Relationships between laboratory and pilot‐scale combustion of some chlorinated hydrocarbons

Abstract

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Development of a thermal stability-based ranking of hazardous organic compound incinerability

“…Calculations and experimental observations have shown that the emissions of undestroyed, residual POHCs are kinetically, not thermodynamically controlled, (i.e., thermodynamic equilibrium calculations predict emission rates 3-10 orders of magnitude less than observed) (3,(10)(11)(12)(13). Thus, under the assumption that heterogeneous reactions are insignificant and mass transport is not rate-limiting, POHC destruction in incinerators is controlled by gasphase chemical kinetic factors including temperature, reaction atmosphere, and residence time.…”

“…Humic acid (HA) solution may enhance the removal of NPOC from soil and aquifer systems because dissolved humic acid was previously found to increase the apparent water solubility of NPOC (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). The increase in solubility in an aqueous system containing dissolved humic acid can be described by eq 1 (17):…”