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Mechanochemical Degradation of OCDD/OCDF in Fly Ash from Medical Waste Incinerators

  • Mao Qiongjing ,
  • Peng Zheng ,
  • Lu Shengyong ,
  • Li Xiaodong ,
  • Yan Jianhua
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  • a State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027;
    b Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection of People's Republic of China, Beijing 100035

Received date: 2011-04-07

  Revised date: 2011-10-10

  Online published: 2011-11-28

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Project supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program, No. 2011CB201500), Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province (No. 2009C13004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50776081).

Abstract

Applying mechanochemical (MC) method to treat waste containing dioxins is our research area. Two fly ash samples are collected from baghouse filters cleaning the effluent of a rotary kiln pyrolysis+ fluidized bed post-combustor and of a simple fixed bed medical waste incinerator (MWI). Dioxins and other organics in fly ash are removed, octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and -furan (OCDD/OCDF) are used to dope the fly ash before their MC treatment in a laboratory developed planetary ball mill. In the case of fly ash from a simple fixed bed MWI, the contents of OCDD and OCDF are decreased by 64.7% and 63.6% respectively and the degree of chlorination decreases from 6.86 to 5.53. The treated fly ash is characterized by a more homogeneous distribution, a significant decrease in overall particle size as well as great enlargement in surface area and significant reduction of the original CaCO3 content. The experimental results show that the MC degradation of dioxins is significant, and certain compounds (CaCO3 et al.) in fly ash may act as dechlorinating reductant (e.g. CaO) in the process. The experiment may be practically helpful for removal of dioxin-like POPs in medical waste incineration fly ash.

Cite this article

Mao Qiongjing , Peng Zheng , Lu Shengyong , Li Xiaodong , Yan Jianhua . Mechanochemical Degradation of OCDD/OCDF in Fly Ash from Medical Waste Incinerators[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2012 , 0(05) : 659 -666 . DOI: 10.6023/A1104073

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