title: Emission characteristics of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, chlorobenzenes, chlorophenols, and PAHs from polyvinylchloride combustion at various temperatures.
abstract: The effect of temperature on polyvinylchloride (PVC) combustion using a downstream tubular furnace was investigated for the formation of polycylcic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and chlorinated compounds. As the temperature increased, higher levels of PAHs were generated. Chlorinated compounds reached a peak at 600 degrees C, with low emissions recorded at 300 and 900 degrees C. There was a close correlation (R2 = 0.97) among polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene, pentachlorobenzene, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs). PAHs at all temperatures were analyzed in the gas phase. PCDD/Fs and PCBs were emitted as a solid phase at 300 and 600 degrees C and as a gas phase at 900 degrees C. For some PAHs, chlorobenzenes, and PCDD/Fs, a mathematical equation between the gas and solid phase and the reciprocal temperature in semilog proportion was derived. The proposed equation, which is log (amount in gas phase/amount in solid phase) = -A/T + B, where T is the temperature of the furnace and A and B are constants, for these species relating their gas/solid distributions showed a good relationship.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Analysis Team, Korea Testing Laboratory, Seoul, South Korea. kskim@ktl.re.kr
authors.forename: Kyung-Seop
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kil-Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Young-Hwan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Man-Goo
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000032:analysis; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000032:analysis; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D017745:Incineration; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D002733:Chlorophenols; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls