Behaviour of nanoparticles during high temperature treatment (Incineration type)

Abstract

The treatment of waste containing nanoparticles (NP) will become a matter of first importance being given the increasing production and use of engineered NP. At present no specific end of life treatment is planned for such waste and most of the time it follows the path of conventional waste in incineration plants. The study of the behavior of NP at high temperature may help to define dedicated procedures and eventually lead to new regulations. This work deals with the set up of an incineration mounting at a laboratory scale. This assembly tested on NP samples shows significant results and interesting trends.