VOLATILITY OF HUMAN WASTE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to provide information upon which a more rational approach to the design of incinerators for human waste can be based. The volatile matter and carbon remaining as a function of time were determined for different operating conditions of the volatilization chamber. An equation is proposed to describe the volatilization process, and the dependence of the constants in the volatility equation upon temperature and upon the rate of air supply to the volatilization chamber was determined. Volatilization temperatures as low as 300 C may be feasible for some incinerator designs which provide a reactor for the oxidation of the material volatilized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419975

Entities

People

  • J. E. Quon
  • W. O. Pipes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Flow
  • Air Supplies
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion Products
  • Decomposition
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Phase
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Waste Treatment

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.