Course Contents
Part 1: Common Features
- Introduction and overview of the principal conventional technologies
- Overview of common downstream process techniques
- Review of common combustion regimes
- Identification of core technologies for further review
Part 2: Small Hearth/Grate Systems
- Discussion on types of wastes
- A short history of small-scale incinerators
- Timeline development of the technology
- Introduction to terms: sub-stoichiometric; starved air; gasification; semi-pyrolytic; two-staged combustion
- Current process elements and layouts
- Inclusion of animations and videos of small waste incinerator processes (SWIPS)
Part 3: Large Moving Grate Systems
- Overview of typical mass burn moving grate incinerator
- Overview of moving grate options e.g. forward acting; reverse acting, roller grates
- Introduction to water-cooled vs air-cooled grates
- Discussion on waste types for this technology
- Brief overview of downstream equipment
Part 4: Fluidised Bed Technology
- Discussion on types of wastes
- Principles of ‘fluidisation’
- Comparison of bubbling and circulating fluidized bed technologies
- Interactive animation of typical fluidized bed process
- Potential impacts on fixed bed material and fluidisation
Part 5: Rotary Kiln Technology
- Overview of rotary kiln technology and principal features
- Fly-through of typical process
- Discussion on co-current and counter-current kilns
- Comparison of ‘slagging’ and ‘ashing’ kilns
- Introduction to ‘stepping’ and ‘oscillating’ kilns
- Discussion on waste types
FT6 – Fundamentals of Conventional Thermal Treatment Technology