Organic emissions from pilot-scale incineration of CFCs

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:5140831

Ryan, J V; Lee, C W; Korn, S

The paper gives results of the characterization of organic emissions resulting from the pilot-scale incineration of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) and dichloro-difluoromethane (CFC-12) under varied feed concentrations. (NOTE: As a result of the Montreal Protocol, an international accord implemented to reduce the production and use of stratospheric ozone depleting substances, considerable quantities of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons may be accumulated and ultimately require disposal or destruction. Incineration is a potential destruction technology; however, little is known of the combustion emission characteristics from CFC incineration.) A 293-kW (1 million Btu/h) incinerator was made available to the EPA for the characterization, which focused on determining the destruction efficiencies (DEs) and major products of incomplete combustion (PICs) for each CFC evaluated.

• Research Organization: Acurex Environmental Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5140831
• Report Number(s): PB-94-139516/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-DO-0141
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
COMBUSTION
INCINERATORS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
540120* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)