Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission profiles and removal efficiency by electrostatic precipitator and wetfine scrubber in an iron ore sintering plant

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1401-1406

  Guerriero, Ettore ^a   Lutri, Antonina ^a   Mabilia, Rosanna ^a   Scianò, Maria Concetta Tomasi ^a   Rotatori, Mauro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; GASES; IRON ORES; ORE SAMPLING; ORE SINTERING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SCRUBBERS; SINTERING;

BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS (ESP); EMISSION PROFILE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTORS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DUST; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57449111252     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.11.1401     Document Type: Article

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