Ash deposit characterisation in a large-scale municipal waste-to-energy incineration plant

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 218-226

  Phongphiphat, Awassada ^a,b   Ryu, Changkook ^a,c   Finney, Karen N ^a   Sharifi, Vida N ^a   Swithenbank, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bottom ash; Fabric filter ash; Municipal solid waste incineration; Superheater deposits; Volatile non volatile metals

Indexed keywords

ASH DEPOSITS; ASH SAMPLES; BOTTOM ASH; CHARACTERISATION; COMBUSTION RESIDUES; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE HEAT; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEVATED LEVEL; FABRIC FILTER ASH; FABRIC FILTERS; INCINERATION PLANT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NON-VOLATILE; PARTICLE ENTRAINMENT; SUBMICRON RANGE; UNBURNED CARBONS; VOLATILE/NON-VOLATILE METALS; WASTE TO ENERGY;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ALKALI METALS; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ASH HANDLING; ASHES; CADMIUM; DEPOSITS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SUPERHEATERS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ALKALI METAL; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBON;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BOTTOM ASH; CADMIUM; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; INCINERATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; INCINERATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE PARTITIONING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE; WASTE TO ENERGY;

INCINERATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79551515474     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.095     Document Type: Article

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