As a fair amount of energy is used/generated in an incinerator, it is important to explore options of recovering the waste heat from the outlet. Flue gas in any event, has to be cooled if the incinerator is coupled to an air pollution control device. This results in wastage of energy, particularly in large incinerators. Typical waste heat recovery options include hot air recovery, hot water recovery, generation of steam, generation of power.

In some cases, the power generated by the incinerator is sufficient to

Heat recovery should be chosen as an option only when the incinerator runs continuously and is of a sufficient size to make the recovery feasible. The return on investment will be fairly quick due to the energy recovery.

Link to HAAT's heat recovery system Heat Recovery System