What is incinerator????

Question

science...

Answer 1

in·cin·er·a·tor  

in·cin·er·a·tor [in sínnə ràytər]

(plural in·cin·er·a·tors)

n

furnace: a furnace for destroying things by burning them, especially one used to burn waste  

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Answer 2

It is a combustion burner to destroy rubbish and the such, but it is also now consider extremely un-green.

Answer 3

This a name given to something in which you burn combustible items

Answer 4

to burn- at high enough heat to remove the object

Answer 5

a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes,(especially to dispose of refuse)The older and simpler kind of incinerator was a brick-lined cell with a metal grate over a lower ash pit, with one opening in the top or side for loading and another opening in the side for removing incombustible masses called clinkers. Many small incinerators formerly found in apartment houses have now been replaced by trash compacters. The rotary-kiln incinerator used by municipalities and by large factories has a long, slightly inclined passageway through which refuse is moved continuously. In the first section the refuse is dried on moving steps, then moved onto a rocking grate where it is ignited and partially burned. The third and last section is a refractory-lined cylinder where combustion is completed. Clinkers spill out at the end. The heat from the incinerator generates steam in a boiler, producing as much as 100 megawatts of electricity. A high stack, fan, or steam jet supplied from the boiler supplies a draft. Ash drops through the grate, but many particles are carried along with the hot gases. These particles and volatile gases are burned in a combustion chamber fed by several furnaces. In order to control air pollution, the remaining gases are further treated, with acid gas scrubbers to control sulfuric and nitric acid emissions, and baghouses to remove all remaining dust particles, before they are released into the environment.

now there is an article about a new incineration technology  

this is part of the article,"The plasma arc technology, which was originally developed by NASA in the 1960s to test the integrity of heat shield material to protect spacecrafts upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, can be applied to all types of different wastes, including industrial wastes, organic wastes, and biohazardous wastes, according to Geoplasma.

Plasma arc technology can recover enough energy from 1,000 tons of waste to power approximately 12,000 homes for a day. The technology uses electricity and high-pressure air to create plasma with temperatures exceeding 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a gasification and pyrolysis process, not combustion or burning of solid waste, according to Geoplasma. The inorganic materials and compounds melt and solidify into obsidian-like materials suitable for reuse as gravel and other construction materials.

http://www.americanrecycler.com/dec06/b/...

Answer 6

It is something used for burning stuff, like a big oven kind of thing with a chimney.

Answer 7

it burns or incinerates an object to ashes or dust

Answer 8

An Incinerator is a device that can cremates Human Remains another type of an incinerator is a Grenade type device use to destroyed sensitive information or equipment.