Waste treatment process that involves the

combustion of organic substances

contained in waste materials

In a simple term, it is a furnace where waste

Burn pile is burnt
Burn barrel Volume and weight reduced (approx. 90% vol. and 75% wt reduction)
Fluidized bed Waste reduction is immediate, no long term residency required
Specialized Inceneration Type of Incenerator Incineration can be done at generation site
Fixed grate Advantages Small disposal area required
Moving grate Info
Air discharges can be controlled
Rotary kiln Ash residue is usually non-putrescible, sterile, inert

Cost can be offset by heat recovery/ sale of energy

Acid gases Skilled operators are required (particularly for boiler operations)
Particulates High capital cost
Metal hazardous air pollutants Disadvantages Public disapproval
Flue gas pollutants INCENERATION TECHNOLOGY
Organic hazardous air pollutants Some material require supplemental fuel
NOx Some materials are noncombustible
CO

waste collect by local authority

Good Combustion Practices mostly of household waste and
Remove certain waste components some commercial and industrial
Municipal waste
Electrostatic Precipitator Solid Waste
(MSW) Becoming a problem for
Selective Non-catalytic Reduction Air pollution control
authorities due to the fact landfill
Baghouses Emission control device is becoming less
and does not recover energy
Activated Carbon

Acid Gas Scrubbers

Oxygen
Combustion will take
Combustion Theory place if all three Heat
elements are present
Fuel