waste combustion News
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Air & Waste Management Association presents conference on hazardous waste combustion
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will present the Hazardous Waste Combustors Conference and Exhibition, November 12-14, 2008, in Galveston, TX. This conference will focus on hazardous waste combustion and related regulatory issues.“This conference provides a timely opportunity for attendees to discuss the new HWC MACT compliance standards,” said Adrianne Carolla, A&WMA ...
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GBP£160M Lakeside EfW taken over by Grundon/Viridor partnership
The GBP£160M Lakeside energy from waste plant has been officially taken over by its joint shareholders Grundon Waste Management and Viridor. After a successful phased commissioning programme, the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor - Japanese collaboration Itochu/Takuma - has handed the plant over. The news comes after the opening of the plant was initially delayed. A ...
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US revises standards for hazardous waste combustion
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing hazardous waste combustors on October 12, 2005. The April 8, 2008 amendments to this rule revise or clarify several compliance and monitoring provisions in the October 12, 2005 rule. In addition, these amendments correct several omissions and typographical ...
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Covanta completes the acquisition of two biomass energy facilities in Maine
Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA), a world leader in development, operation and ownership of Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects, today announced that its purchase of two biomass energy facilities from co-owners Ridgewood Maine, L.L.C. and Indeck Energy Services, Inc. has been completed. Covanta acquired the two nearly identical facilities, located in West Enfield and Jonesboro ...
By Covanta
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The Advantages of Rotary Incinerators
Rotary incinerators have emerged as a leading technology in this field, offering numerous advantages over traditional incineration methods. By employing automated loading systems that streamline waste disposal, reducing human involvement and improving efficiency. This automation improves operational safety and ensures consistent and optimised incineration performance. Furthermore, rotary ...
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EPA Comfort Letter Provides Fuel Customers Added Assurance
An Environmental Protection Agency Comfort Letter recently issued regarding WastAway’s SE3™ fuel provides users solid assurances of regulatory compliance as a non-waste material, compatibility with fossil fuels, and significantly low levels of contamination. “This means the EPA concurs with our product’s capability to more cleanly utilize coal fuel resources,” said ...
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A Guide to Incinerator Refractory Bricks
Incinerators play an important role in waste management by converting various types of waste into energy or reducing them to harmless substances. In such a high temperature environment, incinerator refractory bricks play an important role in maintaining thermal efficiency and durability. This comprehensive guide details the importance of refractory bricks for incinerators, their types, ...
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Government decides not to increase incinerator bottom ash tax
The Treasury is dropping its proposals to increase the rate of landfill tax paid on incinerator bottom ash. Last year (April 2009), the Treasury launched a consultation entitled Modernising Landfill Tax Legislation and proposed to tax incinerator bottom ash at the higher rate for active waste, which is currently £48 per tonne, as opposed to the lower rate for inactive waste which is currently ...
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Solid waste incinerator for commercial, industrial and medical industries
Granite Environmental solid waste incinerators provide a safe and effective solution for solid waste disposal in environmentally sensitive and remote locations. Incineration is a waste treatment technology for the controlled combustion of waste organic materials and substances. Our company has four models for commercial and industrial waste incineration available. Key Elements For Incinerator ...
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Biomass Combustion Research
The use of alternative combustion fuels that provide a renewable source of energy is a major area of research and investment. Sources of biomass fuels include virgin wood, energy crops, agricultural residues, food waste and industrial waste. Controlling the combustion process of any new fuel and keeping track of the biomass fuel emissions of combustion by-products is important to users of these ...
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Güssing Renewable Energy, Partner of GP Energy makes the new, desirable and clean fuels, CareFuels, from renewable resources
Güssing Renewable Energy, Partner of GP Energy makes the new, desirable and clean fuels, CareFuels, from renewable resources by Carbon Recycling, via their patented Güssing process. Instead of burning different kinds of waste and creating large quantities of hazardous emissions, they succeeded in turning feedstock into clean, hydrogen rich gas, - a full replacement for oil and coal. The ...
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GBB Vice President Thomas P. Reardon Elected Vice Director of SWANA’s Waste-to-Energy Technical Division
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) is pleased to report that the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announced the election of Thomas P. Reardon, GBB Vice President, as Vice Director of its Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technical Division. SWANA’s WTE Division has a number of key programs and products to accomplish its goal of ensuring that this technology, and other ...
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Cyclone Power Technologies Expands Patent Protection on Its Waste Energy Recycling Engine
Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it is seeking international patent protection for its scalable waste energy recycling engine known as the WHE. Cyclone has filed to protect the WHE in over 45 nations including the European Union, China and India, all areas where the company ...
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Air Curtain Burning Better than Grinding
In New York City, The Army Corp of Engineers, the US EPA and FEMA are using a much better alternative to wood debris removal than in many past disasters. They are using Air Curtain Burners by Air Burners, Inc., the most cost effective and environmentally sensitive method of eliminating vegetative waste. Air Curtain machines do not require grinding or chipping. Whole logs, branches and root balls ...
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Pyrolysis incinerator through furnace section combustion
The pyrolysis incinerator burns the waste in the reduction atmosphere of the pyrolysis furnace by stages, and the combustible product enters two combustion chambers to realize the complete combustion of the incinerator. The pyrolysis incinerator has the advantages of advanced technology, reliable process, simple operation, safe (disposable feeding, disposable slag removal), low investment (no ...
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Tidy Planet Energy attending RWM 2019
The annual RWM expo is almost here and we’re looking forward to meeting businesses who are searching for innovative solutions to harness the resource potential of their troublesome waste streams. The event opens its doors 11-12th September and will see over 500 exhibitors and 22,000 visitors attend. And we’re one of the exhibitors who will be there for the two-day expo and conference ...
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Sweco to strengthen power supply in Warsaw
As part of Poland’s ambition to decrease the amount of waste that goes to landfills, Sweco has been commissioned to design a waste-to-energy plant. The plant, that will be located in Warsaw, will be the largest one in Poland and will contribute to the region’s electricity supply. The customer is the municipal waste treatment agency Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Oczyszczania. The ...
By Sweco
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Local company and director found guilty of illegally burning waste on Annesley Hall Estate
Yesterday, 10 December 2013, East Midlands Developments Limited of Mansfield Road, Derbyshire and company director Stephen Rye of Mansfield, were found guilty at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court to charges relating to the burning of waste at Annesley Hall. East Midlands Developments Limited was found guilty of an additional charge relating to the importation of construction and demolition ...
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Sweco to Strengthen Power Supply in Warsaw
As part of Poland’s ambition to decrease the amount of waste that goes to landfills, Sweco has been commissioned to design a waste-to-energy plant. The plant, that will be located in Warsaw, will be the largest one in Poland and will contribute to the region’s electricity supply. The customer is the municipal waste treatment agency Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Oczyszczania. The ...
By Sweco
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Farmer caught tipping and burning waste
A North Devon farmer has been ordered to pay £6,000 in fines and costs for failing to remove illegal waste from land at Chulmleigh. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. In June 2011 the Agency received a report of waste being tipped and burned on land at Huntacott Farm, Chulmleigh. Various wastes were found in a field at the site including soil, stone and construction rubble, ...
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