Refuse-derived fuel: composition and emissions from combustion

Abstract

This paper gives an evaluation of combustion trials of various types of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) tested at several different furnaces. Also, the energy parameters and the content of harmful matter of diverse kinds of RDF are surveyed. Special attention is paid to the post-combustion remnents of hazardous materials which are to be found in RDF. The proportion of these which is released and emitted is greater than the amount allowed under existing and future laws in West Germany. Thus, it is and will not be possible to incinerate RDF in West Germany without intensive gas cleaning.