Stack gas emissions of PCDD/Fs from hospital waste incinerators in China

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 634-639

  Gao, Hongcai ^a,b   Ni, Yuwen ^a   Zhang, Haijun ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Zhang, Xueping ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Chen, Jiping ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Emission factors; Hospital waste incinerators; PCDD Fs; Stack gas

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUE GASES; GAS PLANTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; INCINERATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CONGENER PROFILES; EMISSION FACTORS; EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL WASTES; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; STACK GAS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

DOMESTIC WASTE; EMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349412914     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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