Prevention of PCDD/F formation and minimization of their emission at the stack of a secondary aluminum casting plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7476-7481

  Pitea, Demetrio ^a   Bortolami, Michele ^b   Collina, Elena ^a   Cortili, Gabriele ^a   Franzoni, Francesco ^b   Lasagni, Marina ^a   Piccinelli, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b RAFFMETAL SPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM CASTINGS; CHIMNEYS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUE GASES; FLUES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METAL CASTING; METAL CASTINGS; QUENCHING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FABRIC FILTERS; FLUE GAS CLEANING; LIQUID STREAMS; PCDD/F FORMATION; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; QUENCHING CHAMBERS; SECONDARY ALUMINUM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ALUMINUM; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INNOVATION; PCDD; PCDF; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUE GAS; GAS; SOLID; TECHNOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; BENZOFURANS; CARBON; FILTRATION; GASES; INDUSTRY; TEMPERATURE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

DE NOVO SYNTHESIS; EMISSION FACTORS; FABRIC FILTERS; FLUE GAS CLEANING; FORMATION REACTION; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; GLOBAL EFFECTS; LIQUID STREAMS; MASS FLOW; PCDD/F FORMATION; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; QUENCHING CHAMBER; REACTION MECHANISM; SECONDARY ALUMINUM; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 54749111060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800976s     Document Type: Article

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