Animal waste is a major source of pollution in farming communities. This project examins the feasibility of using environmentally friendly incineration technology to address this issue. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to prove the feasibility of the ultra-clean mobile incinerator for chicken litter/waste disposal. APPROACH: The ultra-clean incinerator prototype will be designed, fabricated, and tested to gain optimum design parameters. PROGRESS: 2005/05 TO 2006/12 The objective of the Phase I project was to prove the feasibility of the ultra-clean mobile incinerator for chicken litter/ waste disposal. Successful completion of Phase I of the project was to include; the design and fabrication of a prototype of the proposed technology and the identification of potential follow on funding partnership candidates. The commercial applications of the proposed ultra-clean mobile incinerator were stated as primarily intended for use in assisting the disposal of poultry waste, including chicken litter, dead birds, agriculture wastes and other biomass in an environmentally benign condition. Additionally, the generated heat and after-burned materials should be studied for further applications. Construction of the cold model and the hot model of the unit were designed and fabricated. Major components of the total unit include; the primary and secondary air supply systems; fuel feeder system; cyclone with fine particle collection system; integrated air flow measurement devices, and computer aided data acquisition system for temperature measurements; The technical feasibility of the SFBC technology has been validated and determined feasible for the stated purpose of animal waste management. In addition to the global animal waste management industry, the SFBC technology proves to be a formidable asset used to succeed in waste stream reduction. IMPACT: 2005/05 TO 2006/12 (1) The chicken litter can be burned very well in the hot model with the average combustion efficiency above 95%. (2) The major pollutants emissions (i.e. SOx, NOx, and CO) are within acceptable EPA emissions standards. It is believed that high efficiency combustion at relatively low combustion temperature is one of the major contributors to the very low emissions of NOx and SOx. (3) The biomass wastes/chicken litter ratio over the overall input fuel is up to 10 percent in terms of energy basis, which indicates that the conceptual design of the swirling fluidized bed combustor is applicable to dispose of biomass wastes
