title: Removal of PCDDs/DFs and dl-PCBs in MWI fly ash by heating under vacuum.
abstract: Temperature dependence of PCDD/DF and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl (dl-PCB) concentrations in fly ash from a municipal waste incinerator (MWI) heated under vacuum has been investigated as a function of sample temperature ranging from T(s)=425 to 800 K to find out if PCDDs/DFs in fly ash evaporate and are trapped in a liquid nitrogen-cooled trap. The results show that more than 99.98% of PCDDs/DFs in TEQ is removed from fly ash by vacuum heat treatment at T(s)>650 K for 4 h. Almost no PCDDs/DFs were detected in the liquid nitrogen-cooled trap. Homologue distributions indicate that dechlorination/hydrogenation (DCH) reactions proceed in fly ash at T(s)>450 K. Arrhenius rate parameters for the DCH reactions have been determined for each homologue assuming that only DCH reactions occur. The fly ash heated under vacuum at 650 or 800 K was reheated at 573 K (300 degrees C) in a stream of dry or humid air to see how much PCDDs/DFs and dl-PCBs are regenerated. We have found that (1) PCDDs/DFs are regenerated in both 650 K and 800 K treated fly ash, whereas dl-PCBs are regenerated in 650 K treated fly ash, (2) formation of PCDFs predominates over that of PCDDs or dl-PCBs, and (3) less chlorinated homologues are abundant for PCDDs/DFs and dl-PCBs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Misaka
authors.forename: Kazushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawabe
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shobatake
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D060729:Coal Ash; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D006358:Hot Temperature; D017745:Incineration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007536:Isomerism; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D013499:Surface Properties; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D060729:Coal Ash; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D052638:Particulate Matter; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D002244:Carbon; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls