FORMATION OF CHLORINATED ORGANICS DURING SOLID-WASTE COMBUSTION

被引:40
作者
GULLETT, BK
BRUCE, KR
BEACH, LO
机构
[1] United States Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park
[2] Acurex Corporation, Research Triangle Park
关键词
Chlorinated organics; chlorine; combustion; copper chloride; Deacon process; dioxins; furans; hydrochloric acid; mechanisms; municipal waste;
D O I
10.1016/0734-242X(90)90064-T
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The formation mechanisms of the precursors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) were examined in a laboratory reactor. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions were studied between 200 and 800 °C with HCl, Cl2, and phenol as reactants in a simulated flue gas containing oxygen. Analysis of the reactor effluent showed that homogeneous phase production of chlorophenols and non-chlorinated dioxin and dibenzopdioxin and dibenzofuran, benzofuran potential precursors to PCDD and PCDF, was related to HCl concentration, reaching a maximum formation level around 650 °C. However, Cl2 produced a greater variety of chlorinated aromatics at levels over three orders of magnitude greater than with HCl, with product concentrations reaching maximum formation levels around 350 °C. Heterogeneous tests at 450 °C using a CuCl catalyst increased formation of chlorinated organics and PCDDs and identified the major chlorinating reactant to be Cl2. © 1990.
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页码:203 / 214
页数:12
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