title: The behavior of PCDD and PCDF during thermal treatment of waste incineration ash.
abstract: The polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) content of three fly ash samples with different elemental compositions from different municipal waste incinerators were analyzed before and after thermal treatment at 300 °C or 500 °C. Gas phase emissions during the treatments were also collected and analyzed. Substantial reductions in the total PCCD/F content of the ashes were observed after treatment at 500 °C, seemingly due to degradation rather than dechlorination. Treatment at 300 °C resulted in an increase in the PCDD/F content of the three ashes. Initial concentration of PCDD/F in the untreated ashes did not reflect the outcome of the treatment at the different temperatures. In addition, the composition of the ash was found to influence the rate of decomposition and formation of PCDD and PCDF during thermal treatment; the results showed that Cu, Fe, Ca and S play important roles in these processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. lisa.lundin@chem.umu.se
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aurell
authors.forename: Stellan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marklund
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006361:Heating; D017745:Incineration / Q000379:methods*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins