European incineration of community refuse has reached an advanced state of the art. The author visited 13 large modem incinerators in 7 countries. The three most note­ worthy operating plants afe described, with emphasis on steam generation, low dust emission from the stacks, and principal features of design. Applicability to American practice is evaluated.

The development of efficient methods o re and garbage disposal have not kept pace ^e perfection of sewage disposal processes commonly adopted throughout the world. most common methods of refuse and Sar disposal are dumping on land or at sea, ee to hogs, incineration, and reduction. Methods include the pulverizing of J machinery prior to sale as fertilizer ( P > *931) and the Beccari system of f...

Pilot plant tests on a 220 ton-per-day continuous feed municipal incinerator demonstrates the technical feasibility of electrostatic precipitation for control of stack emission. Data on the nature of the furnace stack gases and the physical characteristics of the dust as well as performance of a pilot unit treating ap­ proximately 600 cfm are presented. Part I Trends in Refuse Disposal by Incin...

With the decline in the number of rendering operations due to industry consolidation and concern about Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) transmission, disposal of dairy and beef cattle mortalities by rendering either is not an option or is prohibitively expensive in many areas of the United States. On-site burial remains an alternative in many states, but impact on ground water quality is ...

The history of fluidized bed technology dates back 60 years. Gasification of pulverized coal in the Winkler process during the 1920's marked the beginning of fluidized bed application. Consider­ ,able work done during World War II by U.S. oil companies to improve the catalytic cracking of kerosene led to the development of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking process. Fluidized bed technology later exp...