Electronic Parts/Guidelines - infoHouse
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were mixed with the combustible material.<br />
Also see inherent ash (1)<br />
EXTRUDER<br />
a machine producing a densified product<br />
by forcing the material under pressure,<br />
through a die, into the desired shapes or<br />
form. (1)<br />
FACULTATIVE<br />
able to live and grow with or without free<br />
oxygen. (1)<br />
FERROUS METALS<br />
metals that are derived from iron. They can<br />
be removed using large magnets at separation<br />
facilities. (7)<br />
FERROUS<br />
pertaining to or derived from iron. (I)<br />
FILL deposits made by man of natural soils<br />
and/or waste materials. See Sanitary<br />
Landfill. (1)<br />
FILTER BAG<br />
a device designed to remove particles from<br />
a carrier gas or air by passage of the gas<br />
through a porous (fabric) medium. (I)<br />
FLINT GLASS CULLET<br />
a particulate glass material that contains<br />
no more than 0.1 weight YO Fe03 or<br />
0.0015 weight % Cr203 as determined by<br />
chemical analysis. (1)<br />
FLINT GLASS<br />
a lead-containing colorless glass. (1)<br />
FLOW CONTROL<br />
a legal or economic means by which waste<br />
is directed to particular destinations. For<br />
example, an ordinance requiring that<br />
certain wastes be sent to a combustion<br />
facility is waste flow control. (7)<br />
FLUE DUST<br />
solid particles carried in the products of<br />
combustion. (1)<br />
FLUE GAS WASHER OR SCRUBBER<br />
equipment for removing objectionable constituents<br />
from the products of combustion<br />
by means of spray, wet baffles, etc. (1)<br />
FLUE GAS<br />
exhaust gas from a combustion process.<br />
(1)<br />
FLY ASH (flyash)<br />
small, solid particles of ash and soot generated<br />
when coal, oil, or waste materials<br />
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are burned. Fly ash is suspended in the<br />
flue gas afler combustion and is removed<br />
by the pollution control equipment. (7)<br />
FLY ASH COLLECTOR<br />
equipment for removing fly ash<br />
(particulates) from the combustion gases<br />
prior to their discharge to the atmosphere.<br />
(1)<br />
FOOD WASTE<br />
animal and vegetable waste resulting from<br />
the handling, storage, preparation, cooking<br />
and serving of foods; commonly called<br />
garbage. (1)<br />
FRONT-END RECOVERY<br />
mechanical processing of as-discarded<br />
solid wastes into separate constituents.<br />
See back-end system (1)<br />
FRONT-END SYSTEM OR PROCESS<br />
size reduction, separation and/or physical<br />
modification of solid wastes to afford practical<br />
use or reuse. (1)<br />
FURAN<br />
general term applied to any of over 200<br />
structurally related chlorinated compounds,<br />
the most toxic of which is 2,3.7,8 -<br />
tetrachlorodibenzo - furan (TCDF), thought<br />
to be one- tenth as toxic as (TCDD)<br />
FURNISH<br />
A form or collection of raw material or<br />
components for use in the manufacture of<br />
subsequent products.<br />
GARBAGE<br />
spoiled or waste food that is thrown away,<br />
generally defined as wet food waste. It is<br />
used as a general term for all products discarded.<br />
(7)<br />
GASES. COMBUSTION<br />
gases resulting from combustion which<br />
may contain water vapor and excess or<br />
dilution air in addition to CO2, and soot particles.<br />
(I)<br />
GASIFICATION<br />
the process whereby carbonaceous solid<br />
or liquid matter is converted to gases, e.g.,<br />
carbon dioxide, methane, or ammonia. (I)<br />
GENERATION, refuse<br />
the act or process of producing solid<br />
waste. (I)