Investigation of the polystyrene combustion completeness increasing method in the environmentally safe waste disposal installation

Abstract

The article presents the study results of the solid waste components (on the example of polystyrene) combustion optimizing based on traditional solutions used in the furnaces organization (stratified combustion, combustion in a vortex flow, combustion products recirculation), as well as due to the electrostatic field impact. Relative changes in the CO and NO emissions values were obtained for various methods of air supply to the combustion chamber and electrostatic field parameters. The use of an electrostatic field with a potential difference of 3–4 kV made it possible to increase the combustion efficiency, which led to a decrease in the formation of CO by up to 40%, and NO to almost zero.