For this study, we categorized waste from railroad operation into seven types; i.e., wood, vinyl, fiber, Styrofoam, food, paper and plastic. We then performed a combustion test using a cone calorimeter that is used widely for evaluating the combustion properties of combustible materials, to evaluate the heat release rate, smoke production rate, carbon monoxide production, carbon dioxide product...

Fire resistance is one of the key factor which aids toward durability a structure. Concrete most widely used construction material and also an effective for structural fire protection. Physical thermal properties are to measure concrete. Three main reasons concrete are: non-combustible, non-toxic, low conductivity (concrete retain slow rate heat transfer). The lower value behaves like perfect s...

Degradation of urban environment and health hazard is directly associated with the unscientific handling of Municipal solid waste of India. Urbanization also contribute intensify Municipal solid waste generation. Source segregation of solid waste not only the fact to converge but also possible in maximum resource recovery from the waste. Waste management is a problem due to the ineffective mana...

Thermal insulation materials are the main link in solving problem of enclosing constructions energy efficiency. The number heat insulators is relatively low, that`s why it important to develop new that would be better than existing ones their characteristics. Such heat-insulating material as foam glass known, but practically not applied, despite fact possesses high heatinsulating and mechanical...

This study evaluates the economic cost and sustainability of treating residual municipal solid waste (MSW) through five management scenarios. In baseline scenario (Bsc), all was managed landfilling, while in 1 (Sc1) treated by incineration. Sc2 employed anaerobic digestion (AD) for food Sc3 AD waste, incineration combustible plastic wastes, landfilling. Sc4 using AD, incineration, recycling was...

We study the impact of product recovery on a firm’s product quality choice, where quality is defined as an observable performance measure that increases a consumer’s valuation for the product. We consider three general forms of product recovery: (i) when product recovery reuses (after reprocessing) quality inducing components or material (e.g., remanufacturing), (ii) when product recovery does ...

This paper presents a numerical model that investigates the characteristics of flow, heat, and mass transfer on downward flame propagation in discontinuous region solid fuel. Simulations were carried out for various distances to analyze morphology front competition between “jump” spread heat from unburned area. The results demonstrate there is zone, with exhibiting defined “acute angle” undergo...