title: Emissions of Trace Products of Incomplete Combustion from a Pilot-Scale Incinerator Secondary Combustion Chamber.
abstract: Experiments were performed on a 73 kW rotary kiln incinerator simulator equipped with a 73 kW secondary combustion chamber (SCC) to examine emissions of products of incomplete combustion (PICs) resulting from incineration of carbon tetrachloride (CC14) and dichloromethane (CH2C12). Species were measured using an on-line gas chromatograph (GC) system capable of measuring concentrations of eight species of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a near-realtime fashion. Samples were taken at several points within the SCC, to generate species profiles with respect to system residence time. For the experiments, the afterburner on the SCC was operated at conditions ranging from fuel-rich to fuellean, while the kiln was operated at a constant set of conditions. Results indicate that combustion of CH2C12 produces higher levels of measured PICs than combustion of CC14, particularly 1, 2 dichlorobenzene, and to a lesser extent, monochlorobenzene. Benzene emissions were predominantly affected by the afterburner air/fuel ratio regardless of whether or not a surrogate waste was being fed.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lemieux
authors.affiliation: a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Jeffrey V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.affiliation: b New Jersey Institute of Technology , Newark , New Jersey.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barat