ENERGY RECOVERY OF BONE WASTE AS HEAT SOURCE

Abstract

Modern food industry concerning meat producers produce high amounts of bone waste. Bones represent biggest portion of zoo-mass waste which must be destroyed for hygienically reasons. Bones also have long durability and it is taken long time to decomposing this material microbiologically. We already know way to destroy this waste by crushing and making meat and bone meal. However, feeding with meat-and-bone meal can cause animal diseases. Because of that we try to prove combustion as a suitable way to get rid of this waste. Everything can be cleansed by flames and combustion also release energy captured in bone tissue. This energy can be used as heat or transformed to electric current also. But the other side, bone burning also has its emission problems that this work is trying to solve.

Keywords

• bone wastes
• incineration
• ash content