| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K97387/01 |
| Title: |
PREDICTION OF TOXIC METAL EMISSIONS FROM WASTE-FIRED COMBUSTORS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lockwood, Professor F |
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Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1996 |
Ends: |
30 June 1999 |
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161,046
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The amount of waste, either as by-products of agricultural activity, industrial processing or human activity, is constantly increasing. With pressure to restrict land and sea dumping the avenues for its adequate disposal are being reduced. Incineration is a viable alternative especially in the energy-from-waste concept, provided a reassurance is inherent that the final products, whether solid, liquid or gaseous will not be harmful. The same provision also holds for waste material being co-fired with conventional fuels to generate heat and power.One area of disquiet, which concerns not only waste but conventional fuels as well, is that of the toxic metal emissions from combustors, especially those of sub-micron size that avoid capture in commercial gas cleaning equipment. It is on these particles that a significant proportion of the toxic metals condense and escape into the environment. It is the intention of this proposal to develop a predicitive tool that will enable us to anticipate the behaviour of various problematic toxic metals and thus provide equipment manufacturers and operators a means of selectively improving the efficiency of their products. The strength of this tool will lie in its validation against experimental data gathered in a large scale combustor wherein the physical processes extant in a full-scale combustor/incinerator can be accurately replicated.
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