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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437891403321

Autore

Buekens Alfons

Titolo

Incineration Technologies / / by Alfons Buekens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-94622-X

1-4614-5752-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, , 2191-530X

Disciplina

363.7285

Soggetti

Thermodynamics

Heat engineering

Heat transfer

Mass transfer

Waste management

Chemical engineering

Renewable energy resources

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Waste Management/Waste Technology

Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

Renewable and Green Energy

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Glossary -- Definition of the Subject -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evaluation of Waste Incineration -- 3. Waste Incineration -- 4. Incinerator Furnaces and Boilers -- 5. Selection of Incinerator Furnaces -- 6. Refuse-Derived-Fuel -- 7. Public Image of Incineration -- 8. Future Directions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Waste incineration is the art of completely combusting waste, while maintaining or reducing emission levels below current emission standards. Where possible, objectives include the recovering of energy



as well as the  combustion residues.  Successful waste incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of pollutants. This book places waste incineration within the wider context of waste management, and demonstrates that, in contrast to landfills and composting, waste incineration can eliminate objectionable and hazardous properties such as flammability and toxicity, result in a significant reduction in volume, and destroy gaseous and liquid waste streams leaving little or no residues beyond those linked to flue gas neutralization and treatment. Moreover, waste incineration sterilizes and destroys putrescible matter, and produces usable heat.  Incineration Technologies first appeared as a peer-reviewed contribution to  the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. It provides detailed treatment of the challenges of this technically complex process, which requires huge investment and operating costs, as well as good technical skills in maintenance and plant operation.  Particular attention is paid to technologies for ensuring the complete burn-out of flue gas and residues and for controlling the resulting pollutants.