Operating Conditions of A Locally Made Fixed-Bed Incinerator, a Case Study of Bagamoyo – Tanzania

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2015-03-18Author
Omari, Arthur Mngoma
John, Geoffrey Reuben
Njau, Karoli
Mtui, Peter Lucas
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To minimize the pollution from municipal solid waste incinerators, the study of operating conditions is imperative.
The local design incinerators can be used for high performance combustion and minimize pollutions. The incinerator located at
Bagamoyo hospital in Tanzania is used as a pilot for this experiment. The emission and operating conditions shows that the
performance of incinerator is at maximum peak of about 70% when the oxygen at exit is about 6.9% and when secondary
temperature is between 1073 and 1173K and primary temperature maintained at 673K. The experiment shows that when the
primary chamber temperature increases beyond 673K, the secondary temperature decreases this is due to complete combustion at
primary chamber which will cause insufficient incomplete gases and therefore limited combustible gases to burn.