In order to eliminate secondary pollution caused by municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration, a MSW gasification and melting
process is proposed. The process is expected to reduce the emission of pollutants, especially heavy-metals and dioxins. In
this paper, the combustible components of MSW and simulated MSW were gasified in a lab-scale fluidized bed at 400°C–700°C
when the excess air ratio (ER) was between 0.2 and 0.8. The experimental results indicated that the MSW could be gasified
effectively in a fluidized bed at approximately 600°C–700°C when excess air ratio was 0.2–0.4. The melting characteristics
of two typical fly ash samples from MSW incinerators were investigated. The results indicated that fly ash of pure MSW incineration
could be melted at approximately 1,300°C and that of MSW and coal co-combustion could be melted at approximately 1,400°C.
When temperature was over 1,100°C, more than 99.9% of the dioxins could be decomposed and most of the heavy-metals could be
solidified in the slag. Based on the above experiments, two feasible MSW gasification and melting processes were proposed
for low calorific value MSW: (1) sieved MSW gasification and melting system, which was based on an idea of multi-recycle;
(2) gasification and melting scheme of MSW adding coal as assistant fuel.
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Translated from Environmental Science, 2006, 27(1): 69–73 [译自: 环境科学] 相似文献
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