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Prediction of polychlorinated dibenzofuran congener distribution from gas-phase phenol condensation pathways
Ryu, Jae-Yong,Mulholland, James A.,Oh, Jeong-Eun,Nakahata, Duane T.,Kim, Do-Hyong
, p. 1447 - 1455 (2007/10/03)
A model for predicting the distribution of dibenzofuran and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners from a distribution of phenols was developed. The model is based on a simplified chemical mechanism. Relative rate constants and reaction order with respect to phenol precursors were derived from experimental results using single phenols and equal molar mixtures of up to four phenols. For validation, experiments were performed at three temperatures using a distribution of phenol and 19 chlorinated phenols as measured in municipal waste incinerator exhaust gas. Comparison of experimental measurements and model predictions for PCDF isomer distributions and homologue pattern shows agreement within measurement uncertainty. The R-squared correlation coefficient exceeds 0.9 for all PCDF isomer distributions and the distribution of PCDF homologues. These results demonstrate that the distribution of dibenzofuran and the 135 PCDF congeners from gas-phase condensation of phenol and chlorinated phenols can be predicted from measurement of the distribution of phenol and the 19 chlorinated phenol congeners.
De novo synthesis mechanism of polychlorinated dibenzofurans from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the characteristic isomers of polychlorinated naphthalenes
Iino,Imagawa,Takeuchi,Sadakata
, p. 1038 - 1043 (2007/10/03)
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are known to be emitted from municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs). Two formation paths for PCDD/Fs could mainly work, which are condensation of the precursors such as chlorophenols and 'de novo' formation from carbon. However the correlation between the chemical structure of carbon and the resulting PCDD/Fs still remains unknown. In this study, the PCDD/Fs formation from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and CuCl was examined at 400 under 10% O2. Coronene among the PAHs characteristically gave 1,2,8,9-T4CDF and the derivatives. These isomers clearly indicate that chlorination causes the cleavage of the C-C bonds in a coronene molecule and also that oxygen is easily incorporated from its outside to form 1,2,8,9-T4CDF. The symmetrical preformed structures in the coronene molecule enabled to amplify the de novo formation of the isomer. PCNs are also formed directly from these PAHs. Since there have been few reports on the formation mechanism of PCNs, this study will be a first step to know the whole formation paths. We also define the de novo synthesis as the breakdown reaction of a carbon matrix, since the word has been used without the precise definition.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PHOTOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN (OCDF) AND OCTACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN (OCDD)
Wagenaar, W. J.,Boelhouwers, E. J.,Kok, H. A. M. de,Groen, C. P.,Govers, H. A. J.,et al.
, p. 2983 - 2992 (2007/10/03)
Photolysis at 290 nm and higher wavelengths of octachlorodibenzofuran (OCDF) and octachlorodibenzp-p-dioxin (OCDD) was studied in three organic solvents hexane, 1,4-dioxane and methanol. It appeared that the degradation kinetics strongly depended on the type of solvent. OCDD degraded fastest in hexane, whereas OCDF degraded fastest in methanol. Less than 5 percent of the total loss of OCDD degraded by reductive dechlorination, with preferential loss of chlorine atoms at the 1 or 9 positions. 25 to 50 percent of the total loss of OCDF degraded via reductive dechlorination, with preferential loss of lateral chlorine. OCDF degraded faster than OCDD in all studied solvents. Photolysis at 290 nm and higher wavelengths of OCDD and OCDF adsorbed onto alumina impregnated with copper (alumina/Cu) in the presence of natural and distilled water was also investigated. Under these more relevant environmental aquatic conditions, photolysis of OCDD and OCDF was much slower than photolysis in the studied organic solvents. Significant loss was only found for OCDF. A part of the loss OCDF could be explained by reductive dechlorination; the results suggested that other mechanisms of degradation occurred in addition to reductive dechlorination. All photolysis experiments showed that OCDF was photochemically less stable than OCDD.
