Article,
Chloroaromatic formation in incineration processes
The Science of the Total Environment, (2001)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00829-9
Abstract
The high-temperature reactions of chlorinated hydrocarbons are reviewed
with a primary focus on the gas-phase molecular growth chemistry
and elementary reaction mechanisms leading to the formation of chlorinated
benzenes and chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Recent
heterogeneous mechanistic studies of the chlorination and condensation
of aliphatic hydrocarbons at lower temperatures are also summarized.
CopperŽII. valent species play an important role as catalyst and
reagent. The main thermal pathways for chlorinated dibenzodioxins
and furans have been deduced by these laboratory experiments, which
try to model the complex reality of the post-incineration zone of
municipal and hazardous waste incinerators.
Tags
- aromatic
- benzenes;
- chlorinated
- dibenzo-p-dioxins;
- furan
- growth;
- hydrocarbons;
- molecular
- polychlorinated
- polycyclic
- pyrolysis;
