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Analysis of incombustibles in the feedstock to incineration facilities in South Korea for optimum sorting and management
- Source :
- Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 39:620-628
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Korea’s Ministry of Environment has implemented the Framework Act on Resource Recirculation to activate waste resource recovery. However, industrial waste treatment facilities have some problems related to diversity of waste received for proper management of wastes. Waste incineration facilities are required to receive and process combustible waste and are forbidden to re-consign waste to other waste treatment facilities without any processing. In reality, a large amount of incombustibles is injected into the incinerator because it is impossible to completely separate the incombustible materials. Therefore, it is necessary to develop additional management criteria for optimal operation of the incineration facility. This study was conducted to improve institutional management of incineration facilities in Korea. Through a literature review and statistics study, incombustible waste management trends were investigated. The characteristics of waste entering incineration facilities were surveyed. Physical composition and proximate analysis of incoming waste were conducted, and properties of the incombustibles mixed in feedstocks to waste incineration facilities were examined. As a result of this study, incombustibles mainly consisting of the construction and demolition waste, such as soil, glass, and metals, should be separated from feed sent to incinerators. A mechanical screening technique that sorts particles of 30–40 mm in size can be used to separate the incombustibles. Also, management criteria could be proposed to sort and re-consign the incombustibles.
- Subjects :
- Environmental Engineering
Resource (biology)
Waste management
020209 energy
Sorting
Industrial Waste
Incineration
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Raw material
01 natural sciences
Pollution
Industrial waste
Waste Management
Metals
Republic of Korea
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Environmental science
Christian ministry
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Resource recovery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10963669 and 0734242X
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....17ae60dabf50f2eb13d3f325dbe4eeaf