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Catalytically Stabilized Thermal Incineration of Volatile Organic Compounds
EPA Contract Number: 68D00041Title: Catalytically Stabilized Thermal Incineration of Volatile Organic Compounds
Investigators: Pfefferle, William
Small Business: Precision Combustion, Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1990 through April 1, 1991
Project Amount: $49,956
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1990) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Air Pollution , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) , Air Quality and Air Toxics
Description:
A unique gas turbine/VOC incineration system based on catalytically stabilized (CSI) incineration is proposed, of- fering both very low net costs and ultra high destruction of organics in any organic fume or air stream, including those laden with particulates (whether organic, such as cotton or grain dusts, or inorganic submicron particles). The system will provide improved destruction compared to alternate approaches, such as GAC, catalytic oxidation and thermal incineration, and at the same time through its electricity- generating configuration will generate sufficient electricity to reduce net costs well below those of the alternate systems. Phase I will involve laboratory testing of the combustor component of the system as well as preliminary system design. Several VOC streams will be tesed. Destruction efficiency greater than 99.9999% is expected and organic submicron size particulate matter will also be combusted. In Phase II, a field prototype will be built and operated.Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Air, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Toxics, Chemical Engineering, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, 33/50, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science, Incineration/Combustion, Atmospheric Sciences, air toxics, Environmental Engineering, hazardous air pollutants, incineration, aerosol particles, catalytic combustion, emission control strategies, combustion exhaust gases, catalytically stabilized incineration, benzene, emission controls, methyl ethyl ketone, particulate matter, Trichloroethylene, thermal incineration, chemical contaminants, combustion, hazardous waste incinerators, Toluene, atmospheric particles, combustion byproducts, emission control technologies, combustion technology, catalytically stablizied incineration, air pollutants, energy efficiency, atmospheric aerosols, VOCs, emissions contol engineering, pollution control technologies, air pollution, ambient air quality, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), catalytic oxidation, air pollution controlProgress and Final Reports:
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