How does a medical waste incinerator work?
Medical waste and veterinary waste are generated as a result of providing medical and veterinary services such as: treatment, examination or diagnosis of patients. They are generated in medical facilities, e.g.: hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices. The only method by which the resulting waste can be disposed of is its thermal conversion in a medical waste and veterinary waste incinerator. Medical waste and veterinary waste are collected in the places where they are generated in disposable containers or bags, which are incinerated and decomposed together with the waste. Incineration usually occurs in rotary kilns, which are equipped with a rotating drum that keeps medical waste and veterinary waste in constant motion, providing them with access to air, which allows them to be fully degassed and disposed of. Hazardous waste, chemical waste, and hospital waste are disposed of in a medical waste and veterinary waste incinerator. The waste undergoes disposal in any form, i.e. solid, liquid or gaseous. The furnaces are additionally equipped with a post-combustion chamber, which supports the waste disposal process by maintaining a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius for at least 2 seconds, which guarantees complete combustion of hazardous waste and significantly reduces the amount of emitted dioxins and CO2.
Each installation for the disposal of medical waste and veterinary waste is equipped with an exhaust gas purification system and an exhaust gas monitoring system.
By disposing of medical waste and veterinary waste, as well as other hazardous waste, we obtain energy in the form of steam, which, using appropriate technologies, can be used to produce electricity.
More information on waste disposal can be found in the Waste Act:
http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20130000021