Incineration of solid waste

Abstract

Abstract The concern over solid waste disposal and dump‐site clean‐up resulted in the passage of three major U.S. environmental laws. They are the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, Public Law 94–580, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976, Public Law 94–469, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, Public Law 96–510. The implementation of these three laws has intensified incineration research, because incineration represents the highest degree of destruction and environmental control possible for various waste types. This paper reviews the fundamentals of incineration and provides an incinerator design example to show how combustion fundamentals are applied to an incineration system.