INCINERATOR CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED
20755 Crescent Point Place
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
Phone: 703/437-1790, FAX: 703/891-9350
E-mail: iciengineers@aol.com OR iciengineers@yahoo.com
C.V. of Calvin R. "Charles" Brunner, Incineration Specialist
Principal of INCINERATOR CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED
Education
M. Eng., Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University
B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York
Experience
Mr. Brunner has over 35 years experience in incineration technology specializing in the design, evaluation, construction, operation and permitting of incineration systems for industrial installations, site remediation, resource recovery facilities,
hospitals and wastewater treatment plants. He is in private practice, doing business as INCINERATOR CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED. He is the author of thirteen widely used textbooks on incineration and related topics, presents seminars throughout the
country and overseas on incineration systems applications and systems design and has written extensively on this subject for professional and trade publications. Mr. Brunner has also developed specialty computer programs for the analysis of thermal
disposal systems.
He has been responsible for the execution of a number of hazardous waste incineration projects, including the use of incineration for the clean-up of contaminated sites.
His activities in the area of Medical Waste Incineration include the preparation of the popular textbook MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL and the design and evaluation of incinerators both in the US and overseas. He has also worked on numerous municipal
solid waste incineration projects.
Other projects include the design of over 30 sludge incinerators, preparation of operator training programs, trouble shooting for numerous operating sludge incinerators to reduce fuel cost and optimize performance, and incinerator permitting assistance.
Additional projects include consulting for the USEPA, plasma arc evaluation for waste disposal, boiler failure evaluation, carbon regeneration furnace troubleshooting, assistance to PIRGs in New York and New Jersey, evaluation of incineration as a waste
disposal option for various industrial clients, and many other studies of thermal disposal for waste treatment and destruction.
Professional Registration
- Diplomate: American Academy of Environmental Engineers
- Professional Engineer: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
- Citation: Who's Who In Environmental Engineering (1986)
Professional Organization Membership
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Major Presentations
- "Thermal Treatment Technologies." ASME Short Course.
- "Incineration Technology & System Design." Singapore Environment Institute Short Course, Singapore.
- "Plasma Arc and Other Thermal Treatment Technologies Applied to Persistent Organic Compounds." AWMA Short Course.
- "Incineration Technology." TechnoBiz Publications Short Course, Bangkok.
- "Persistent Organic Compounds." Keynote Speaker, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.
- "Incineration Systems." University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee Short Course.
- "Incineration Systems Selection & Design." Technical Seminars, Inc. Short Course.
- "Design of Incineration Systems." University of Kentucky Short Course.
- "Incineration Systems Design." AWMA Short Course.
- "Incineration Systems Design." George Washington University Short Course.
- "Site Clean-up By Incineration." HMCRI Short Course.
- "Industrial Hazardous Waste Incineration." AIChE Short Course.
- "Medical Waste Disposal." Municipal Utilities Department, Bangkok, Thailand. Seminar.
- "Incineration Systems." Solid Waste Disposal Authority, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Short Course.
- "Medical Waste Disposal." Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Seminar.
- "On-Site Incineration of Contaminated Soils." Ministry of Environment, Taipei, Taiwan. Seminar.
- "Municipal Solid Waste Incineration." Solid Waste Commission, Brunei. Seminar.
- "Incineration Systems." Government Institutes Short Course.
- "Waste Incineration" and "Sewage Sludge Incineration." University of Alabama at Birmingham Short Courses.
Textbooks
- Plasma Arc and Other Thermal Destruction Technologies Applied to Persistent Organic Pollutants. Incinerator Consultants Incorporated, 2005. Chinese language version, Chinese Environmental Science Press, 2005.
- Incineration Systems Handbook. Incinerator Consultants Incorporated, June, 2004.
- Medical Waste Disposal. Incinerator Consultants Incorporated, 1996.
- Handbook of Integrated Solid Waste Management. Chapter on Incineration. McGraw-Hill, (New York, NY), 1994.
- Handbook of Hazardous Waste Incineration, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, (New York, NY), 1993.
- Handbook of Incineration Systems. McGraw-Hill, (New York, NY), 1991.
- Handbook of Hazardous Waste Incineration. Tab Reference Books, (New York, NY), 1989.
- Incineration of Hazardous, Toxic and Mixed Wastes. Chapter on Incineration System Calculations. North American Manufacturing Company, (Cleveland, OH), 1993.
- Site Clean-up By Incineration. HMCRI, (Rockville, MD), 1988.
- Hazardous Air Emissions from Incineration. Chapman and Hall, (New York, NY), 1985. (Second printing, 1986.)
- Incineration Systems: Selection & Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold, (New York, NY), 1984. (Second printing, Incinerator Consultants Incorporated, 1988.)
- Industrial Hazardous Waste Incineration. American Institute for Chemical Engineers, (New York, NY), 1987.
- Incineration Systems. Government Institutes, (Rockville, MD). Fourth printing, 1987.
- Energy and Resource Recovery from Waste. Noyes, (Park Ridge, NJ), 1983.
- Design of Sewage Sludge Incineration Systems. Noyes, (Park Ridge, NJ), 1980.
Other Publications/Presentations
Publication of dozens of technical articles and technical conference presentations on incineration and related subjects over the past 25 years. Listing is available upon request.
Employment
Incinerator Consultants Incorporated, Ashburn, Virginia, President, since 1986. Information on previous employment and college teaching experience are available upon request.
Recent Testimony
- Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD.
- Singapore International Arbitration Center.
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County Law Division.
- United States District Court for New Orleans, LA.
- Newburyport Superior Court, County of Essex, Newburyport, MA.
- United States District Court for the District of SC, Charleston Division.
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