Emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from fluidized and fixed bed incinerators disposing petrochemical industrial biological sludge

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 438-444

  Wang, Lin Chi ^a   Lin, Long Full ^b   Lai, Soon Onn ^c  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic potency; Fixed bed incinerator; Fluidized bed incinerator; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SLUDGE; BOTTOM ASH; CARCINOGENIC POTENCY; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; FIXED BED; FIXED BED INCINERATOR; FLUIDIZED BED INCINERATOR; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAH EMISSIONS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL EMISSIONS; WET SCRUBBERS;

ASH HANDLING; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLUE GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLY ASH; FUEL ADDITIVES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROCHEMICALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; REMOVAL; SCRUBBERS; SMOKE; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

CARCINOGEN; EMISSION; INCINERATION; PAH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLUE GAS; FLUIDIZATION; FLY ASH; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SCRUBBER; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; TAIWAN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CARBON; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349136376     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.054     Document Type: Article

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