An analysis of dioxin production as a function of chlorine feed
- Environmental Risk Sciences, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
The effectiveness of decreasing dioxin emissions by reducing incinerator chlorine feeds is the subject of a continuing debate. This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between PCDD/PCDF emissions and chlorine feed at a single hazardous waste incinerator. The data used in this analysis were taken from multiple test series, conducted over a 13 month period, at a hazardous waste incinerator that employs an activated carbon injection system for supplemental control of PCDD/PCDFs. The chlorine feed rates range between 0 and 3,304 pounds per hour, and the PCDD/PCDF emission rates range between 0.7 and 39.0 ng/DSCM {at} 7% O{sub 2}. This analysis reveals that, for a modern hazardous waste incinerator using carbon injection, there is no correlation between dioxin emissions and chlorine feed.
- OSTI ID:
- 495347
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504119-; TRN: IM9731%%40
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Air & Waste Management Association international speciality conference on thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies for solid waste management, Washington, DC (United States), 18-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Solid waste management: Thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies. VIP-53; Kilgroe, J.D. [comp.] [National Risk Management Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)]; PB: 981 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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