Formation of dioxin in industrial combustors and pyrometallurgical plants

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Buekens, A ^a   Stieglitz, L ^b   Huang, H ^a   Cornelis, E ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

De novo synthesis; Dioxin; Fly ash; Furan; Metallurgical processes

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTORS; COPPER SMELTING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT TREATMENT; PYROMETALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DE NOVO SYNTHESIS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

FLY ASH;

COPPER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; FURNACE; METALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMELTER; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 0031867642     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.1998.15.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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