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Generally, coal-fired incinerators are characterized by a high combustion temperature and a well-equipped flue gas cleaning system. Co-combusting municipal solid waste (MSW) in coal-fired incinerators can reduce the emission of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and help to enhance the treatment capacity of the MSW; more importantly, this approach provides a new orientation for upgrading and transitioning old coal-fired power plants. In this study, simulated municipal solid waste (SMSW) is mixed with coal in proportions of 0 (without addition), 7.5, 15, 20, and 25 wt % and then co-combusted in a drop-tube furnace. The PCDD/Fs emitted in both the flue gases and fly ashes from the combustion tests are well-investigated. In the present study, the international toxic equivalent quantity (I-TEQ) concentration of the PCDD/Fs in the flue gas can meet the emission limit (0.1 ng of I-TEQ/Nm3) when MSW is co-combusted at less than 20 wt %. The concentration of the PCDD/Fs in the fly ash i...