title: Surrogate compounds for dioxins in incineration. A review.
abstract: Dioxins, formed in any combustion process where carbon, oxygen and chlorine are present, are a subject of major interest due to their toxicity. Their measurement is very expensive and time consuming. In order to optimize the combustion process, on-line measurements of pollutants must be done. The use of surrogate compounds instead of dioxins seems to be a convenient method to overcome the aforementioned drawback. This work is a review of the literature dedicated to the possible surrogate compounds for dioxins; the relationships found were systematized and, in some cases, the available experimental data were used and original correlations were found. Correlation of surrogate compounds was found to be: incinerator, feedstock, process and sample point location specific. Amongst the possible surrogates, chlorobenzenes show real possibilities to be good indicators for toxic equivalent factors.
authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan, 2, Brussels B-1050, Belgium. dlavric@vub.ac.be
authors: Elena Daniela
authors: ED
authors: Lavric
authors: Alexander A
authors: AA
authors: Konnov
authors: Jacques
authors: J
authors: De Ruyck
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000032:analysis*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D017745:Incineration; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins