TY - JOUR
T1 - An experimental investigation of the incineration and incinerability of chlorinated alkane droplets
AU - Sorbo, N. W.
AU - Law, C. K.
AU - Chang, D. P.Y.
AU - Steeper, R. R.
N1 - Funding Information:
During the course of this collaborative research, NWS and DPYC were supported by the California Air Resources Board under Contract No. A6-051-32, RRS by the Department of Energy, and CKL by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CBT-8612579. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring agencies,
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - An experimental investigation has been conducted on the vaporization, combustion, and extinction of droplets of pure chlorinated alkanes and their mixtures with n-alkanes in "inert" and oxidizing environments. From results on the droplet vaporization/combustion rates, the state of extinction, and temporal changes in the droplet composition, it is shown that droplets of lightly chlorinated alkanes as represented by monochloroalkanes burn almost as vigorously as normal alkanes, that heavily chlorinated alkanes as represented by 1, 1, 2, 2-tetrachloroethane (TECA) burn weakly if at all, that TECA can be rendered to burn vigorously with the addition of only 25 volume percent of an equal-volatility alkane, and that this enhancement can be further improved by decreasing the volatility of the additive. Implications on hazardous waste incineration are discussed.
AB - An experimental investigation has been conducted on the vaporization, combustion, and extinction of droplets of pure chlorinated alkanes and their mixtures with n-alkanes in "inert" and oxidizing environments. From results on the droplet vaporization/combustion rates, the state of extinction, and temporal changes in the droplet composition, it is shown that droplets of lightly chlorinated alkanes as represented by monochloroalkanes burn almost as vigorously as normal alkanes, that heavily chlorinated alkanes as represented by 1, 1, 2, 2-tetrachloroethane (TECA) burn weakly if at all, that TECA can be rendered to burn vigorously with the addition of only 25 volume percent of an equal-volatility alkane, and that this enhancement can be further improved by decreasing the volatility of the additive. Implications on hazardous waste incineration are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0082-0784(89)80217-6
DO - 10.1016/S0082-0784(89)80217-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58149369919
SN - 0082-0784
VL - 22
SP - 2019
EP - 2026
JO - Symposium (International) on Combustion
JF - Symposium (International) on Combustion
IS - 1
ER -