In-box incineration program: Testing results

The concept of burning absorbed flammable liquids in boxes in the WERF incinerator was evaluated as a waste disposal method. The safety and feasibility of this procedure was evaluated in a series of tests. In the testing, the effects on incinerator operations of burning various quantities of absorbed flammable liquids was measured and compared to operations on normal low level waste (LLW). The test results indicated that the proposed procedure is safe and practical on a wide variety of solvents when the quantity per box is limited to 1L. No adverse or unacceptable operating conditions resulted from burning any of the solvents tested. The incineration of the solvents was no different than burning normal LLW or incinerator operations. 10 refs., 12 figs., 6 tabs