Understanding Incineration Technology

INTRODUCTION

This 3-days course enables participants to understand incineration technology and its system design comprising the evaluation, selection and design of incineration and associated waste disposal systems & equipment. It touches on the wide varieties of thermal systems in use today for treatment of waste, waste gases, sewage sludge and pesticides. Examples of systems will be discussed, with illustrations of actual equipment, and videos of operating systems. Methods for calculating systems parameters and performance will be discussed including the use of specialty computer programmes made available for course participants. Participants will see what incinerator equipment looks like and will be guided through trouble-shooting of problems including system & equipment maintenance issues that have occurred in many of these systems. In addition, visits will be made to operating incinerator facilities to give each participant a real taste of the industry.

*(Course participants are encouraged to each bring along a laptop & calculator for the course)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Upon completion of the course, participants will gain an overview of the different types of incineration technology, system design, operating equipments & performance parameters in the construction of an incinerator facility in the context of the location, region, city or state in a country.

• Participants will better understand the operations & maintenance issues of incinerator facilities & learn how to address them.

• Operators of existing incinerator facility will be updated of the latest development in incineration technology and gain practical applications on systems improvements for existing facility.

• A good refresher for those who would like to revisit & gain a comprehensive overview of how incineration plants work.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Hazardous waste definitions & regulations

• Waste characteristics

• Basic calculations for combustion equations

• Mass balance calculations

• Incineration Technologies

• Central disposal systems

• Heat balance calculations

• Sludge incineration

• Liquid, Gaseous, Mixed/Radioactive waste disposal

• Energy Recovery

• Air emissions/Flue gas calculations

• Thermal destruction criteria for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

• Disposal in existing industrial processes

• Plasma Arc technology

• Computer calculations of system parameters

• Discussion of examples of incinerator systems

• Site visits:
  - Industrial Waste Incinerator
  - Municipal Waste-to-Energy Facility

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Environmental/Mechanical/Civil Engineers in relevant waste treatment sectors

• Engineers/Technical Professionals employed in waste treatment facilities

• Engineers & Professionals working on construction projects to build incinerator facilities

• Advisers/consultants for construction of incineration facilities/infrastructure

• Government officials, technical professionals/experts undertaking/overseeing the construction of incineration systems for a location, region or city

• Anyone who would like to gain a comprehensive overview & deeper working knowledge of how incineration plants work

ABOUT THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR

The lecturer, C. R. “Charles” Brunner, is Principal Engineer of INCINERATOR CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED (http://members.aol.com/iciengineers, Iciengineers@aol.com) located in Reston, Virginia, USA. He has over 35 years experience in the design, selection, evaluation, and operation of incineration systems and associated equipment and provides expert witness services in this field. He has a BME in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of New York, and a MEng in Engineering Science from the Pennsylvania State University. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer, is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and is active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In addition to dozens of technical articles, he has written 13 widely used textbooks on waste disposal (his latest book has been translated into the Chinese language), and presents lectures on this subject throughout the world.

ACCREDITATION

This course is accredited under the Professional Engineers Board's Continuing Professional Development Programme for Engineers in Singapore. Participants will gain 24 PDU units upon completion of the course. Course participants must complete this course with at least 75% attendance rate

Last updated on 25 Jun 08