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Journal of The Air Pollution Control Association
Journal of The Air Pollution Control Association
Journal of The Air Pollution Control Association
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Assistant Chief Engineer , New York City Department of Air Pollution Control , New
York , New York , USA
Published online: 19 Mar 2012.
To cite this article: Harold G. Meissner (1961) Incinerator Furnace Temperature, Journal of the Air Pollution Control
Association, 11:10, 479-482, DOI: 10.1080/00022470.1961.10468028
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1961.10468028
HAROLD G. MEISSNER, Assistant Chief Engineer, New York City Department of Air Pollution Control, New York,
New York
I his paper covers the recommended procedure and factors of primary importance in the design and operation of a refuse incinerator, so as to
be able to calculate and maintain the
optimum furnace temperature. The
procedure has been simplified as far as
possible.
The three " T V of combustion,
namely "time," "temperature," and
"turbulence" are so closely related
that they must be considered together
in determining the performance of the
incinerator. Without time enough for
the combustible matter to burn, the
desired temperature will not be obtained, and without adequate turbulence neither the time or temperature
requirements will be met.
For any given furnace and fuel there
is a fairly definite and rather easily
determined optimum furnace temperature which can be calculated, when
certain controlling factors are known
or assumed. Such calculations have
been used for many years in the design
of boiler furnaces but are not so well
known or understood in the case of
incinerator design.
These factors include the fuel characteristics such as ash fusion temperature and moisture content for solid
fuels; also unit heat value, as well as
the furnace size and design, water cooling, or refractory wall construction,
including boiler or other heat absorbing
or "black" surfaces. The S/V ratio
or heat absorbing surface vs furnace
volume is sometimes used to express
the latter factor.
The principles involved are the same
for any fuel, but for our purposes here
we will go through a typical calculation
for an incinerator designed to burn
municipal or industrial refuse. The
moisture content in a solid fuel such as
refuse, cannot be readily measured or
controlled. However, the total air
flow is quite easily regulated, and is the
* Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of APCA, Commodore Hotel, June
11-15, 1961, New York, New York.
October 1961 / Volume 11, No. 10
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