title: Fundamental characteristics of input waste of small MSW incinerators in Korea.
abstract: Waste incineration in a small incinerator is a simple and convenient way of treating waste discharged from small areas or from large facilities and buildings such as business centers, marketplaces, factories, and military units. Despite their ostensible advantages, however, many small incinerators frequently suffer from serious problems, e.g., unsystematic waste feeding, unstable combustion, deficient air pollution control devices, and consequently, environmental pollution. To obtain a better understanding of the characterization of wastes in small incinerators, we investigated a series of fundamental characteristics, i.e., physical composition, bulk density, proximate and ultimate analysis, potential energy content, and so on. The main waste components in small incinerators were identified as paper and plastic; the proportion of food waste was less than that in large incinerators. Especially, a low ratio of food waste had a strong influence on other waste characteristics, e.g., lower moisture content and bulk density, and higher potential energy. On the other hand, in contrast with that of HCl, there was no distinguishable linear relationship between Cl content in waste and PCDD/DF concentration in combustion gas.
authors: Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, 233-5 Gasan, Geumcheon, Seoul 153-801, Korea.
authors: Ki-In
authors: KI
authors: Choi
authors: Suk-Hui
authors: SH
authors: Lee
authors: Dong-Hoon
authors: DH
authors: Lee
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Osako
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017745:Incineration; D007723:Korea; D008889:Military Personnel; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012423:Rural Health; D012449:Safety; D014504:Urban Health; D014934:Wood