INTRODUCTION
Thermal destruction of hazardous and nonhazardous
waste through incineration processes is a technology that
has been used for some time. Incinerators are designed to
optimize the possibility of complete oxidization of the
waste and generate, mainly, CO2
and water in the combustion gases and ash in the remaining solid phase. An
undesirable characteristic of incinerators is that they tend
to produce and/or emit toxic compounds, such as heavy
metals and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)
and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs).1–5