US EPA

28633 

Journal Article 

Using hydrogen peroxide or ozone to enhance the incineration of volatile organic vapors 

Martinez, A; Geiger, C; Hewett, M; Clausen, CA; Cooper, CD 

1993 

1 

Waste Management
ISSN: 0956-053X
EISSN: 1879-2456 

BIOSIS/93/32489 

13 

3 

261-270 

English 

BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The destruction of certain hazardous Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by incineration requires high temperatures and long residence times. This oxidation process occurs by a complex series of chemical reactions, initiated and propagated by the reactive radicals: hydroxyl (OH), oxygen atoms (0), hydrogen atoms (H), and hydroperoxyl (HO2). It was postulated that the addition of radical sources-such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or ozone (O3)-to a heated stream of VOCs in air, would enhance the kinetics of the thermal oxidation. In practice, addition of enhancers to post-flame gases in a real incinerator should result in lower incineration temperatures or shorter residence times to obtain the required destruction and removal efficiency (DRE). In this work, the VOCs studied include n-heptane, chlorobenzene, and isopropanol; less extensive experiments were also conducted on trichloroethylene and heptane/chlorobenzene mixtures. The reactor was a 200 cm long, 6 mm diameter quar 

Ecology; Biochemistry-Gases (1970- ); Biochemical Studies-General; Biophysics-Molecular Properties and Macromolecules; External Effects-Temperature as a Primary Variable-Hot (1971- ); Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air