SBIR Phase I: Photochemical Treatment of Dioxin-Furans Compounds from Industrial Air Emissions

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将评估一种光化学技术的技术和经济可行性，该技术用于销毁一组称为二恶英-呋喃的剧毒有机化合物，具体包括四到八取代的多氯二苯并-对二恶英和二苯并呋喃。光化学技术的目的是在二恶英-呋喃化合物从工业设施释放到环境之前将其销毁。美国环境保护署(EPA)认为二恶英-呋喃对公众健康构成严重威胁，并已制定了适用于许多类型工业熔炉和窑炉的二恶英-呋喃排放的严格限制。关于空气控制技术，P.C.已经开发了一种光化学技术来销毁二恶英-呋喃；然而，还需要做更多的工作来证实这种控制方法的有效性。在SBIR第一阶段的研究中，空气控制技术公司将在两个工业设施进行计算机动力学建模和中试工厂测试。这项研究工作的结果将使空气控制技术公司能够确定光化学技术的能源需求、运营成本和二恶英-呋喃的销毁效率。这项研究的更广泛影响将是防止公众接触有毒的二恶英-呋喃，并为工业设施提供一种经济的手段，以实现严格的二恶英-呋喃排放限制。在空气控制技术方面，P.C相信，对二恶英-呋喃进行光化学处理将同时减少其他污染物的排放，如甲醛和氨，这些污染物也存在于工业熔炉和窑炉的出气气流中。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of a photochemical technique for destroying a highly toxic group of organic compounds known as dioxin-furans and consisting specifically of tetra- through octa-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. The photochemical technique is designed to destroy dioxin-furan compounds prior to their release to the environment from industrial facilities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes that dioxin-furans are a serious threat to public health and has established stringent limitations applicable to dioxin-furan emissions from many types of industrial furnaces and kilns. Air Control Techniques, P.C. has developed a photochemical technique for the destruction of dioxin-furans; however, more work is needed to confirm the effectiveness of this control approach. During this SBIR Phase I research, Air Control Techniques, P.C. will perform computer kinetic modeling and pilot plant testing at two industrial facilities. The results of this research work will allow Air Control Techniques, P.C. to determine the energy requirements, operating costs, and dioxin-furan destruction efficiency of the photochemical technique. The broader impact of this research will be to prevent exposure of the public to toxic dioxin-furans and provide an economical means for industrial facilities to achieve stringent dioxin-furan emission limitations. Air Control Techniques, P.C believes that photochemical treatment for dioxin-furans will simultaneously reduce emissions of other contaminants such as formaldehyde and ammonia also present in the effluent gas streams of industrial furnaces and kilns.