Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and particulate emissions from two-stage combustion of polystyrene: The effect of the primary furnace temperature

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 3541-3552

  Wang, Jun ^a   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a   Richter, Henning ^b   Howard, Jack B ^a   Carlson, Joel ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c US Army Natick   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MUFFLE FURNACE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FUEL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYSTYRENE; PYRENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

PAH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PYROLYSIS; SOOT; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYSTYRENES; PRESSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035448751     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0105109     Document Type: Article

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