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BEHAVIOR OF ARSENIC IN A ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR
Citation:
Thurnau, R. BEHAVIOR OF ARSENIC IN A ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/178 (NTIS PB91131656), 1990.
Description:
Changes in waste disposal patterns prompted by newly enacted legislation has resulted in a significant change in the composition of hazardous wastes presented for incineration. etal containing wastes that were historically landfilled are now being incinerated with increasing frequency. o study the distribution patterns of metals that are subjected to incineration, a series of pilot-scale incineration tests were performed at EPA's Incineration Research Facility. tilizing the variables of: combustion temperature and feed chlorine concentration, a series of eight tests were completed to evaluate the behavior of: rsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, magnesium and strontium. emperature data showed that arsenic barium, copper, strontium, chromium, and magnesium were relatively nonvolatile. he feed chorine had a major effect on the volatility of cadmium, lead and bismuth, with the volatility increasing with increased feed chlorine content.
