Plasma melting of incineration ashes

Yeu Juin Tuan, Juu En Chang, H. Paul Wang, Shan Hwei Ou

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Abstract

Ashes and sludges, discharged respectively from the incineration and wastewater treatments of laboratory wastes, were thermally stabilized at 1,773 K in a plasma-melting system using AC torches under a reductive environment. The flue gas was cleaned up with a Venturi quench and a packing tower. The volatile mercury in the flue gas was adsorbed by activated carbon and recycled by desorption. The flue gas, consisting mainly of synthesis gases, was fed into the secondary combustion chamber of the incinerator as an auxiliary fuel or burned off with a high temperature thermal oxidizer. In the try-burn tests, concentrations of toxic species in the slag and flue gas were far below the EPA limits in the plasma-melting process and also demonstrated the feasibility of the integration of incineration, plasma melting and wastewater treatment systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007
PublisherAir and Waste Management Association
Pages2305-2310
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781604238464
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Jan 1
Event100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007 - Pittsburgh, United States
Duration: 2007 Jun 262007 Jun 29

Publication series

Name100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007
Volume4

Other

Other100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh
Period07-06-2607-06-29

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Pollution
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Waste Management and Disposal

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