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RECORD NUMBER: 503 OF 3813Main Title | An Experimental investigation of PIC formation in CFC-12 incineration / | |||||||||||
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Author | Springsteen, Bruce, ; Hassel, G. R. | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Energy and Environmental Research Corp. for US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-68-CO-0094; EPA/600/R-93/078 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB93-191294 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Combustion efficiency ; Incinerators ; Freons ; Air pollution sampling ; Flames ; Propane ; Flue gases ; Waste treatment ; Air pollution effects ; Halohydrocarbons ; Fluorohydrocarbons ; Dichlorodifluoromethane ; Combustion products ; Experimental design ; Concentration(Composition) ; Furans ; Water injection ; Destruction ; Temperature ; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins ; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans ; Freon 11 ; Freon 12 | |||||||||||
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Collation | 138 pages : illustrations | |||||||||||
Abstract | The report gives results of experiments to determine the effect of flame zone temperature on gas-phase flame formation and destruction of products of incomplete combustion (PICs) during dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) incineration. The effect of water injection into the flame zone was also studied. Tests involved burning CFC-12 in a propane gas flame. Combustion gas samples were taken and analyzed for volatile organic compounds as well as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran (PCDD/PCDF). PCDD/PCDF were not detected at baseline operating conditions (1204C and 9.3 percent CFC-12 by volume in fuel). Low levels of PCDD/PCDF were detected in the combustion gas at a lower temperature (913C). Poor combustion conditions producing smoke and soot may have contributed to the formation of PCDD/PCDF. Low levels of PCDD/PCDF were also detected at the lower temperature with water injection into the flame zone. |
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Notes | "EPA 600/R-93-078." Microfiche. |