Flue Gas Analysis of a Small-Scale Municipal Solid Waste-Fired Steam Generator

Flue gas analysis of a small-scale municipal solid waste-fired steam generator has been presented in this work. The analysis was based on the selected design parameters: operating steam pressure of 10 bar, with fuel consumption rate of 500 Kg/h and combustion chamber which utilizes mass burn incineration using water wall furnace. The plant is designed as a possible option for thermal utilization of rural and urban wastes in Nigeria. The average daily generation of MSW was considered in order to assess the availability of the material. The data were collected fro m Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ENSWAMA).This was calculated based on the state populatio n, urbanizat ion and industrialization strengths. Calculat ion of calorific value of the waste to determine the heat contents was carried out using two methods: Bo mb calorimeter and Dulong‟s formula. So me samples of the garbage were analyzed with bo mb calorimeter in the National Centre For Energy Research & Development Laboratory, University of Nigeria Nsukka. This is important because it a direct measure of the temperature requirements that the specific waste will p lace on the system. The calorific values obtained fro m this analysis were 12572.308 KJ/kg, 14012.05 KJ/kg, 21833.26 KJ/kg and 20551.01 KJ/kg for paper products, woods, plastics and textiles waste respectively, while the energy content obtained from the elemental co mposition of waste using Dulong‟s formula was 15,101 KJ/kg .The maximu m temperature of the furnace attained from the energy balance based on this value around the combustion chamber was 833.7 K and the amount of air required per kg of M SW was 8.66kg