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RECORD NUMBER: 2022 OF 3034Main Title | Parametric evaluation of VOC/HAP destruction via catalytic incineration : final report / | |||||||||||
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Author | Palazzolo, M. A. ; Steinmetz, J. I. ; Lewis, D. L. ; Beltz, J. F. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab. | |||||||||||
Publisher | GPO, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1985 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/2-85/041; EPA-68-02-3171; EPA-68-02-3515 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB85-191187 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Volatile organic compounds ; Acrylonitrile ; Incineration ; Hazardous wastes--Incineration ; Air--Pollution--Measurement | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Hazardous materials ; Air pollution control ; Incinerators ; Catalysis ; Solvents ; Waste disposal ; Toxicity ; Performance evaluation ; Design criteria ; Alcohols ; Industrial wastes ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Combustion products ; Ketones ; Aldehydes ; Aromatic compounds ; Ethylene ; Ethylene oxide ; Volatile organic compounds ; Cellosolves | |||||||||||
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Collation | 325 pages : illustrations | |||||||||||
Abstract | The report describes the use of a pilot-scale catalytic incineration unit/solvent generation system to investigate the effectiveness of catalytic incineration as a way to destroy volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous/toxic air pollutants (HAPs). Objectives of the study were to: (1) investigate the effects of operating and design variables on the destruction efficiency of VOC/HAP mixtures, and (2) evaluate destruction efficiencies for specific compounds in different chemical classes. Study results verified that the following factors affect catalyst performance: inlet temperature, space velocity, catalyst geometry, compound type, compound inlet concentration, and mixture composition. Tests showed that destruction efficiencies exceeding 98 percent were possible (given sufficiently high inlet temperatures/low space velocities) for the following compounds/compound classes: alcohols, acetates, ketones, cellosolves/dioxane, aldehydes, aromatics, and ethylene/ethylene oxide. Destruction efficiencies of at least 97 percent were achieved for acrylonitrile and cresol. Chlorinated hydrocarbons were not effectively destroyed with the type of catalyst used in this study. |
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Notes | "April 1985." "EPA/600/2-85/041." "EPA contracts 68-02-3171, Task 88 and 68-02-3515, Task 28." Microfiche. |