Incineration -- A Fundamental Study of the Combustion Characteristics of Selected Solid Organic Municipal Wastes with Emphasis to Plastics

这项研究的结果将有助于发展和关键 固体有机物热破坏模型的评价 废物，并将用于设计和优化 焚化炉 本研究的第一部分涉及生产 具有最佳性能的聚合物颗粒，其可用于 运输过程模型的开发和关键评价 在固体化合物的氧化中。 这些粒子将 通过雾化的方法生产球形和单分散的 部分聚合的液体前体。 的第二部分 研究中，固体颗粒将在设备中燃烧，如 外部加热层流反应器和热重分析 分析仪 时间分辨测量颗粒特性、气体 成分、挥发时间和颗粒温度将是 进行。 重点将是研究温度-时间 固体在热解或氧化气氛下的行为。 通过 研究表征良好的颗粒的本征动力学 可以准确地评估燃烧。 拟议的调查是一项基本的研究， 塑料和其他有机固体的燃烧特性 危险废物，如粘合剂和油漆，最终在 城市废物流。 这项工作是基于发展 实验室合成的聚合物， 为研究个体的化学和物理 流程. 聚合物将类似于在本发明中使用的那些聚合物。 塑料工业（聚苯乙烯，丙烯酸，高氯化 碳氢化合物等）热塑性塑料和热固性塑料，纯 化合物形式或其混合物。

The results of this study will help in the development and critical evaluation of models for the thermal destruction of solid organic wastes and will be used in the design and optimization of incinerators. The first part of this study involves the production of polymer particles of optimal properties which can be used for the development and critical evaluation of models of transport processes in the oxidation of the solid compounds. The particles will be produced spherical in shape and monodisperse by atomization of partially polymerized liquid precursors. In the second part of this study, the solid particles will be burned in devices such as an externally heated laminar flow reactor and a thermogravimetric analyzer. Time resolved measurements of the particle properties, gas composition, volatilization periods, and particle temperature will be conducted. The emphasis will be in investigating the temperature-time behavior of the solids under pyrolytic or oxidative atmospheres. By studying well characterized particles the intrinsic kinetics of combustion can be evaluated accurately. The proposed investigation is a fundamental study dealing with the combustion characteristics of plastics and other organic solid hazardous wastes, like adhesives and paints, that end up in the municipal waste streams. This work is based upon the development of polymers synthesized in the laboratory and tailored for the study of individual chemical and physical processes. The polymers will be similar to those used in the plastics industry (Polystyrene, acrylic, highly chlorinated hydrocarbons etc.) both thermoplastics and thermosets, in pure compound form or mixtures thereof.