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Document ID (ISN)58050
CIS number 92-908
ISSN - Serial title 1047-3289 - Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Cundy V.A., Lu C., Cook C.A., Sterling A.M., Leger C.B., Jakway A.L., Montestruc A.N., Conway R., Lester T.W.
Title Rotary kiln incineration of dichloromethane and xylene: A comparison of incinerability characteristics under various operating conditions
Bibliographic information Aug. 1991, Vol.41, No.8, p.1084-1094. Illus. 13 ref.
Abstract Comparisons are made, for the first time, between the combustion characteristics of dichloromethane and xylene in an industrial rotary kiln incinerator. The comparisons are made under different operating conditions, including variable kiln rotation rate and operation both with and without turbulence air. Continuous gas composition and temperature measurements and batch gas composition measurements were obtained from two vertical locations near the exit region of the rotary kiln. The measurements show that there is significant vertical stratification at the exit of the kiln. The field-scale data of this work suggest that the revolution rate of the test liquid was increased as kiln rotation rate increased. Many of the differences between xylene and dichloromethane processing during these experiments are explained by a simple stoichiometric analysis.
Descriptors (primary) rotary kilns; fire behaviour; combustion analysis; xylene; incinerators; dichloromethane
Descriptors (secondary) comparative study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Fires
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Halogenated hydrocarbons