EFFECTS OF POST-FLAME FUEL-INJECTION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS

The effects of post-flame fuel injection on the destruction of chlorin ated hydrocarbons has been studied in a combustion flow reactor. All t hree fuels studied (CH4, C2H6, and CO) enhance the destruction of CH3C l. CO is the only effective post-fame fuel for the destruction of C2H5 Cl, and none of the fuels improve the destruction of 1,1,1-C2H3Cl3. Th ese results are explained by considering the destruction mechanisms: u nimolecular reactions are not influenced by fuel addition, and bimolec ular reactions involving radicals can be enhanced or inhibited, depend ing on the nature of both the fuel and CHC.