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Assessment of the impact of using alternative fuels in a cement kiln on the emissions of selected substances into the air
Waste to Energy and Environment (2010)
  • Robert Oleniacz
Abstract

The chapter presents the results of analyses concerning the impact of using alternative fuels in one of the Polish cement plants on the volume of continuously measured emissions into the air for the following substances: carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen chloride (HCl), gaseous and volatile organic compounds expressed as total organic carbon (TOC), and total dust. The analyses covered a 15-month period of the operation of a dry cement kiln, approximately 100m-long, equipped with four-stage cyclone exchangers and a calciner, constituting an additional chamber for waste co-combustion. The results obtained confirmed the lack of a significant impact of the volume of combusted alternative fuels on the emissions of examined air pollutants. In particular, the lack of linear correlations between the amounts of chlorine and sulphur brought in with alternative fuels and the amounts of HCl and SO2 emissions was observed.

Keywords
  • alternative fuels,
  • RDF,
  • energy recovery,
  • fossil fuel substitution,
  • waste co-combustion,
  • cement kilns,
  • air pollutants,
  • stack emissions,
  • Polish cement industry
Publication Date
2010
Editor
J.W. Wandrasz, K. Pikoń, Z. Czekalska
Publisher
Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Silesian University of Technology
ISBN
978-83-930232-0-2
Citation Information
Robert Oleniacz. "Assessment of the impact of using alternative fuels in a cement kiln on the emissions of selected substances into the air" Waste to Energy and Environment (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_oleniacz/3/