THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Boštjan Paradiž

,

Panagiota Dilara

,

Gunther Umlauf

,

Ivan Bajsić

,

Vincenc Butala

DIOXIN EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION IN DOMESTIC STOVE: FORMATION IN THE CHIMNEY AND COAL CHLORINE CONTENT INFLUENCE

ABSTRACT
Combustion experiments conducted in domestic stove burning hard coal demonstrated a predominant influence of the coal chlorine content on the PCDD/F emissions, together with a pronounced effect of the flue gas temperature. PCDD/F concentrations of over 100 ng TEQ/m3, three orders of magnitude higher than in a modern waste incinerator, were measured in the flue gases of a domestic stove when combusting high chlorine coal (0.31 %). The PCDD/F concentrations in the flue gases dropped below 0,5 ng TEQ/m3, when low chlorine coal (0.07 %) was used. When low chlorine coal was impregnated with NaCl to obtain 0.38 % chlorine content, the emission of the PCDD/Fs increased by two orders of magnitude. Pronounced nonlinearity of the PCDD/F concentrations related to chlorine content in the coal was observed. The combustion of the high chlorine coal yielded PCDD/F concentrations in flue gases one order of magnitude lower in a fan cooled chimney when compared to an insulated one, thus indicating formation in the chimney. The influence of flue gas temperature on the PCDD/F emissions was less pronounced when burning low chlorine coal. The predominant pathway of the PCDD/F emissions is via flue gases, 99 % of the TEQ in the case of the high chlorine coal for insulated chimney.
KEYWORDS
dioxins, furans, PCDD-Fs, stove, coal, combustion, chlorine, formation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2014-01-13
PAPER REVISED: 2014-05-08
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2014-06-20
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2014-07-06
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI140113079P
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2015, VOLUME 19, ISSUE Issue 1, PAGES [295 - 304]
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