PB91-223248
Additional Subjects Air pollution control ; Combustion efficiency ; Hazardous materials ; Waste disposal ; Containers ; Incinerators ; Design criteria ; Liquid waste disposal ; Packaging ; Solid waste disposal ; Volatile organic compounds ; Experimental design ; Performance evaluation ; Kilns ; Reprints ; Principal organic hazardous constituents ; Puffs
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NTIS  PB91-223248 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The paper discusses experiments, on a 73 kW roray kiln incinerator simulator, to determine the effect of innovative waste packaging designs on transient emissions of products of incomplete combustion (PICs) due to batch-charging of containerized liquid surrogate waste compounds bound on ground corncob sorbent. When containers of waste are batch-charged into rotary kilns, the rupture of the containers as often followed by a very rapid evolution of the volatile compounds contained therein. This flash vaporization/pyrolysis can result in local depletion of available O2, as supplied from the primary burner. This can lead to a transient puff of partially combusted organic material that can pass through the primary combustion chamber and, possibly, even through the secondary combustion chamber and/or downstream pollution control equipment. This phenomenon frequently leads to feed rate limitations based on the volatility or heat of combustion of organic liquids inside the containers. EPA's AEERL has developed a prototype container system designed to partition the waste/sorbent mixture within the containers that are fed into the rotary kiln. By compartmentalizing the waste, the release of volatile compounds is delayed over a longer time than when charging single-chambered containers. Thus, the local depletion of O2 occurs to a lesser degree, resulting in an overall smaller transient puff.