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  • Title: Evaluation of PCDD/F congener distributions in MWI flue gas treated with SCR catalysts.
    Author: Chang MB, Chi KH, Chang-Chien GP.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2004 Jun; 55(11):1457-67. PubMed ID: 15099725.
    Abstract:
    Partitioning of PCDD/F congeners between gaseous and particulate phases and removal efficiencies of the air pollution control devices (APCDs) for PCDD/Fs at an existing municipal waste incinerator (MWI) in Taiwan are evaluated via stack sampling and analysis. The MWI investigated is equipped with electrostatic precipitators (EP), wet scrubbers (WS) and selective catalytic reduction system (SCR) as APCDs. The average PCDD/F concentration of stack gas is 1.49 ng/Nm3, and the International Toxic Equivalent Quantity (I-TEQ) is 0.043 ng-I-TEQ/Nm3. The EP increases PCDD/F concentration by 174.0% while the average removal efficiency of WS+SCR system for PCDD/Fs reaches 99.1%. In addition, the PCDF removal efficiency achieved with WS+SCR system (97.1-99.8%) is higher than that for PCDDs (96.5-99.3%). The results obtained on gas/particulate partitioning in flue gas indicate that the particulate-phase PCDD/Fs accounted for 65% at the inlet of EP, 20% at the outlet of EP and 50% at the stack, respectively, of the total PCDD/F concentrations. This study also indicates that as the chlorination level of PCDD/F congeners increases, the percentage of PCDD/Fs existing in gas phase decreases in all flue gas samples.
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