Organochlorine compounds, combustion

In addition to combustion, alkanes undergo substitution reactions in which one or more H atoms on an alkane are replaced by atoms of another element. The most common such reaction is the replacement of H by chlorine, to yield organochlorine compounds. For example, methane reacts with chlorine to give chloromethane. This reaction begins with the dissociation of molecular chlorine, usually initiated by ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation ... 

The presence of chlorinated organic matter in a fuel will result in the formation of objectionable substances like HCl, halogenated acids, and other organochlorine compounds in the incinerator exit gases and particles (Eiceman et al., 1979 Mowrer and Nordin, 1987). During the combustion of chlorine-containing organic materials such as polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride (36 and 37, respectively), new... 

The combustion of organochlorine or -bromine compounds is commonly referred to the following standard state reaction (normally n = 600) ... 

The polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are synthetic organic chemicals with main sources in the environment being the processes of combustion and incineration (WHO, 1993). The organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), although banned internationally, can still be found in many environmental samples. Both classes of compounds are very persistent, tend to accumulate in the food chain and have negative effect on the human health (Cousins et al., 1998 Wade et al., 2002). For that reason many efforts have been made... 

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