Waste Incineration
Waste incineration process monitoring, dioxin emissions research
Dioxin, furans and other volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) emitted by incineration plants can be harmful
to our health and our environment when present in the
air in certain concentrations.
The emission of dioxin depends on criteria
which is not completely determined but related to
incineration conditions such as chemical composition
of waste or physical form.
The PTR-MS solutions of Ionicon give incinerator operators and control agencies the ability to quantify relevant compounds in real-time, without complicated measurement set-ups and at a detection limit as low as 5 pptv. Exhaust gas can be analyzed directly and not from samples taken before. Therefore the emission effects of specific materials can be measured during the whole burning process.
Results from process monitoring with PTR-MS in waste incineration plants
The measurement of dioxin surrogates or indicators such as
chlorophenols and naphthalene by using a PTR-MS was
successfully demonstrated at incinerator plants in Japan*.
The results shows that the occurrence of monochlorophenols and naphthalene was dramatically changed with variations of incineration conditions in short time periods.
*Dr. Akio Shimono and Dr. Makoto Naganuma, Sanyu Plant Service Co., Ltd., Japan
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