Incineration: Elemental Composition Tab

Variable Definitions, Ranges and Default Values

The following table shows a brief description of the variables appearing in this tab. The table also displays their default values and their generally acceptable range:

Variable	Default Value	Range

○ Carbon (%) The carbon mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Hydrogen (%) The hydrogen mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Water (%) The water mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Oxygen (%) The oxygen mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Nitrogen (%) The nitrogen mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Chlorine (%) The chlorine mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Fluorine (%) The fluorine mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Bromine (%) The bromine mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Iodine (%) The iodine mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Sulfur (%) The sulfur mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Phosphorus (%) The phosphorus mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100
○ Ash (%) The ash mass percentage of the corresponding component.	0.0	0-100

Symbol Key: ○ User-specified value (always input); ● Calculated value (always output); ◙ Sometimes input, sometimes output

Specification Choices / Comments

Specify the elemental composition of feed components; for more details on how this is implemented, see Incineration: Modeling Calculations.