Formation and emission status of PCDDs/PCDFs in municipal solid waste incinerators in Korea

This study was carried out to examine the formation and the emission status of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) in the flue gases of commercial-scale municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators, and thus to provide the engineering data for the reduction of PCDDs/PCDFs emitted from MSW incinerators. The formation concentrations of the PCDDs/PCDFs generated at the outlet of waste heat boilers (WHB) were in the range of 1.18-29.61 ng-TEQ/N m3 (average 5.75 ng-TEQ/N m3), while the emission concentrations at the stacks were in the range of 0.026-4.548 ng-TEQ/N m3 (average 0.924 ng-TEQ/N m3). Two major 2,3,7,8-substituted congeners were 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF and 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF, and their concentrations were up to 50% and 64% of total TEQ values at the outlet of WHB and the stack, respectively. From the results of multi-regression analysis, the formation concentration of PCDDs/PCDFs could be predicted as follows with the correlation factor of r2 = 0.962: PCDDs/PCDFs (ng-TEQ/N m3) = 3.036 (Cl) + 0.094 (T1) - 0.472 (Combustibles) + 0.059 (CO) - 0.039 (THC) - 3.366 (H) + 22.157, where T1 (degrees C) is the temperature at the outlet of the WHB. Cl, Combustibles and H are given as percentages and the others are in parts per million.     

垃圾焚烧残渣填埋场渗滤液回喷处理试验研究

研究了回喷负荷、回喷次数对焚烧残渣填埋场渗滤液回喷处理的影响。正交试验结果表明,回喷负荷为24.6 L/(m2·d)、回喷次数为6次/d时,蒸发比为0.94,影响蒸发比的关键因素是回喷负荷,其次为回喷次数,二者的交互作用对蒸发比影响不显著。     

Removal efficiencies of PCDDs/PCDFs by air pollution control devices in municipal solid waste incinerators

Removal efficiencies of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) by air pollution control devices (APCDs) in the commercial-scale municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators with a capacity of above 200 ton/day were evaluated. The removal efficiencies of PCDDs/PCDFs were up to 95% when the activated carbon (AC) was injected in front of electrostatic precipitator (EP). Spray dryer absorber/bag filter (SDA/BF) had high removal efficiency (99%)) of PCDDs/PCDFs when a mixture of lime and AC was sprayed into the SDA. When the AC was not added in scrubbing solution, the whole congeners of PCDDs/PCDFs were enriched in the wet scrubber (WS) with negative removal efficiencies of -25% to -5731%. Discharge of PCDDs/PCDFs was decreased with increasing the proportions of AC added in scrubbing solution. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system had the removal efficiencies of up to 93% during the test operation.     

Leaching characteristics of PCDDs/DFs and dioxin-like PCBs from landfills containing municipal solid waste and incineration residues

To investigate the leaching characteristic of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as non-ortho and mono-ortho substituted chlorobiphebyls (dioxin-like PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/DFs), in leachate from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill sites containing incineration residues, raw leachate samples were collected twice from 12 selected MSW landfill sites. The samples were divided into their liquid and solid phases using GF/B (pore size 1.0 microm), and the concentrations of POPs then determined. The concentrations of PCDDs/DFs ranged from 0.65 to 5.88 pg-TEQ/l (average 2.86 pg-TEQ/l), and those of dioxin-like PCBs from 0.05 to 0.32 pg-TEQ/l (average 0.18 pg-TEQ/l). The major congeners of leached PCDDs/DFs and dioxin-like PCBs in liquid and solid phases were OCDD (about 60%), 2,3',4,4',5-PeCBs (about 30%), and 2,3,4,4',5-PeCBs (about 54%). The relationship between landfill age and the leaching concentration of PCDDs/DFs, and effects of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) on the leaching of PCDDs/DFs are also discussed. Finally, a leaching prediction model of PCDDs/DFs from MSW landfills has been suggested using parameters, such as hydrophobic neutral organic carbons, total dissolved solid, and the ratio of non-biodegradable wastes in landfill sites.     

