Formations and controls of HCl and PAHs by different additives during waste incineration

This study employed a laboratory-scale fluidized bed incinerator to investigate the formations and controls of hydrogen chloride (HCl) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by adding different additives in the feedstock during waste incineration. The effects of different organic and inorganic chlorides on the formation and control of HCl and PAHs were also studied. Additionally, the thermodynamic equilibrium modeling was also carried out to interpret and compare with the experimental results.Experimental results showed that the formation of HCl was related to the potential of chlorine released from the combustion of different chlorides. Organic chloride PVC had greater potential to form HCl than inorganic chloride NaCl. The performances of additives were affected by incineration temperature. Increasing temperature decreased the control efficiency of additives because the emission yields of HCl and Cl2 were increased with temperature. The control efficiencies for HCl and Cl2 by calcium based additives (Ca(OH)2, CaO, CaCO3) were better than that by magnesium based additive (Mg(OH)2) and CaO was the best additive. The control efficiencies of PAHs by adding CaO in the feedstock were not apparent because the fluidization quality in the fluidized bed incinerator was decreased.