You could call it a pyrolytic incinerator. The gases must be burned in conditions to completely destroy the dioxins. Even the poultry manure gasifier in West Virginia had to be tested for dioxins. Poultry litter manure has about 1% chlorine on a dry basis. Municipal waste also is loaded with salts from foods and fertilizers. We found much higher concentrations of salts in ash from MSW incineration than we expected.
Tom From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lloyd Helferty Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:49 PM To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification Subject: Re: [Gasification] Sweden's trash project / Japanese trash project In answer to Mark Ludlow's question, Where does the rest of the “trash” go? That would probably be "up the stack" ~ i.e. == air emissions ?? In answer to John Miedema's question about "chlorides involved in the trash" and a possible dioxin problem? Again, you might, depending on the TEMPS involved in the process. You might expect that one good way to avoid Dioxins is to avoid burning chlorinated plastics, i.e. PVC (Polyvinyl chloride), Chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) etc. Yes, most dioxins arise in the condensed solid phase by the reaction of inorganic chlorides with graphitic structures in char-containing ash particles, with copper acting as a catalyst for these reactions, therefore the highest dioxin concentration is typically created by the pyrolysis of PVC. Large incinerators have mostly worked this out, however. The Japanese [and German] tech is rather good at dealing with these things. I don't know what kind of "air emissions" controls have been put on this particular system, if any. The single most important factor in forming dioxin-like compounds is the temperature of the combustion gases. Oxygen concentration also plays a major role on dioxin formation, but not the chlorine content. Several studies have shown that removing PVC from waste would not significantly reduce the quantity of dioxins emitted.** The design of modern incinerators minimize dioxins by optimizing the stability of the thermal process. The EU emission limit is 0.1 ng I-TEQ/m3. Modern incinerators not only operate in conditions that minimize dioxin formation, but are also equipped with pollution control devices which catch the low amounts produced. ** The European Union Commission published in July 2000 a Green Paper on the Environmental Issues of PVC noted that, "there does not seem to be a direct quantitative relationship between chlorine content and dioxin formation". Similarly, another study commissioned by the European Commission on "Life Cycle Assessment of PVC and of principal competing materials" states that "Recent studies show that the presence of PVC has no significant effect on the amount of dioxins released through incineration of plastic waste." Regards, Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada) www.biochar-consulting.ca 48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada 905-707-8754 CELL: 647-886-8754 Skype: lloyd.helferty Steering Committee coordinator Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI) President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario National Office, Canadian Carbon Farming Initiative (CCFI) Partner of Toronto Urban Ag Summit www.urbanagsummit.org Manager, Biochar Offsets Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home= <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475> &gid=2446475 Advisory Committee Member, IBI http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675 http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/ http://www.biocharontario.ca www.biochar.ca "It is the path, more than the arrival at the destination, that is important" - Gandhi On 2012-11-10 12:36 PM, John Miedema wrote: I am curious about the chlorides involved in the trash (plastics)? Would not there be a dioxin problem? John Miedema BioLogical Carbon, LLC _____ From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Ludlow Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 2:24 AM To: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' Subject: Re: [Gasification] Sweden's trash project / Japanese trash project Where does the rest of the “trash” go? Just, “Somewhere”? RE: Conservation of Mass. Mark From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry & Susan Layman Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gasification] Sweden's trash project / Japanese trash project The Swedish are probably using the same system the Japanese invented. Leave it to the Japanese to perfect a system, that virtually elimanates trash. Each day Iwamoto's <http://superstoneclean.com/waste-treatment-solutions/> "Super Stone Clean Waste Treatment'' processors can take a 20 ton pile of common garbage, and reduce it to less than 8 gallons of what they call biochar. Just watch their video. then you can see first hand the machine and the process. I, wouldn't classify it as BioChar, but it looks to me like ashes. Reduces waste volume from 1/100th to 1/3000th of original input: 1,000kg waste →300g ashes ( 2,200 lbs waste to 10.58 oz's ashes ) This is probably the most advanced system for Gasification. _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenerg ylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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