The Effect of Kiln Temperature on DRE and Organics Concentrations in Incinerator Ash

3333679 37 6 $ E The Effect of Kiln Temperature on DRE and Organics Concentrations in Incinerator Ash W. R. Schofield, PhD, PE; W. V. Walls, PE; and Thomas Jones Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (CWM) conducted RCRA and TSCA trial burns on the world-scale hazardous incinerator a t Port Arthur, Texas, in early 1990. Subsequent commercial operation revealed start-up problems which included (1) computer control systems, (2) slag formation, and (3) solids carryover from the kiln to the afterburner and APC train. In an effort to reduce slag formation in the kiln, CWM elected to seek regulatory authority through additional supplemental trial burns to run the kiln in the 1200 1300 O F range in preference to the much higher 150