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EPA Concludes Disaster Debris Reduction Test in Louisiana Utilizing Air Burners, LLC Firebox
PALM CITY, Fla., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 25, 2008 the EPA concluded
its week long test inLouisiana for disaster debris reduction by means of air
curtain burners or air curtain incinerators. Air Burners, LLC made available
one of its largest above ground S-327 fireboxes. The goal was to compare the
emissions data from the burning of vegetative waste for which the machines are
traditionally used with debris from disaster demolished houses, such as those
destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, in order to determine whether the machines
should be used to dispose of such debris. Potentially toxic components, such
as asbestos, were not included in the debris mix.
Disaster recovery planning must include the safe and economical disposal
of debris. Air curtain burners have long been used to deal with vegetative
debris, such as trees, but they were not extensively used to reduce debris
from destroyed houses. The cost of disposing of this debris by hauling it to a
landfill is extremely high. Burning it on site in an air curtain firebox would
result in a quick return to normality for the affected residents and a
significant cost savings to the taxpayer.
Last week's preliminary results confirmed that the mass reduction of
vegetative waste is nearly 99% with no harmful emissions. The burning of a
demolished house was equally efficient with little visible smoke. Extensive
emissions samples were collected for analysis at the EPA laboratories and the
results will be published in due course.
Air Burners, LLC ofPalm City, Florida is the leading manufacturer of air
curtain burners serving government agencies and the industries of
construction, forestry and wood processing. Air curtain burners were designed
solely as a pollution control device for open burning. Their sole purpose is
to reduce or eliminate the Particulate Matter (smoke) that results from
burning clean vegetative waste. These machines do not incinerate nor do they
inject any fuels to support incineration. They develop a curtain of high
velocity air over a fire that traps the smoke particles and causes them to re-
burn. In simple words, a pile of wood waste burning would have a plume of
smoke rising above it. If one could visualize that an air curtain firebox be
lowered over the fire, it would be noticed that 95% of the smoke is
eliminated. As an added benefit, the air curtain oxygenates the fire causing
a more complete combustion which results in a 98% reduction in mass: 100 tons
of waste will be reduced to less than one ton of ash which could be recycled
into the soil. The debris disposal by means of air curtain burning is
extremely cost-effective and expeditious as compared to other options that may
include chipping, grinding and subsequent hauling to a landfill, most of which
are already overburdened.
For images and information: http://www.airburners.com.
Contact:
Norbert Fuhrmann
Air Burners, LLC
4390 Cargo Way
Palm City, FL 34990
772-220-7303
fuhrmann@airburners.com
http://www.airburners.com
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