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Polluted air
Exhaust
Fuel
Combustion air
FIGURE 6.35
Schematic of a thermal incinerator (afterburner).
can be very complex, the basic overall process can be represented by the following
two reactions:
n
2
+
O
2
m
4
m
2
H
2
O,
k
1
−→
C
n
H
m
+
n
CO
+
(6.157)
n
2
O
2
k
2
−→
n
CO
+
n
CO
2
,
Air to pollution
control device
Solid sludge
Secondary
combustion
chamber
Rotary kiln
Wa ste
(pumpable)
Wa ste
(pumpable)
Waste
drums
Ash to landfill
FIGURE 6.36
Schematic of a rotary kiln incinerator. (Reproduced from Buonicore, A.T.
and Davis, W.T. (eds). 1992.
Air Pollution Engineering Manual
, p. 278. New York, NY: Van
Nostrand Reinhold.)
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