Combustion And Incineration Processes: Applications In Environmental Engineering,
by Walter R. Niessen /
2002 / English / PDF
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The third edition of Combustion and Incineration Processes incorporates technology
updates and additional detail on combustion and air pollution control, process evaluation,
design, and operations from the 1990s. Also, the scope has been expanded to include: (1)
additional details and graphics regarding the design and operational characteristics of
municipal waste incineration systems and numerous refinements in air pollution control,
(2) the emerging alternatives using refuse gasification technology, (3) lower-temperature
thermal processing applied to soil remediation, and (4) plasma technologies as applied to
hazardous wastes. The accompanying diskette offers additional computer tools.
The 1990s were difficult for incineration-based waste management technologies in
the United States. New plant construction slowed or stopped because of the anxiety of the
public, fanned at times by political rhetoric, about the health effects of air emissions. Issues
included a focus on emissions of ‘‘air toxics’’ (heavy metals and a spectrum of organic
compounds) softening in the selling price of electricity generated in waste-to-energy
plants reduced pressure on land disposal as recycling programs emerged and the opening
of several new landfills and some depression in landfilling costs. Also, the decade saw
great attention paid to the potential hazards of incinerator ash materials (few hazards were
demonstrated, however). These factors reduced the competitive pressures that supported
burgeoning incinerator growth of the previous decade.
