Incineration plants provide thermal recycling of refuse fuels. In particular waste and garbage from the following are burned:
Waste from private households Local waste Industrial waste
Due to rising amounts of garbage, as well as a stronger environmental awareness, waste incineration is of an ever greater importance.
Garbage in many countries was and is still disposed of by simply throwing it on to garbage dumps or in land fills. The decomposition of this garbage on the dumps creates a dangerous mixture of toxic effluents, gases and chemicals, which can endanger the groundwater. By burning the garbage in combustion plants, this danger can be avoided and the energy created in the burning process can be captured and re-used.
Everywhere, where population, industry and prosperity grow, waste incineration can represents safe disposal of waste. Incineration plants are from a process point of view comparable to conventional coal-fired power stations. Many plant components are the same. The capacity or size of an incineration plant is however limited to the garbage amounts which can be burned per year. A mid size plant will burn on average 200,000 tonne of garbage per year. |
