International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies and Hazardous Waste Combustors - Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors May 10-13, 2011 Jacksonville, FL The annual International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors (IT3/HWC) conference provides a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art technical information, regulations and public policy on thermal treatment technologies and their relationship to air emissions, greenhouse gases and climate change. Invited and contributed papers will address approaches to safely managing waste streams amenable to thermal treatment processes, and evaluate associated costs, risks and impacts. Practical applications of technical and scientific advances will be presented by international experts involved with thermal treatment technologies for the management of a broad range of institutional and industrial wastes. Specific papers and sessions will focus on waste to energy applications as well as the impact of thermal treatment technologies on greenhouse gas inventories and climate change, including how these impacts affect public perception and developing governmental policies. Presented by: In Partnership with: Dates to Remember Abstract Submission Deadline: Oct. 29, 2010 Author Notifications: Dec. 3, 2010 Draft Paper Deadline: Feb. 18, 2011 Review Comments to Authors: March 11, 2011 Final Paper Deadline: April 8, 2011 Conference Early Registration Deadline: April 18, 2011 IT3/HWC Conference: May 10-13, 2011 For more information, visit www.awma.org/IT32011Topics for the 2011 International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors The IT3/HWC Program Advisory Committee will consider all topics with new information in the following categories: (1) Specific Applications of Thermal Treatment Technologies Descriptions of specific applications of thermal treatment including: municipal, industrial, and hazardous waste; landfill gas combustion, process vents, and coal combustion; boilers and industrial furnaces; energetics, propellants, munitions, and chemical/biological agents; radioactive and mixed wastes; tire derived fuels, plastics, electrical, and electronic equipment; and metal and glass recycling. (2) Operational Issues Discussions of issues affecting operation including: waste characterization, system design, and costs; feed stream sampling; material handling; energy recovery; emission sampling, analysis, monitoring, and control; trial/test burns; and operational experience: mercury removal and recovery. (3) Government and Regulatory Policy Issues Discussions of environmental regulations including the U.S. hazardous air pollutant regulations; air dispersion modeling and risk analyses; energy legislation for waste-to-energy; regulatory perspectives from around the world including: EU member states, Eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa; greenhouse gas and climate change policy; and other regulations affecting thermal treatment. (4) Hazardous Waste Combustor MACT Rule Discussions of the latest developments in U.S. regulations, implications for facility design and operation, and probable future developments that will affect industry in the U.S. (5) Research and Development (R&D) Latest R&D and innovations in the areas of fundamental combustion processes; formation, destruction, and transport of specific contaminants through a process; base catalyzed decomposition and alternative treatment technologies; emission control and monitoring technology, renewable energy and marketing waste to energy as green power; advances in pollution control systems, combustion science, and engineering concept fundamental issues; and experiences from pilot plant demonstration. (6) Alternatives to Incineration Novel and demonstrated alternatives to incineration including: waste minimization and recycling, hydrothermal oxidation, plasma-based treatment, vitrification, thermal desorption, direct and indirect systems, gasification/pyrolysis, chemical oxidation, and stabilization; biological treatment; new and innovative thermal treatment & waste combustion technologies; metals recycling via thermal treatment: industrial and MSW; Pyrolysis research/systems data, non-hazardous waste fuels, and use of waste as fuel in cement kilns; biomass; and waste-to-energy. Papers on experiences and challenges in the above areas are also encouraged. (7) Waste to Energy, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Carbon Credits Discussions of alternative energy production using thermal treatment technologies including: waste to energy systems using waste heat recovery boilers; steam cycle; cogeneration; waste to liquid and gaseous fuels (hydrogen, methane, methanol, ethanol, synthetic diesel),;recovery and combustion of landfill gas using specially designed burners and energy recovery equipment;and energy production equipment specifics (engines, gas turbines, steam turbines). Discussions of greenhouse gas reduction technologies: carbon dioxide sequestration and removal; destruction of greenhouse gases by thermal technology (e.g., HCFCs); and carbon credits associated with reducing greenhouse gases (methane, carbon dioxide, etc). Abstract Selection Abstracts of 250 words or less should be submitted to Carrie Hartz at chartz@awma.org by Oct.29, 2010. Please follow the abstract guidelines found at www.awma.org/IT32011. Contributed abstracts will undergo critical review by the IT3/HWC Program Advisory Committee for originality, technical content, objectivity, and absence of commercialism. Authors of abstracts approved for presentation (oral versus poster) will be notified of acceptance by Dec. 3, 2010. Accepted papers must be submitted in a draft form by Feb. 18, 2011, and final papers in the prescribed format by April 8, 2011. Any author who does not meet all published deadlines and requirements may forfeit their opportunity to present at the conference, and publish their work in conference proceedings. Please contact Carrie Hartz, A&WMA Conference & Events Planner, at chartz@awma.org or 412-904-6008 with questions.