Facility for Melting Residues from Municipal Waste Combustion: Design Criteriaand Description of Equipment

摘要

The U.S. Bureau of Mines, under a Memorandum of Agreement with the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), established design criteria for a facility to melt residues from municipal waste combustion. The facility, which is available to potential users on a cost-sharing basis, is also applicable to a variety of inorganic waste materials from smelting or melting operations. The design consists of a mechanical feed handling system, electric arc melting furnace, fume-offgas handling system, and thermal oxidizer for final offgas treatment. Screw conveyors and a bucket elevator deliver up to 2,000 lb/h of minus 1-in material to a three-phase electric arc melting furnace.