Combustion of high calorific value waste material: Organic atmospheric pollution
Waste tire combustion in an atmospheric fluidized-bed (AFB) reactor (7 cm i.d., 76 cm height) has been performed in a laboratory plant with the aim of studying the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions as a function of combustion temperature. The main aim has been to compare these organic emissions with the ones obtained when coal is burned at the same combustion conditions. PAH emissions have been analyzed in solids collected in two cyclons at the exit of the reactor and in a trap system formed by a condenser, a filter (20 {micro}m), and an absorbent. After PAH extraction with dimethylformamide (DMF) by sonication, fluorescence spectroscopy in the synchronous mode (FS) has been used as an analytical technique to quantify the PAHs emitted. It could be concluded that higher PAH emissions are generated when this waste material is burnt at the same conditions used for coal atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion (AFBC).
- Research Organization:
- Inst. de Carboquimica, Zarogoza (ES)
- OSTI ID:
- 20006142
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 23; Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1999; ISSN 0013-936X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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