The pollution characteristics of odor, volatile organochlorinated compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from plastic waste recycling plants

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1104-1110

  Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   Chen, Mei Lien ^a   Chang, Keng Fu ^a   Chang, Fu Kuei ^b   Mao, I Fang ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Odor; Plastic waste recycling; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Volatile organochlorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

4-METHYL-2-PENTANONE; AMBIENT AIRS; CRITICAL ODORANTS; EPA STANDARDS; EXHAUST AIRS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; GASEOUS COMPOUNDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY FLUORESCENCES; MATERIAL RECYCLING; MELTING PROCESS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; ODOR; ODOR CONCENTRATIONS; PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING; PLASTIC WASTE TREATMENTS; RECYCLING PLANTS; VINYL CHLORIDES; VOLATILE ORGANOCHLORINATED COMPOUNDS;

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; ANESTHETICS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESTERS; ETHYLBENZENE; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PLANTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING; METAL MELTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RECYCLING; SALVAGING; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACROLEIN; CHLOROFORM; ETHYLBENZENE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ODORS; PLASTICS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 59449092996     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.041     Document Type: Article

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