Kinetic modeling of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran formation based on carbon degradation reactions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7218-7224

  Grandesso, Emanuela ^a,b   Ryan, Shawn ^c   Gullett, Brian ^a   Touati, Abderrahmane ^d   Collina, Elena ^b   Lasagni, Marina ^b   Pitea, Demetrio ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ARCADIS Geraghty and Miller Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORINE; COAL ASH; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; DUST; FLY ASH; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOOT; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEPOSITS; EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ASH DEPOSITS; CARBON DEGRADATION; CARBON DEPOSITED; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; CONTINUOUS SOURCE; FIXED BED REACTOR; FORMATION RATES; KINETIC EXPRESSIONS; KINETIC MODELLING; MEMORY EFFECTS; MODEL BASED; OVERALL REACTIONS; PCDD/F FORMATION; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POST-COMBUSTION; RATE-DETERMINING STEP; REACTION TIMES; SOOT OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS;

RATE CONSTANTS; KINETICS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY ASH; KINETICS; MODELING; OXIDATION; PCDD; PCDF; SOOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMBUSTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLY ASH; OXIDATION; SOOT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BENZOFURANS; CARBON; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TEMPERATURE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

ASH DEPOSITS; CARBON DEPOSITES; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION REACTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FORMATION RATES; GLOBAL KINETICS; KINETIC MODELING; LABORATORY SCALE; MEMORY EFFECTS; MODEL-BASED OPC; OVERALL REACTIONS; PCDD/F FORMATION; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POST-COMBUSTION; RATE DETERMINING STEP; SOOT OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

EID: 54749097508     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8012479     Document Type: Article

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