title: Desorption of PCDD/PCDF from municipal solid waste incinerator flyash under post-combustion plant conditions.
abstract: The influence of temperature on the levels of PCDD and PCDF remaining in, and desorbed from, a municipal solid waste incinerator flyash was investigated by heating the ash to between 200 and 400 degrees C under a simulated flue gas for four days reaction time. Considerable desorption of PCDD/PCDF from the flyash was seen at 275 degrees C and above. Maximum desorption occurred at 350 degrees C, with the equivalent of nearly eight times the total PCDD/PCDF concentration of the original flyash being lost to the vapour phase per unit mass of initial flyash. The I-TEQ value of the desorbed PCDD/PCDF was considerable, being over fourteen times that of the original flyash at 325 degrees C. The results indicate that formation of PCDD/PCDF on flyash deposits in the post-combustion plant of incinerators can result in the release of significant amounts of PCDD/PCDF to the flue gas stream.
authors.affiliation: Energy and Resources Research Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Adrian M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cunliffe
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water