Materials Science Forum, Vol.439, 170-175, 2003
Characterization of waste vinyl from a farm village and its application to cement kiln process
Major component of vinyl wasted from a farm village is polyethylene. Due to the difficulty in recovering the waste vinyl and contamination of soil, recycling of the waste vinyl has been disadvantageous to reutilization. According to Korea Resources & Reutilization Corporation, 327,000 tons of waste vinyl from a farm village was discarded in 2001, which poses urgent problem to our environment and preservation of natural resources. In this study, as a program of reutilization in waste vinyl, it is investigated the possibility of reuse in cement kiln process as an assist fuel through the characterization of waste vinyl material properties and the mass balance measurement of the various kiln types. Calorific values and Chlorine content of the waste vinyl were 10,000 kcal/kg and below 500 ppm, respectively. And the waste vinyl material contained soil and moisture about 50% and 30% by weight, respectively. Circulation mass balance depends on the type of kiln and calcinations atmosphere even though same starting materials are being used. According to the measurement of the circulation mass balance, AS (Air Separated) type kiln is suitable to reutilize the waste vinyl than AT (Air Through) type kiln due to low concentration of circulation materials in side of AS type kiln.