The Incineration Characteristics of DichloromethaneThe Incineration Characteristics of Dichloromethane (CH2Cl2)

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line was not approximated to this temperature data in order to show this possible trend. 4. During the combustion of CH„C1„ with CH. and air both CH0C1 2 2 4 i (significant quantities) and CC1, (trace quantities) were detected. No CHC1 was measured. 5. Other stable intermediate compounds (which may represent possible PIC candidates) include 1-2 C H CI and C HC1 . The 1-2 C H CI may be either the cis or trans isomer. The exis-tance of these hazardous compounds as stable intermediates is very important since these compounds may exit a practical incinerator stack should improper conditions exist within the incinerator. A complete discussion of the regimes present in actual incinerators is presented elsewhere [4, 12]. 6. In addition to the data of Figure 2 several other intermediate compounds were qualitatively identified throughout the flame zone. These include C H CI and 1-1-2 C H CI Other unknown compounds were also detected in both significant and trace quantities throughout the flame zone. Work is ongoing to identify and quantify these compounds. 7. Compared with the data of reference [7], the temperatures obtained in this study were considerably higher. This is thought to be due to the reduced heat extraction to the burner in this study since heated water (at 60°C) was circulated through the burner heating/cooling coils. Heat extraction to the burner in this study was measured at 180 J/g of reactant flow. It is critical that heat extraction measurements be reported in subsequent studies for comparative purposes. 5.3.15