Development of a thermal stability based ranking of hazardous organic compound incinerability
Journal Article
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· Environmental Science and Technology; (United States)
- Univ. of Dayton Research Institute, OH (USA)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
It is believed that emissions from full-scale incinerators can often be related to poor microscale mixing of waste and oxygen. To develop a scientifically defensible ranking of hazardous organic waste incinerability, the temperatures for 99% decomposition for a series of organic compounds were evaluated under constant conditions of elemental waste mixture composition (C:H:Cl molar ratios of 3:3:1), fuel/oxygen equivalence ratio ({Phi} = 3.0), and gas-phase residence time (t{sub r} = 2.0 s). Theoretically consistent data were obtained for 66 compounds. A thermochemical reaction kinetic analysis indicated that the ranking can be applied to waste/oxygen equivalence ratios greater than 1.0 and H/Cl ratios greater than 1.0. This result suggests that deviations from the ranking may occur under thermal quenching and/or high waste chlorine failure modes. Pilot- and full-scale evaluations of the laboratory-based ranking are currently being conducted.
- OSTI ID:
- 5457424
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 24:3; ISSN ESTHA; ISSN 0013-936X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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