Thermal Treatment Technologies: Municipal Waste and Reciprocating Grate Systems
One of the thermal treatment technologies that strives to make the best use of time, temperature and turbulence is the reciprocating grate incinerator, used by nearly 250 municipalities.
Introduction to Waste Stream Management: Solid Waste
Improper disposal of hazardous substances removed from both air and water treatment can become solid waste problems. Thermal treatments, like the reciprocating grate incinerator, can be used to eliminate most of the volume of solids. When large am...
Thermal Treatment Technologies: Thermal Destruction
Since ancient times, the burning of waste has been a common practice. Unfortunately, incineration as generally practiced created serious environmental problems. Today, however, thermal treatment technology has demonstrated its ability to reduce bo...
Thermal Treatment Technologies: Risks and Rewards of Thermal Destruction
Thermal destruction of hazardous wastes has much potential, but it has aroused much public concern, as well. Even the best such techniques are only safe and effective when they are controlled and done properly--something that is not always the case.
Introduction to Waste Stream Management: Overview and History of Pollution and Environmental Awareness
While pollution has always been part of the industrial process, environmental accountability is relatively new. The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency and the introduction of basic measures to standardize emissions and treatment of liq...