Dechlorination and destruction of PCDDs/PCDFs in fly ashes from municipal solid waste incinerators by low temperature thermal treatment

Dechlorination and destruction characteristics of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) in fly ashes from commercial-scale municipal solid waste incinerators by low temperature thermal treatment using a laboratory-scale heating system were investigated. Experiments were carried out in reducing atmosphere at temperatures of 300 degrees C, 450 degrees C and 600 degrees C respectively, for the treatment time of 1h and 3h. Concentrations of PCDDs/PCDFs in raw fly ashes ranged from 35.5 to 107.3 microg kg(-1) (1.5-3.4 microg TEQ kg(-1)) and treated fly ashes ranged from 0.34 to 45.3 microg kg(-1) (0.012-1.63 microg TEQ kg(-1)). Concentrations of PCDDs/PCDFs in fly ashes treated at the different temperatures and times were observed to decrease with increase of treatment temperature and time by dechlorination or destruction. The distribution of octa- and hepta-chlorinated congeners were decreased and tetra-, penta- and hexa-chlorinated congeners were increased at 300 degrees C and 450 degrees C, but the distribution of octa- and hepta-chlorinated congeners were increased and tetra-, penta- and hexa-chlorinated congeners were again decreased at 600 degrees C. Total destruction efficiencies of PCDDs/PCDFs in fly ashes showed above 95% at the treatment temperature of 450 degrees C for 3h. However, removal efficiency of each congener in fly ashes varied, especially, 2,3,7,8-TeCDD and 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD in fly ash A increased. And the dechlorination and destruction characteristics of PCDDs/PCDFs in fly ash A and B was different due to difference in contents of Ca-compounds and metal oxides such as CuO and PbO in fly ashes.     

Fate of antimony in municipal solid waste incineration

The average antimony concentration in municipal solid waste is estimated to be about 10-60 ppm. Thermodynamical models predict a volatile behavior for antimony compounds, yet literature mass balances show that about 50% of the antimony input remains in the grate ashes. This fact can be explained by the formation of thermally stable antimonates in the fuel bed due to interactions with alkali or earth-alkali metals. Thermogravimetric experiments revealed an increased thermal stability for antimony oxide in presence of oxygen and calcium oxide. Spiking experiments on the test incinerator TAMARA showed that chlorination processes have a strong effect on antimony volatilization whereas high fuel-bed temperatures and addition of antimony oxide only have a moderate effect. In the grate ashes, antimony shows a pH-depending leaching property, which is typical for anionic species. This fact supports the thesis that antimony is present in the grate ashes in an anionic speciation.     

满足《生活垃圾填埋污染控制标准》的生活垃圾焚烧飞灰重金属药剂稳定化研究

基于<生活垃圾填埋污染控制标准>(GB 16889-2008)对生活垃圾焚烧飞灰(以下简称飞灰)的豁免管理规定,选用磷酸盐组合药剂和硫基螯合剂对飞灰进行重金属稳定化实验,考察了2类药剂对飞灰重金属的稳定效果.寻求达到最佳重金属稳定效果的药剂添加量,同时分析了稳定化飞灰进入生活垃圾填埋场时初期渗滤液中的重金属浸出情况.结...     

Determination of PCDDs and PCDFs in PCB oil from a hazardous waste site

This paper describes the analysis of hazardous waste oil samples with procedures that were developed primarily to clean up and analyze biological samples. Details of the cleanup procedure and the results from the analysis of several waste PCB oil samples are presented.     

Sampling,occurrence and evaluation of PCDDs and PCDFs from incinerated solid urban waste

The sampling procedure of solid and gaseous pollutants, contained in flue gas emitted into the atmosphere by solid waste incinerating furnaces were investigated. Because of their extraordinary toxicological properties, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are taken into particular consideration. The analytical work is based on the use of high-resolution gas chromatography in combination with low-resolution mass spectrometry. Details of the extensive sample clean-up will follow the GC-MS separation and identification of the isomers detected for each group of PCDDs and PCDFs. Quantitative data of these pollutants distribution levels deriving from different investigated incinerators are also reported.     

