Incinerability Index: A measure of incinerator performance

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6061422

Thurnau, R C

A series of ten incineration tests were performed on a synthetic hazardous waste containing tetrachloroethylene, toluene, chlorobenzene, and pentachlorobenzene as principal organic hazardous components (POHCs). Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) was also injected into the mixture just prior to incineration and the resulting destruction removal efficiencies (DRE) were measured. Primary combustion chamber temperature was varied from 871C to 1249C and the oxygen concentration from 1.3 to 9.2 percent. The test data indicated poor correlations between the variables of temperature and oxygen with POHC DRE. A temperature/SF6 DRE linear relationship was observed. The research also indicated that SF6 was more difficult to incinerate than any of the other POHCs, and might represent a lower boundary for evaluating incinerator performance.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6061422
• Report Number(s): PB-91-145144/XAB; EPA--600/J-90/272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMBUSTION
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HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
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INCINERATORS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION CONTROL
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOLUENE
WASTE DISPOSAL
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