Downsizing Pathological Animal Crematories

Be aware that some incinerator manufacturers overstate their process burn rate by using a higher heating value for pathological waste.  By definition and industry standards, pathological waste (Type 4, animals) has a heating value of 1,000 BTU/lb ¹.

Some manufacturers state incorrectly a heating value in excess of 5,000 BTU/lb.  Stating higher heating values will incorrectly show increase process waste burn rates (lbs/hr) and state reduced operating costs.  In the incineration industry this is called “Downsizing”.  In other words, a manufacturer’s specifications state a smaller incinerator system that has a burn process rate of a much larger, correctly sized cremator.

End result is you end up with a unit that does not burn at your required burn rate or meet stated operating costs.  Always ask for combustion calculations, which should state a waste heating value of 1,000 BTU/lb ¹ and request a manufacturers certification and guarantee that the animal cremator is sized and a burn rate established based on a pathological material heat release of 1,000 BTU/lb ¹.

If you have any question or require additional information please call us at 1-800-445-0243 or email us at info@acs-acs.com for your free copy of “Classification of Wastes”. 

 

1      Waste, Type 4, Pathological human, animal remains.

Environmental Engineers Handbook

Volume 2, Liptak, B.G. Chilton Book Co., Radnor, PA

Incinerator Standards, Incinerator Institute of America

Animal Solids and Organic Waste, Type 4, 1,000 BTU/lb., US EPA

Handbook of Incineration Systems, Cawlin R Bruner, McGraw-Hill