Waste incineration is one of the applications of combustion. The typical waste-incineration facility includes the following operations:
- Waste storage and feed preparation.
- Combustion in a furnace, producing hot gases and a bottom ash residue for disposal.
- Gas temperature reduction, frequently involving heat recovery via steam generation.
- Treatment of the cooled gas to remove air pollutants, and disposal of residuals from this treatment process.
- Dispersion of the treated gas to the atmosphere through an induced-draft fan and stack.