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Study on Destruction of Chlorinated Organic Compounds in a Two Stage Molten Carbonate Oxidation System  

Eun, Hee-Chul (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Yang, Hee-Chul (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Yung-Zun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Han-Soo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.46, no.6, 2008 , pp. 1148-1152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Molten carbonate oxidation (MCO) is one of the promising alternative technologies for the treatment of the chlorinated organic compounds because it is capable of trapping chlorine during a destruction of them. In this study, destructions of chlorinated organic compounds ($C_6H_5Cl$, $C_2HCl_3$ and $CCl_4$) and an insulated oil containing PCBs were performed by using the two stage molten carbonate oxidation system. MCO reactor temperature largely affected the destruction of the chlorinated organic compounds. Destruction of the chlorinated organics very efficient in the primary MCO reactor however a significant amount of CO was emitted from the MCO system. This CO emission was gradually decreased by an increase in the primary reactor temperature and oxidizing air feed rate. The HCl emission from the MCO system was below 7 ppm regardless of tested conditions. The chlorine collection efficiencies were in the range of 99.95-99.99%. The destruction of PCBs in the insulated oil was efficient at a temperature above $900^{\circ}C$ and overall destruction efficiency of them was determined as over 99.9999%.
Keywords
Two Stage Molten Carbonate Oxidation System; Chlorinated Organic Compound; CO; HCl; PCBs;
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