Controlled combustion tests and bottom ash analysis using household waste with varying composition

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Hu, Yanjun ^a,b   Bakker, Maarten ^b   Brem, Gerrit ^c   Chen, Guanyi ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM ASH; COCOMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CONDITION; COMBUSTION TEST; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL WASTES; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PEAK VALUES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RECYCLABILITY; SMALL WEEE; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; WASTE COMPOSITION;

ASH HANDLING; ASHES; LEACHING; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIOUS METALS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CHLORIDE; COPPER; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; MOLYBDENUM; SILVER;

BOTTOM ASH; COMBUSTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; LEACHING; PRECIOUS METAL; RECYCLING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SEWAGE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78649820777     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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