Removal of PCDD/Fs and PCBs from flue gas using a pilot gas cleaning system
Xiaoqing Lin , Yuqi Jin
,
Hailong Wu
,
Tong Chen
,
Xiaodong Li
,
Shengyong Lu
,
Xuguang Jiang
,
Jianhua Yan
DOI:10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60292-7
Received January 15, 2013,Revised March 19, 2013, Accepted , Available online September 06, 2013
Volume 25,2013,Pages 1833-1840
A 100 Nm3/hr capacity pilot scale dual bag filter (DBF) system was tested on the flue gas from an actual hazardous waste incinerator (HWI), the removal efficiency of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was also studied. The first filter collected most of the fly ash and associated chlorinated organic; then activated carbon (AC) was injected and used to collect phase chlorinated organic from the gas. Concentrations of PCDD/Fs and PCBs after the DBF system were 0.07 and 0.01 ng TEQ/Nm3, respectively, which were both far below the national emission standard. Comparing with the original single bag filter system, the PCDD/Fs concentration dropped a lot from 0.36 to 0.07 ng TEQ/Nm3. Increasing AC feeding rate enhanced their collection efficiency, yet reduced the AC utilization efficiency, and it still needs further study to select an appropriate feeding rate in the system. These results will be useful for industrial application and assist in controlling emissions of PCDD/Fs and other persistent organic pollutions from stationary sources in China.
