Claims
- 1. An incinerator for incinerating halogenated organic compounds, said incinerator comprising:
- an incineration zone having means for incinerating the halogenated organic compounds in the presence of oxygen or oxygen-enriched air to produce combustion products potentially including a concentration of halogenated furans and dioxins produced through reactions between unreacted oxygen and halogen-containing organic compounds also potentially present within the combustion products;
- a post-combustion zone in communication with the incineration zone;
- an exhaust in communication with the post-combustion zone so that the combustion products pass through the post-combustion zone and then, through the exhaust; and
- at least one burner firing into the post-combustion zone, said at least one burner having fuel and oxygen inlets and means for burning, at a fuel-rich stoichiometry, a hydrogen-containing fuel in the presence of oxygen so that the unreacted oxygen reacts with the fuel to reduce formation of the halogenated furans and dioxins and the halogenated furans and dioxins that have been produced react with hydrogen supplied by the fuel and decompose through dehalogenation reactions, whereby the reduced formation and decomposition of the halogenated furans and dioxins act to reduce the concentration of the halogenated furans and dioxins that otherwise would have been produced within the combustion products passing through the exhaust.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/157,515, filed Nov. 26, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,449,854.
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