Approaches adopted to assess environmental impacts of PCDD/F emissions from a municipal solid waste incinerator

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 968-975

  Wang, Jenshi B ^a   Wang, Mao Sung ^b   Wu, Edward Ming Yang ^c   Chang Chien, Guo Ping ^b   Lai, Yi Chieh ^d  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c The Open University of Kaohsiung   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cluster analysis; Concentration isopleth; ISCST3; Municipal solid waste incinerator; PCDD PCDF; Principal component analysis; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; VEGETATION;

CONCENTRATION ISOPLETH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; STATIONARY EMISSION SOURCES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; VEGETATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; PCDF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; WIND;

BENZOFURANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INCINERATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

FICUS BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 40749085650     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.090     Document Type: Article

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