Experimental study on the removal of PAHs using in-duct activated carbon injection.
This paper presents the incineration tests of municipal solid waste (MSW) in a fluidized bed and the adsorption of activated carbon (AC) on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). An extraction and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique was used to analyze the concentrations of the 16 US EPA specified PAHs contained in raw MSW, flue gas, fly ash, and bottom ash. The aim of this work was to decide the influence of AC on the distribution of PAHs during the incineration of MSW. Experimental researches show that there were a few PAHs in MSW and bottom ash. With the increase of AC feeding rate, the concentrations of three- to six-ring PAHs in fly ash increased, and the concentration of two-ring PAH decreased. The total-PAHs in flue gas were dominated by three-, and four-ring PAHs, but a few two-, five-ring PAHs and no six-ring PAHs were found. PAHs could be removed effectively from flue gas by using in-duct AC injection and the removal efficiencies of PAHs were about 76-91%. In addition, the total toxic equivalent (TEQ) concentrations of PAH in raw MSW, bottom ash, fly ash, and flue gas were 1.24 mg TEQ kg-1, 0.25 mg TEQ kg-1, 6.89-9.67 mg TEQ kg-1, and 0.36-1.50 microg TEQ Nm-3, respectively.
Zhou
Hong-Cang
HC
Department of Power Engineering, Key Laboratory of Clean Coal Power Generation and Combustion Technology of Ministry of Education, Thermal Energy Engineering Research Institute, Southeast University, Jiangsu 210096, PR China. zhouhongcang@163.com
Zhong
Zhao-Ping
ZP
Jin
Bao-Sheng
BS
Huang
Ya-Ji
YJ
Xiao
Rui
R
D000327:Adsorption; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D060729:Coal Ash; D017745:Incineration; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018570:Risk Assessment
D000393:Air Pollutants; D060729:Coal Ash; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D002244:Carbon