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L8-REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEM B

The document discusses various refuse disposal systems for buildings. It describes storage containers, chutes, compactors, on-site incineration, drainage systems, and pneumatic transport as potential methods. Specific details are provided on storage bins, refuse chutes, incineration, sanitary incineration, the Garchey system, pneumatic transport, food waste disposal units, and compactors. The key requirements for an adequate refuse disposal system include means of storing, accessing, and transporting solid waste from a building.

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L8-REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEM B

The document discusses various refuse disposal systems for buildings. It describes storage containers, chutes, compactors, on-site incineration, drainage systems, and pneumatic transport as potential methods. Specific details are provided on storage bins, refuse chutes, incineration, sanitary incineration, the Garchey system, pneumatic transport, food waste disposal units, and compactors. The key requirements for an adequate refuse disposal system include means of storing, accessing, and transporting solid waste from a building.

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REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEM

Basic requirements
• Adequate means of storing solid waste
• Adequate means of access for the users of a
building to a place of storage
• Adequate means of access fr the place of
storage to a street
Range of methods
Equipment & methods:
• Storage containers, rubbish bins: sacks
• Chutes
• Compactors
• Incineration on site
• Disposal into drainage systems:
– Garchey System
– Grinders
• Handling by pipeline: pneumatic methods
Storage/ Solid Waste Bin
• Traditional & cheapest method
• Adequate capacity must be allowed
• Put at proper place, with protection from the
sun & with adequate ventilation
• At flats, bins will be placed at ground level as
chutes are no longer in use* (banned in
Malaysia)
Refuse Chute
• The quantity & location of refuse chutes
depend on:
• Layout of the building
• No of dwellings served- max. 6 per hopper
• type of material stored
• frequency of collection
• Volume of refuse
• Refuse vehicle access- within 25m
Refuse Chute
Refuse Chute
Characteristics:
• Sited away from habitable rooms but not more
than 30m horizontal distance from each dwelling
• More economical to provide space for additional
storage beneath the chute than to provide
additional chutes
• Chute linings prefabricated from refractory or
Portland cement concrete
Refuse Chute
Refuse Chute
Characteristics:
• Linings must be smooth & its internal surface,
impervious
• Chute void & chute chamber should have fire
resistance of 1 hour
• Refuse chamber should also be constructed with a
dense impervious surface for easy cleaning
• not allowed to be built in Malaysia by local
authorities, since 1990 ( risk of fire spreading
unnoticed-fire dept req)
On-site Incineration of Refuse
• This system has a flue to discharge the
incinerated gaseous products of combustion
(above roof level).
• It is fitted with a fan to ensure negative pressure
in the discharge chute to prevent smoke & fumes
fr being misdirected.
• A large combustion chamber receives & stores
the refuse until it is ignited by an automatic
burner.
• Duration of burning is thermostatically and time
controlled.
On-site Incineration of Refuse
On-site Incineration of Refuse
On-site Incineration of Refuse
• Waste gases are washed & cleaned before
discharging into the flue.
• There is no resriction on the kind of materials
that can be burnt (wet/dry materials, glass,
metal, plastics: alI are allowable)
• Residue fr combustion is odourless and sterile-
thus eliminating health risks fr putrefying rubbish
• Removal costs is reduced (residual waste is only
10% of initial volume).
Incineration of Refuse

Maishima, Osaka
Sanitary Incineration
• For quickest & easiest disposal of dressings,
swabs & sanitary towels
• Usually installed in office lavatories, hospitals
and hotels.
• When the door is opened, gas burners
automatically ignited and burn the contents.
• After a pre-determined time, the gas supply is
cut off by a time switch.
Sanitary Incineration
• Each time the door is opened, the time switch
reverts to its original position to commence
another burning cycle.
• Incinerators have a removable ash pan and a fan
assisted flue to ensure efficient extraction of
gaseous combustion products.
• In event of fan failure, a sensor ensures that gas
burners cannot function.
• Gas pilot light has a thermocoupled flame failure
device – to alert the operators.
Sanitary Incineration
Sanitary Incineration
The Matthew-Hall Garchey System
• Food waste, bottles, cans & cartons are disposed
of at source without the need to grind or crush
the refuse.
• A bowl beneath the sink retains the normal waste
water.
• Refused is placed inside a central tube in the sink.
• When the tube is raised, the waste water & the
refuse are carried away down a stack or discharge
pipe to a chamber at the base of the building.
The Matthew-Hall Garchey System
The Matthew-Hall Garchey System
The Matthew-Hall Garchey System
• Refuse fr the chamber is collected at weekly
intervals by a specially equipped tanker
• (in which the refuse is compacted into a
damp, semi-solid mass that is easy to tip.
• 1 tanker has sufficient capacity to contain the
refuse from up to 200 dwellings.
• Waste water fr the tanker is discharged into a
foul water sewer.
The Matthew-Hall Garchey System

Quarry Hills Flat, UK


Pneumatic transport of Refuse
• Refuse from conventional chutes is collected in a
pulveriser and disintegrated by grinder into
pieces of about 10mm across.
• The refuse is then blown a short distance down a
75mm bore pipe in which it is retained, until at
predetermined intervals, a flat disc valve opens.
• This allows small pieces of refuse to be conveyed
by vacuum or air stream at 75-90km/h through a
common underground service pipe of 150-
300mm bore.
Pneumatic transport of Refuse
• The refuse collection silo may be up to 2.5km
away from the source of refuse
• At the collection point, the refuse is transferred
by a positive pressure pneumatic system to a
treatment plant where dust and other suspended
debris is separated from bulk rubbish.
• The process can be adapted to segregate
salvagable materials such as metals, glass and
paper.
Pneumatic transport of Refuse
Pneumatic transport of Refuse
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Roosevelt island: Centralsug of Solna, Sweden


Pneumatic transport of Refuse
Food Waste Disposal Units
• They are designed for application to domestic &
commercial kitchen sinks.
• They are specifically for processing organic food
waste and do not have facility to dispose of glass,
metals, rags or plastics.
• May be used as an alternative for the chute or
Garchey system, to reduce refuse volume
(otherwise deposited into dustbins or refuse
bags).
• Food waste is fed through sink waste outlet to
the unit.
Food Waste Disposal Units
• A grinder powered by a small electric motor cuts
the food into fine particles, which is then washed
away with the waste water from the sink.
• The partially liquefied food particles discharge
through a standard 40mm nominal bore waste
pipe into a back inlet gully.
• The unit and sink is required to be earthed (as
with all electrical appliances & extraneous
metalwork).
Food Waste Disposal Units
Food Waste Disposal Units
Compactor
• To reduce volume of
waste at site
• May serve larger
buildings eg. Shopping
malls, hotels
• Usually installed in the
basement for easy
removal of refuse
Compactors
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