PBDDs/Fs and PCDDs/Fs in the raw and clean flue gas during steady state and transient operation of a municipal waste combustor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5853-5860

  Wyrzykowska Ceradini, Barbara ^a,c   Gullett, Brian K ^a   Tabor, Dennis ^a   Touati, Abderrahmane ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURANS; HOMOLOGUE PROFILE; MUNICIPAL WASTE; OPERATIONAL TRANSIENTS; PCDDS/FS; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; STACK EMISSIONS; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY; TRANSIENT OPERATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TRANSIENTS; WASTE INCINERATION;

GASES;

POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANOHALOGEN; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS; MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR; STEADY STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; GASES; IMMUNOASSAY; INCINERATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

TETRA;

EID: 79959877569     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200364u     Document Type: Article

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