Emissions of PCDD and PCDF from combustion of forest fuels and sugarcane: A comparison between field measurements and simulations in a laboratory burn facility

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1331-1338

  Black, R R ^a   Meyer, C P ^b   Touati, A ^c   Gullett, B K ^d   Fiedler, H ^e   Mueller, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ARCADIS   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushfires; Forest fires; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Sugarcane burning

Indexed keywords

BRICK; COMBUSTION; CROPS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FUELS; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOIL TESTING;

BUSHFIRES; FOREST FIRES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

FUEL STORAGE;

FUEL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FOREST FIRE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LABORATORY METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; PERSISTENCE; SAMPLER; SUGAR CANE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FOREST; HEATING; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SOIL; STORAGE; SUGARCANE; TECHNIQUE;

BRICK; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FARM CROPS; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; LABORATORIES; SAMPLING; SOIL; STORAGE;

DUKE FOREST; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955592313     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.03.062     Document Type: Article

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