Open Access Gold as soon as Publ. Version/Full Text is submitted to ZB.
PCDD/F inhibition by prior addition of urea to the solid fuel in laboratory experiments and results statistical evaluation.
Chemosphere 42, 737-743 (2001)
The objectives of this work were to study the effect of urea addition to the fuel before the combustion on the suppression of PCDD/F emissions, to examine the influence of urea to PCDD/F isomer patterns by employing statistical analysis techniques and to determine the most effective method of urea addition. Urea in the form of powder and as an aqueous solution was mixed with RDF and the fuel mixtures were incinerated in a lab-scale reactor at 1000 degreesC. PCDD/F emitted during combustion experiments were collected in a quartz wool filter downstream the reactor unit. Analysis and quantification of PCDD/F showed that urea significantly affected PCDD/F emissions. Combustion of RDF containing 10% w/w urea resulted in PCDD/F emissions lower than 8 I-TEQ ng/g RDF, while the corresponding average value from single RDF combustion was 17 I-TEQ ng/g RDF. The PCDD/F prevention capacity of urea was independent from the method of urea addition to the fuel, as similar results were obtained after the addition of urea in the solid and in the aqueous phases. Results assessment by statistical methods showed that isomer patterns remained almost stable and were not affected by the method of urea addition.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Scopus
Cited By
Cited By
Altmetric
1.033
0.000
30
Annotations
Special Publikation
Hide on homepage
Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Combustion; PCDD/F; Emission reduction; Prevention; Inhibition
Language
english
Publication Year
2001
HGF-reported in Year
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0045-6535
e-ISSN
1879-1298
Journal
Chemosphere
Quellenangaben
Volume: 42 ,
Issue: 5-7,
Pages: 737-743
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
Kidlington, Oxford
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)
PSP Element(s)
G-505100-001
Scopus ID
0035128910
Erfassungsdatum
2001-12-31