Potential role of chlorination pathways in PCDD/F formation in a municipal waste incinerator

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 5112-5119

  Ryu, Jae Yong ^a   Mulholland, James A ^a   Dunn, James E ^b   Iino, Fukuya ^c   Gullett, Brian K ^d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; ISOMERS; PROBABILITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

HYPOTHESIS; ISOMER DISTRIBUTIONS; MONOCHLORINATED ISOMERS; WASTE COMBUSTION;

CHLORINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHLORINATION; FLUE GAS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PCDD; PCDF;

CHLORINATION; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; PCDF;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS; INCINERATION; ISOMER; MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENZOFURANS; CHLORINE; FORECASTING; INCINERATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 4944236738     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0497227     Document Type: Article

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