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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, 147-155 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X8300100117

Characterization of Refuse-Derived Fuels By Large-Scale Continuous Calorimetry

P.A. Vesilind

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706, U.S.A.

M.E. Uhl

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706, U.S.A.

B.K. Gullett

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706, U.S.A.

E. Elsevier

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706, U.S.A.

The proper design of combustion chambers for refuse-derived fuel (RDF) has been hampered by the problems of characterizing the properties of the fuel. This is due to difficulty in obtaining a representative RDF sample on which to conduct calorimetric measurements, and the inability of present laboratory-scale techniques of energy content measurement to accurately reflect the burning conditions in large RDF furnaces. The paper describes a pilot-scale, continuous-fuel-feed combustion unit which has been used as a calorimeter to obtain fuel data applicable towards design of large-scale combustion facilities. Data are obtained by means of an energy and materials balance on the pilot-scale calorimeter, which enables quantification of fuel characteristics for a large sample and under simulated combusion conditions.

Key Words: Calorimeter • refuse-derived fuel • combustion • refuse • solid wastes.


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