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Chemosphere

Title:		"Vapor-phase sorption of hexachlorobenzene on typical municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration fly ashes, clay minerals and activated carbon"
Author(s):		Gao Y; Zhang H; Chen J;
Address:		"Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		2010
Volume:		20100927
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1012 - 1017
DOI:		10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.008
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Column sorption experiments were conducted at 330 degrees C and 250 degrees C to study the vapor-phase sorption of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) on two kinds of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator fly ashes, kaolinite, montmorillonite and activated carbon (AC). Both Freundlich equation and linear equation well fitted the sorption isotherms of HCB vapor on fly ashes and clay minerals at 330 degrees C (r(2)>0.87), while the sorption isotherm of HCB vapor on AC at 330 degrees C was in the shape of Brunauer type-II adsorption. Catalytic dechlorination of HCB was found to occur on the surface of fly ashes, and pentachlorobenzene was the only dechlorination product detected in the effluent gas. Increasing temperature decreased the sorption of HCB vapor on fly ashes, and promoted the catalytic dechlorination of HCB. On the assumption that the organic carbon and clay minerals in fly ash were derived from AC, kaolinite and montmorillonite, the relative contributions of these components to the apparent sorption capacity of fly ashes at 330 degrees C were estimated. It was found that very small percentage of AC contributed the most to the apparent sorption of HCB vapor on fly ash. The sorption coefficient of HCB on montmorillonite at 250 degrees C was 37 times higher than that at 330 degrees C, suggesting montmorillonite could be a kind of low-cost sorbent to effectively reduce the emission of vapor-phase organochlorine compounds from MSW incinerators"
Keywords:		Absorption Adsorption Aluminum Silicates/*chemistry Carbon/*chemistry Charcoal/*chemistry Cities Clay Coal Ash Hexachlorobenzene/*chemistry Incineration/instrumentation/*methods Particulate Matter/*chemistry Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineGao, Yuan Zhang, Haijun Chen, Jiping eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2010/09/30 Chemosphere. 2010 Nov; 81(8):1012-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.008. Epub 2010 Sep 27"