Research Article
Jan 1963
Thermal Decomposition of Human Waste
Publication: Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 89, Issue 1
Abstract
A study was undertaken to provide information on which a more rational design of incinerators for human waste can be based. The laboratory techniques and method of data analysis may be adapted to provide similar information on sewage sludge solids or domestic refuse. The volatile matter and carbon remaining as a function of time was determined for different operating conditions of the volatilization chamber. The time rate of loss of material was found to be proportional to an exponential function of the fraction of material remaining. An equation is proposed to describe the volatilization process, and the dependence of the constants in the volatility equation on temperature and on the rate of air supply to the volatilization chamber was determined. Volatilization temperature as low as 300○C may be feasible for some incinerator designs that provide a reactor for the oxidation of the material volatilized.
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Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 89 • Issue 1 • January 1963
Pages: 1 - 16
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© 1963 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1963
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Jimmie E. Quon, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Northwestern Univ., The Technological Inst., Evanston, Ill.
Wesley O. Pipes, AM.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Northwestern Univ., The Technological Inst., Evanston Ill.
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