Destruction of polychlorinated biphenyls in sewage sludge during incineration. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7309787

Whitmore, F C

An experiment has been carried out to determine the efficiency with which PCB's are destroyed in a municipal sewage sludge incinerator. A standard mixture of PCB's (Aroclor 1254) was injected into the sludge cake at the rate of 50 ppm (dry solids basis) under conditions whereby the various emergent streams from the furnace could be monitored. The experimental results indicate no PCB's present in either the scrubber exhaust water or in the ash; the amount of PCB in the emergent stack gases were found to correspond to destruction ratios in excess of 0.94 under normal furnace operating conditions. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Versar, Inc., Springfield, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7309787
• Report Number(s): PB-258162
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMBUSTION
DECOMPOSITION
FLUE GAS
GASEOUS WASTES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INCINERATORS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
POLLUTION
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SOLID WASTES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES