Effects of copper contamination on dioxin emissions from CFC incineration

被引:10
作者
Lee, CW [1 ]
Ryan, JV [1 ]
Hall, RE [1 ]
Kryder, GD [1 ]
Springsteen, BR [1 ]
机构
[1] ENERGY & ENVIRONM RES CORP,IRVINE,CA 92718
关键词
chlorofluorocarbon incineration; dioxin emissions; wall contamination effect;
D O I
10.1080/00102209608935558
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
A test program was developed and implemented for investigating the effects of copper contamination on dioxin emissions from incinerating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Experiments were performed using a turbulent flame reactor (TFR) with a capacity of 21 kW to investigate the effect of copper contamination in the combustor refractory on dioxin emissions. Distillate fuel oil doped with copper naphthenate was fired, followed by a copper nitrate solution which was injected into the TFR fired by natural gas, with 1 g/hr copper injection rate for a total of 20 hours prior to the incineration of the unused, pure CFC-12 (8.7 vol% CFC-12, 92.3 vol% propane fuel). High dioxin emissions (454 ng/dscm total polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans) were observed. Subsequent firing of the TFR with the propane fuel for 54 hours reduced the dioxin emissions to about 386 ng/dscm during the following CFC-12 incineration test. The test results suggest that high dioxin emissions could be caused by a strong promotional effect when highly chlorinated wastes, such as CFCs, are incinerated in a facility on which the refractory is contaminated with trace levels of copper from the previous treatment of a cooper-containing waste. Incineration tests were also performed on a recovered CFC-11,refrigerant which contains 5 vol% residual oil (with 4 ppm copper contaminant in the oil). The test results show that the level of copper contaminant contained in the recovered CFC-11 is insufficient to cause dioxin emissions. The high levels (>99.999%) of destruction efficiency and the low levels of products of incomplete combustion (PICs) emissions from the incineration of the recovered CFC-11 are found to be very similar to those from the incineration of unused, pure CFCs.
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页码:455 / 478
页数:24
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