Low waste feed concentrations and destruction removal efficiency

摘要

In the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded research on destruction and removal efficiencies (DREs) at eight hazardous waste incinerators. This research appeared to show that DREs of 99.99 /100 could not be achieved at low waste feed principal hazardous organic constituent (POHC) concentrations. During the mid 1980s and 1990s however, testing at Superfund sites has indicated that DREs of 99.9999/100 or greater can be achieved at low waste feed POHC concentrations. This paper will summarize testing which includes 32 test runs at fives Superfund sites and the EPA's incineration research facility. The tests include POHC concentrations form 6552 parts per million down to 28 parts per million at typical DREs of 6-9s or greater.