Thermal behaviour of organic solid recovered fuels (SRF)

Four different testing methodologies for characterizing the SRF dusts were carried out in order to determine thermal susceptibility and flammability. By means of thermogravimetric techniques, differential scanning calorimetry, minimum ignition energy and minimum ignition temperature on a cloud tests it has been possible to analyse the thermal susceptibility and ignition sensibility of SRFs. A prediction of the self-ignition risk level has been also obtained by a graphical method thanks to the data obtained.