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Scope Details

Reference
Longendyke, G., Wang, Y., and Katel, S. (2022) PFAS fate and destruction mechanisms during thermal treatment: a comprehensive review - Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Treatment Process
Various
Test Scale
Lab
Matrix
Various
Matrix Detail
Soil, water, granular activated carbon, sewage sludge, textiles, carpet, municipal waste, PFAS salts and polymers, and plant biomass.
Data Detail
A critical review on the behavior of PFAS based on different types of thermal treatment technologies with various PFAS impacted environmental medias. Treatment processes included incineration, thermal desorption, pyrolysis, gasification, smoldering combustion, hydrothermal liquefaction, and thermolysis.

Condition

Open ConditionTreatment Details
Open Condition 90030MinuteTreatment: Incineration. Environmental media: Soil, water, granular activated carbon, sewage sludge, textiles, carpet, municipal waste, PFAS salts, and polymers Targeting PFAS: PFOA, PFOS, PFBA, PFPeA, PFHpA, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnDA, PFHxA, PFHxS, and potassium salts of PFBS
Open Condition 55014DayTreatment: Thermal desorption. Environmental media: Soil Treatment Temperature: 150–550 C Reaction Time: 15 minutes, 75 minutes or 10–14 days Targeting PFAS: PFBA, PFPeA, PFBS, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFOA, PFNA, PFOS, PFDS, PFDA, PFUnDA, 6 : 2 FTSA, 8 : 2 FOSA
Open Condition 60065HourTreatment: Pyrolysis and gasification. Environmental media: Sewage sludge, salts of perfluorocarboxylic acids. Treatment temperature: 150–600 C Reaction time: 30 minutes–65 hours Targeting PFAS: PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFBS, PFPeS, PFHpS, PFDoA, PFTrDA, PFTeDA, ammonium, lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium and barium salts of the peruoroacids, magnesium and lead perfluorobutyrate, silver perfluorobutyrate and silver perfluorocaprylate
Open Condition 900300MinuteTreatment: Smoldering combustion Environmental media: Granular activated carbon, soil, sewage sludge Treatment temperature: 260–900 C Reaction time: 0–300 minutes Targeting PFAS: PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFHpA, PFBS, PFNA
Open Condition 350120MinuteTreatment: Hydrothermal liquefaction Environmental media: Sewage sludge, plant biomass Treatment temperature: 260–350C Reaction time: 90–120 minutes Targeting PFAS: PFOA, PFOS, PFBA, PFHpA, PFHxA, 8 : 2FTUCA, 7 : 3 FTCA, 8 : 2FTS

Thermal Treatment Results

No data found.