RDF(refuse derived fuel)
Abstract
If we focused on solid waste management (SWM) the waste produced was collected and dump in dump yard which causes many environmental pollutions and health hazards. In solid waste management land filling is a major problem. Many difficulties arise while extending the land for land filling. In order to overcome those problems Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) is one of the best options. Refuse-Derive Fuel is obtain from municipal waste and it is one of the alternative fuels. It is the process of converting waste into useful energy. By doing so the problem with solid waste management get reduces and RDF can be substituted for coal in boilers. This paper deals about the manufacturing and application of RDF in India. Solid Waste Management is collection of waste which is generated by every person in the society. Mainly the solid waste consists of Household waste, Industrial waste, Agricultural waste and Bio Medical waste. Those wastes consist of biodegradable waste, recyclable waste, inert waste, electrical and electronic waste, composite waste, hazardous waste and toxic waste. Those wastes must
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Then it is converted into pellets into required size and shapes normally 30mm capsules. A refuse derived fuel (RDF) pellet having about 11% or more particulate calcium hydroxide which is utilized in a combustion able mixture. The pellets are used in a particulate fuel bring a mixture of 10% or more, on a heat equivalent basis, of the RDF pellet which contains calcium hydroxide as a binder, with 50% or more, on a heat equivalent basis, of a sulphur containing coal. Combustion of the mixture is effective to produce an effluent gas from the combustion zone having a reduced SO.sub.2 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content of effluent gas from similar combustion materials not containing the calcium
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