Minimum feeding rate of activated carbon to control dioxin emissions from a large-scale municipal solid waste incinerator

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1436-1443

  Chang, Yu Min ^a   Hung, Chao Yang ^a   Chen, Jyh Herng ^a   Chang, Chang Tang ^b   Chen, Chin Ho ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon (AC); Feeding rate; Incineration; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxin; Polychlorinated dibenzofuran

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; APPLICATIONS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FEEDING; FLOW RATE; FLUE GASES; INCINERATION; REFUSE INCINERATORS; REMOVAL; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION;

DIOXIN EMISSIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FEEDING RATE; FEEDING RATES; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STATISTICAL ERRORS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATES;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIOXIN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EMISSION CONTROL; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FLUE GAS; INCINERATION; SOLID WASTE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; INCINERATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56249142731     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.128     Document Type: Article

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