Comparison of dioxin formation levels in laboratory gas-phase flow reactors with those calculated using the Shaub-Tsang mechanism

Modeling calculations of dioxin formation were performed using the Shaub and Tsang mechanism (1983), and the results were compared to experimental measurements in laboratory gas-phase flow reactors reported by Sidhu et al. (1995), Kanters (1996) and Luijk et al. (1994) For all cases the calculated dioxin formation levels were lower than experimental measurements by at least 4 orders of magnitude. Possible reasons for this discrepancy were discussed.