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The influence of heavy metals on partitioning of PAHs during incineration
1Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, 40227, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. mywey@green.ev.nchu.edu.tw
Abstract:
The presence of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Pb and Zn) in feedstock increases the partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the solid as well as in the gaseous phases, which has been reported in our previous study. However, the partitioning of PAHs in air-pollution control equipment (APCE) has not been investigated thus far. Hence, the present work was conducted to study the partitioning of PAHs in APCE and the effect of heavy metals on PAHs formation by varying the target heavy metals in the feedstock.A fluidized bed incineration system which includes a primary combustion chamber (sand bed), a secondary combustion chamber (freeboard), and an APCE (cyclone and scrubber) was utilized in this study. The feedstock that contained various heavy metals was fed into the incinerator, and then the PAHs in the cyclone and scrubber were analyzed to determine the effect of heavy metals on PAHs partitioning. The results indicate that the presence of Pb and Zn in feedstock facilitates the formation of PAHs.
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