화학공학소재연구정보센터
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.81, No.3-4, 713-718, 2003
Destruction of halogenated plastics in a molten salt oxidation reactor
Halogenated plastics such as PVC pipe, PTFE tube, and latex gloves were test-burned in a bench-scale molten salt oxidation reactor. Hydrogen halides (HCl and HF) and free halogens (Cl-2 and F-2) first released by the thermal decomposition of halogenated plastics (PVC and PTFE) were nearly completely collected in the hot sodium carbonate salt bath. Compared to halogen collection, sulfur collection was not complete and SO2 emission for rubber gloves decreased with stoichiometric air ratio. The entrainment of spiked metals and their fraction in the sub-micron particle size range increased with the chlorine content as well as the operating temperature.