Metal partitioning in products of incineration of municipal solid waste

Metals contained in the waste transfer to the waste incineration products, including flue gas, fly ash, and bottom ash, as different oxide, nitride, carbides, and other phases. Most of the metal-based phases formed in incineration are toxic and their emissions need to be strictly controlled. Therefore, behavior of metal species during incineration must be well understood. Such understanding is possible based on the experimental identification of the metal phases formed in the waste combustion and determination of their concentration in various incineration products. To avoid well-known experimental difficulties of the industrial waste incinerators associated with the poor fuel/conditions reproducibility and limited instrumentation, a 140,000 Btu/h pilot-scale, laboratory burner was constructed, characterized and operated at NJIT. A synthetic fuel representative of the municipal solid waste in the US was formulated and produced in 600-Lb batches. The solid fuel contained Fe and SiO2 as main constituents, and was doped with trace amounts of Al, Ni, Cr, Hg and PbO. Several experiments have been conducted on combustion of the synthetic fuel in the pilot-scale incinerator with varying fuel-air equivalence ratio. Both gaseous and condensed combustion products were sampled and analyzed. Atomic absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction were used to analyze total metal contents and metal containing phases in the incineration products. Thermodynamic equilibrium computations were performed to obtain the adiabatic flame temperature and identify the phases of the metal-containing products formed at the equilibrium conditions. The results of the equilibrium computations performed at the varied fuel/air ratios were compared with the observed experimental results.     

城市垃圾焚烧厂直接掺烧城市污泥处置技术及其污染控制

为研究有效处置城市污泥的方法,通过改变掺烧配比、监测燃烧烟气等对燃烧过程的探索,研究了城市污泥直接与城市生活垃圾焚烧厂中的垃圾进行掺烧混烧的处置技术。结果表明：直接掺烧12.5%左右的城市污泥混烧,对生活垃圾入炉量、焚烧炉稳定以及污染物的排放量均未产生较大影响;根据掺烧城市污泥的烟气监测结果,直接掺烧城市污泥后,排放的污染物浓度虽略有升高,但都满足排放要求;掺烧前后产生的固体废物产生量基本没有太大变化,也未对周围环境造成影响。生活垃圾焚烧厂按照一定比例直接掺烧城市污泥(含水率80.0%)在技术上可行,可为城市污泥处置提供新思路。     

广州李坑生活垃圾填埋场周围植被现状调查与影响分析

为对垃圾填埋场封场后如何进行生态恢复研究提供基础资料，对超负荷运转中的广州市李坑生活垃圾填埋场周围的植被现状进行了调查，测算了物种量、覆盖度、污染状况等。同时运用植被覆盖度、结构、物种量和相对物种量等级评价以及对Zn、Cd等6种污染物的质量指数进行了评价。结果表明，所调查填埋场场区及灌区内有轻度污染，而场外与灌区外则相对较轻或无污染。     

水泥对垃圾焚烧飞灰的固化处理试验研究

对垃圾焚烧飞灰的化学成分、重金属物质的含量及浸出浓度进行测试分析.结果表明,飞灰中Pb和Cr等重金属物质浸出量超过浸出毒性标准,因而被认为是危险废物,必须进行固化处理.还考察了水泥对焚烧飞灰中重金属物质固化的效果,研究表明当飞灰掺量适当时,重金属物质的固化效果良好.重金属物质通过物理固封、替代,沉淀反应和吸附等形式可固化进水泥水化产物结构中.     

生活垃圾填埋场不同填埋方式填埋气特性研究

对于国内外在传统的厌氧填埋和新型的准好氧填埋两种不同运行方式下对填埋气的特性研究作了简介。通过比较分析，传统的厌氧填埋结构中填埋气的甲烷含量比较高（40％～60％），而准好氧填埋中填埋气的甲烷含量只有10％～20％。对于中小型的填埋场，由于技术和成本的制约，建立准好氧填埋场，不仅有利于加快垃圾的稳定化进程，还可以减少甲烷的生成量，减轻对环境所造成的污染。     

Synthetic fuel for imitation of municipal solid waste in experimental studies of waste incineration

Synthetic fuel is prepared to imitate municipal solid waste (MSW) in experimental studies of incineration processes. The fuel is composed based on the Environmental Protection Agency reports on the materials contained in MSW. Uniform synthetic fuel pellets are prepared using available and inexpensive components including newsprint, hardwood mulch, low density polyethylene, iron, animal feed, sand, and water to imitate paperbound, wood, yard trimming, plastic, metal, food wastes, and other materials in MSW. The synthetic fuel preparation procedure enables one to reproduce and modify the fuel for a wide range of experiments in which the mechanisms of waste incineration are addressed. The fuel is characterized using standard ASTM tests and it is shown that its parameters, such as combustion enthalpy, density, as well as moisture, ash and fixed carbon contents are adequate for the representation of municipal solid waste. In addition, chlorine, nitrogen, and sulfur contents of the fuel are shown to be similar to those of MSW. Experiments are conducted in which the synthetic fuel is used for operation of a pilot-scale incinerator research facility. Steady-state temperature operation regimes are achieved and reproduced in these experiments. Thermodynamic equilibrium flame conditions are computed using an isentropic one-dimensional equilibrium code for a wide range of fuel/air ratios. The molecular species used to represent the fuel composition included cellulose, water, iron, polyethylene, methanamine, and silica. The predicted concentrations of carbon monoxide, nitric oxides, and oxygen in the combustion products are compared with the respective experimental concentrations in the pilot-scale incinerator exhaust.     

