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Walter R. Niessen, PE, BCEE
Combustion is an important process alternative throughout the environmental field. Incinerators (where the feed is burned to completion) are common for solid wastes (domestic, commercial, industrial and medical) and sewage sludge (biosolids), gases (fume incinerators for VOC or odor control) and liquids (a range of thermal oxidizers, incinerators for salt brines etc.) and many hazardous materials. In the course of achieving the benefits of thermal processing, processes inevitably generate off-gases that contain pollutants that have become the focus of public concern and regulatory scrutiny. The fraction of total facility capital cost for system components functionally directed at compliance with air emission limitations is, for many plants, more than 35% of the total investment. In many instances, the award of air pollution permits is the pacing and controlling event in the implementation of incineration facilities. Because of these realities, those wishing to construct and operate incineration systems should explore and understand the relationships between the quantity and characteristics of air pollutant emissions and:
- The specific chemical and physical characteristics of the wastes to be burned;
- The design features and operating conditions of the combustor; and
- The control affected by alternative air pollution control device(s).
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