This study is an attempt to burn pulverized Refuse Derived Fuel (p-RDF) made from municipal solid waste (MSW) with a view point of recycling of waste resources from daily domestic and industrial processes. In order to obtain fundamental data on p-RDF combustion, the ignition and combustion behavior of the particles of RDF and its component materials such as plastics (polypropylene, polystyrene), fiber (nylon) and paper (newspaper) were observed in an electric furnace. The ignition delay and the burning period of particles both p RDF and its component materials were investigated under specified furnace temperatures and particle sizes of each material. The results indicated that each component material of p-RDF had different ignition and combustion mechanism in processes such as volatilization, ignition and visible envelope flame. The values of the ignition delay and the burning period of plastics and fiber were larger than those of paper, and RDF showed medium values between them. The estimated activation energies for plastics and fiber were larger than paper, and RDF showed medium values. Each component material of p RDF showed different activation energies which led to different ignition delay and burning period.