Wood Waste Combustion in the Furniture Industry

Abstract

The implementation of various techniques for waste minimization in the company with furniture manufacturing activity, has the aim to increase efficiency and profits of the same, through the reduction of materials and raw materials as a inputs of every manufacturing process, manufacture reorganizing with a tendency of reusing and recycling of associated by-products, better management and process organization as well as reduction of the negative effects of the mentioned waste primarily on the health of company employees as well as the surrounding environment through pollution of land, water and air. One of the generated waste minimization possibility is reflected through the installation and use of boilers for combustion (incineration) of wood waste in the form of chips and dust, generated primarily during the execution of the primary processing, main processing (machining) and sanding operations. The world experiences in the use of thermal energy produced in the wood waste combustion process as well as its impact on the environment are presented in this paper. At the same time the analysis of the generated wood waste in one domestic furniture industry company for combustion is considered.