Waste incineration in rotary kilns: A new simulation combustion tool to support design and technical change

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 739-750

  Lombardi, Francesco ^a   Lategano, Emanuele ^a   Cordiner, Stefano ^a   Torretta, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

refractory; rotary kiln; simulation model; thermal and mass balances; Waste combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE; MASS BALANCE; PRIMARY COMBUSTIONS; ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR; SIMULATION MODEL; WASTE COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INCINERATION; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; ROTARY KILNS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CARBON; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

COMBUSTION; CORROSION; INCINERATION; MASS BALANCE; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CORROSION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; ITALY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

REFRACTORY; ROTARY KILN; SIMULATION MODEL; THERMAL AND MASS BALANCES; WASTE COMBUSTION;

INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84879377174     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13484187     Document Type: Article

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