Influence of chlorine on methane oxidation

• Published in: Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2009, Vol.21 (9), p.1315-1320
• Main Authors: CHI, Yong, WANG, Bo, YAN, Jianhua, NI, Mingjiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: CH3Cl; chlorine; Chlorine - chemistry; Environmental Monitoring; Hazardous Waste; Incineration; methane; Methane - chemistry; oxidation; Oxidation-Reduction; Temperature; 二氧化碳; 傅里叶变换红外光谱仪; 危险废物焚烧; 反应温度; 甲烷氧化; 甲烷浓度
• ISSN: 1001-0742; 1878-7320
• DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62420-1

Experiments on CH4/Cl2/O2/N2 oxidation were conducted in an atmospheric pressure flow reactor to understand the influence of chlorine on hydrocarbon oxidation in hazardous waste incineration. The reaction temperature varied from 973 to 1273 K and the chlorine to hydrogen mole ratio （Cl/H） of the irdet mixture varied from 0 to 0.44. The species produced in the reaction were measured online with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR）. It was found that the destruction and removal efficiency of CH4 increased with Clfl-I mole ratio. Increasing Cl/H favored COCl2 and CO formation and inhibited the CO oxidation process. As Cl/H approached 0.44, the concentrations of CH2Cl2 and CH3Cl first increased, and then declined. Reaction temperature greatly affected the reaction system. Increasing temperatures raised the destruction removal efficiency of CH4 and decreased the concentrations of CH3Cl and CH2Cl2. With a certain ratio of Cl/H, the concentrations of CO and COCl2 first increased and then declined. The CO and COCl2 concentration peak was observed around 1100 K and 1023 K, respectively. When the reaction temperature exceeded 1273 K, carbon in CH4 was mostly converted to CO2. It could be concluded that the presence of chlorine enhanced the destruction of CH4, but resulted in the more toxic incomplete combustion products emission such as COCl2 when the reaction temperature was not high enough.