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acceptable range, but reduce the overall quantity of waste available for
processing. Reduction in either the calorific value or quantity of waste
consumed would reduce the amount of energy recovered, the sale of which
provides one of the main income streams (along with the disposal fee) of the
incinerator. Reductions in the sales value of energy would then feed through
into higher disposal charges for the waste.
3.2.3. Types of incinerators
There are various types of incinerators (Figure.15): Moving grate, fixed grate,
rotary-kiln, fluidized bed, etc (Fig.).
Figure 15. : Three types of incinerators: (a) fixed grate (left), (b) rotary kiln
(middle), (c) fluidized bed (right)
(Solid Waste Management through the Application of Thermal Methods.,2010)
Grate furnaces
Grate furnace incinerators (Figure 16.) are by far the most common technology
for the incineration of MSW. They perform the so-called mass burn which
requires minimal pre-processing (such as sizing, shredding, etc.) <strong>and</strong> occurs in
facilities of varying size (from 50 to more than 2000 tons of waste per day)
usually fed continuously. The waste streams they receive are not always very
consistent.