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

Arthur Mngoma Omari; Geoffrey Reuben John; Karoli Nicholas Njau; Peter Lucas Mtui

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

Arthur Mngoma Omari, Geoffrey Reuben John, Karoli Nicholas Njau, Peter Lucas Mtui

Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 25 February 2015 Accepted: 13 March 2015 Published: 19 March 2015

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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.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20150302.17
Page(s)	80-90
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Waste incineration, emission, fixed bed, solid waste

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Arthur Mngoma Omari; Geoffrey Reuben John; Karoli Nicholas Njau; Peter Lucas Mtui. Operating Conditions of A Locally Made Fixed-Bed Incinerator, a Case Study of Bagamoyo – Tanzania. Int. J. Environ. Monit. Anal. 2015, 3(2), 80-90. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20150302.17

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Arthur Mngoma Omari, Geoffrey Reuben John, Karoli Nicholas Njau, Peter Lucas Mtui. Operating Conditions of A Locally Made Fixed-Bed Incinerator, a Case Study of Bagamoyo – Tanzania. Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2015;3(2):80-90. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20150302.17

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Arthur Mngoma Omari

College of engineering and Technology, Mbeya University of Science and Technology, Mbeya Tanzania
Geoffrey Reuben John

College of engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Karoli Nicholas Njau

School of Materials, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha Tanzania
Peter Lucas Mtui

College of engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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AU  - Arthur Mngoma Omari
AU  - Geoffrey Reuben John
AU  - Karoli Nicholas Njau
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AB  - 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.
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
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