Learning Goals, Treatment Processes
I. Main advantages and disadvantages of incineration
II. Exhaust gases
A. How do we make "dioxin" (TCDD)
B. What is tested for in exhaust gases
III. What are key treatment parameters
IV. Some types of Incinerators and processes:
A. Thermal desorption
B. Afterburner
1. Asphalt plant type
2. Cement kiln
C. Multiple hearth
D. Liquid injection
E. catalyst
F. fluidized bed
G. vitrification (turning waste into glass-like substance)
V. Compute the DRE of a POHC
1. Be able to discuss these terms:
water-octanol partitioning, polar, non-polar, hydrophobic, hydrophilic, colloid,
emulsions,
2. Be able to discuss - in two or three sentences - the various chemical treatment
process and the kinds of wastes they might be used for:
Neutralizations (acid-base), Precipitation, coagulation and flocculation, oxidation-reduction,
disinfection, ion exchange, stabilization.