MOSCOW, September 27 Scientists at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have developed a mobile furnace for environmentally friendly combustion of solid waste in villages and holiday villages, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education reported. education of the Russian Federation.
It is planned that the invention will be useful in areas where the construction of waste incineration plants is unprofitable due to the small volume of waste.
“The uniqueness of the development lies in its mobility. Plus, it is truly environmentally friendly. On its basis, we have developed a method for the thermal neutralization of toxic substances, which are completely destroyed under the influence of high temperatures. A colorless gas comes out of the furnace, and not black smoke, as in some waste incineration plants,” – said one of the inventors of the furnace, professor of the Department of Rocket Engines of the Moscow Aviation Institute, on the basis of which the development is being carried out, Vasily Semenov.
The stove is designed to burn from 3 to 8 cubic meters of solid waste. The installation includes two cameras of different sizes. The garbage is loaded into a large chamber and burned at a temperature of 600-700 degrees. The remaining waste along with the smoke enters the second compartment, where additional air is supplied and where complete combustion occurs. In this case, the temperature in the oven increases to 1200 degrees, which within a few seconds leads to the neutralization of toxic substances.
“Seven hundred degrees is enough to burn any organic matter. However, fire will not take metal products, and after completing the procedure they will still have to be sent to a landfill in the usual way,” Semenov noted.
It is assumed that the mobile oven will be delivered to the village by a special truck. Once the waste disposal process is completed, the truck will be able to move on to the next populated area. This is much more practical compared to a conventional garbage truck, which constantly has to return to the landfill due to the limited volume of the container.
The stove can run on both diesel fuel and kerosene. The invention of MAI scientists can also be used for the disposal of toxic substances in chemical production.
At the current stage, design work has been completed. The developers are expecting interest from commercial enterprises to jointly create a prototype. According to MAI specialists, the thermal recycling unit can be ready within two years.