Evaluation of PCDD/Fs emission from fluidized bed incinerators co-firing MSW with coal in China.

The levels and homologue profile of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from stack gas of three typical fluidized bed incinerators co-firing municipal solid waste (MSW) with Chinese coal were measured. The PCDD/Fs emission was in the range of 0.0054-0.1961 ng I-TEQ/N m(3). Comparison of PCDD/Fs detection results by HRGC/HRMS and HRGC/LRMS suggested that it was feasible to detect fly ash with high PCDD/Fs concentration by HRGC/LRMS. Several factors on PCDD/Fs emission were discussed. The primary reason for the lower PCDD/Fs emission was the inhibition mechanism of relatively high sulfur in feeding coal on PCDD/Fs formation. The emission results also showed that there was no directly correlation between PCDD/Fs levels and CO, O(2) and HCl concentration in flue gas. It was estimated that about 0.1034 g I-TEQ was annually emitted to atmosphere from the tested three MSW incinerators (total daily treatment capacity is 800 tonnes MSW).

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