垃圾渗滤液物化处理研究

采用物化处理方法对垃圾渗滤液进行处理,反应时间为1 h,进水的pH为7,出水的pH调至12,澄清后的pH调节到7～8,试验结果表明,COD的浓度从7452 mg/L降低到67 mg/L,去除率达到99.1%;TN的浓度从1055 mg/L降低到637 mg/L,去除率达到40%;TP的浓度从13.2 mg/L降低到未检出,去除率达到100%;色度从2048倍降低到1倍;除TN以外,COD、TP和色度均可达到国家规定的排放标准.     

地聚合材料固化处理垃圾焚烧飞灰

以垃圾焚烧飞灰和高岭土为主要原料,氢氧化钾为碱激活剂制备了地聚合材料,当焚烧飞灰的掺加量在70%时,其28 d抗压强度可达19.36 MPa。重金属浸出实验表明,地聚合物材料对垃圾焚烧飞灰中的重金属有明显的固化效果,在28 d时基本无溶出。SEM结果表明,地聚合材料的断面结构与力学性能和固化效果相关,XRD和FTIR的分析结果表明,焚烧飞灰和高岭土在碱的激发下生成新的硅铝酸盐聚合物,所得地聚合材料为无定形态。     

城市垃圾焚烧底灰资源化处理的可行性研究

对天津某城市垃圾焚烧发电厂的垃圾焚烧底灰进行采样,测试评价了不同粒径焚烧底灰的工程特性及环境风险,并以焚烧底灰为骨料制备混凝土平板试件,分析了焚烧底灰中杂质组分对再生建筑材料的工程特性影响.研究发现,焚烧底灰的颗粒级配分布、主要元素成分及含量、砂当量、压实强度与天然建筑骨料相似,且不同粒径的焚烧底灰在使用过程中无毒性重...     

垃圾焚烧飞灰浸出特性及固化试验的研究

垃圾焚烧飞灰残留有重金属元素和二恶英等物质而被认为是危险废物,必须对之进行稳定化处理.通过试验研究分析了国内首家自主开发成功的广东省东莞市某回转窑垃圾焚烧发电厂垃圾焚烧飞灰的化学成分及矿物组成,研究了飞灰的浸出毒性,考察了水泥固化焚烧飞灰的效果,并与熔融/玻璃固化进行了比较.研究表明,该焚烧飞灰中重金属Cd的浸出毒性严重超标,并且随pH值的减小而增大,水泥固化效果随龄期的增大而更加显著.熔融/玻璃固化的效果优于水泥固化,但其经济性有待提高.     

IMR-MS on-line measurements in the exhaust gas of a municipal solid waste incineration pilot plant (Tamara)

The major inorganic components identified by ion-molecule reaction mass spectrometry (IMR-MS) raw gas measurements performed at the TAMARA facility include O₂, H₂O, CO₂, HCl, SO₂ and NO Higher concentrations of organic components, i.e. organic substance amounts > 10 m:1/m³ are not observed during normal operation. The concentrations of acetic and formic acids measured in the raw gas by the IMR-MS method range between “not detectable” (i.e. < 0.5 mg/Nm³) and 5 mg/Nm³. A relationship to the incineration parameters has not yet been established In case of operation failures, which are indicated by a CO increase, other organic compounds, e.g. acetaldehyde or benzene can be identified by the IMR-MS method Hence, the results obtained by IMR-MS in on-line emission control of a waste incineration gas are far more precise than the FID values. By IMR-MS measurements above the waste bed, a multitude of strong signals are recorded, which indicates the presence of a number of organic compounds in high concentrations (10 – 10000 mg/Nm³). A quantification during a “snapshot” has been accomplished for benzene (4000 mg/Nm³) and toluene (300 mg/Nm³).