Effect of marine ambient in the production of pollutants from the pyrolysis and combustion of a mixture of plastic materials

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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Article

Iniguez, M. E.¹  Conesa, J. A.¹  Soler, A.¹ 

[1] Univ Alicante, Dept Chem Engn, POB 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain

关键词: Plastics;    PAHs;    Dioxins;    Marine water;    Pyrolysis;    Combustion;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.040

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A mixture of polyethylene (PE), polyethylene-terephtalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) and Nylon was submerged in marine water during 12 moths. The chlorine content of these plastics was measured through the passing time. Thermobalance was used to look for differences in the thermal decomposition of the plastics during in that time interval. Degradation of PET, PP and Nylon produced changes in the weight loss curve, but behaviour of PE is confusing. Pyrolysis and combustion at 850 degrees C was finally performed to get knowledge of the possible differences in the emission of main gases, volatile and semivolatiles including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated benzenes (ClBzs), polychlorinated phenols (ClPhs), polybrominated phenols (BrPhs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs). Results show that the emission of chlorinated species is somewhat not affected by the chlorine content of the plastics mix. The production of PCBs and PCDD/Fs was very low, under 4 pg WHO-TEQ/g.

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