Incinerators

REI provides research and consulting services for specialized incinerator applications. Projects have focused on evaluating incinerator performance, emissions and operating challenges. REI provides modeling analyses for a variety of incinerator types and corrosion monitoring systems for MSW or other incinerator types subject to highly corrosive environments.

REI experience with incinerators includes:

  • PFAS Chemicals Destruction

  • Chemical Weapons Incineration

  • Liquid Incinerator Combustor

  • Deactivation Furnace System

  • Metal Parts Furnace and Afterburner

  • Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators

  • Process Stream Incineration in Kilns and Boilers

  • Fluidized Bed Incineration for Solid Waste Processing

In addition to the applications listed here, REI continues to develop expertise in new areas. If your application is not among those listed, please contact us to discuss appropriate ways we may be able to work together.

Project Summaries

CHEMICAL WEAPONS INCINERATOR

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REI’s combustion simulations tools were combined with specialized chemical mechanisms to analyze operation of a chemical weapons incinerator. Modeling objectives included evaluation of operating conditions for improved furnace performance (increased throughput), indication of extent of chemical weapons destruction, assessment of refractory wear, analysis of products of incomplete combustion, and evaluation of effects of oxygen deficiency on chemical destruction.

THERMAL/CATALYTIC SOLID WASTE INCINERATION SYSTEM

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REI led a team to develop a solid waste incineration system for NASA’s Advanced Life Support Program. Modeling and experimental techniques were used to design the system. Key project tasks included design and performance of the feed system, fluidized bed combustor, particulate collection, and catalyst beds. Pilot-scale system was designed, built, tested and delivered to NASA.

PFAS Chemicals Destruction

REI is working with government and industry partners in their efforts to understand and reduce risks to the public caused by PFAS chemicals. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in use since the 1940s, and are found in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. Many PFAS manufacturing and processing facilities, airports, and military bases are some of the possible contributors of PFAS being released into the air, soil, and water. There is evidence that exposure to specific types and levels of PFAS can have adverse health effects. REI is currently performing advanced computational modeling of PFAS destruction in various types of incinerators. This modeling helps to verify that the PFAS compounds are broken into component compounds that no longer pose a risk to public health.